UK comms intercepts up by half – and it isn’t the council: “ Wristslap for town halls’ street watchers, however The latest reports from government surveillance watchdogs reveals that interception of communications by UK officials…
Court Upholds Ruling on Internet Content Law: “A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the…
Net Censorship Law Struck Down Again: “A federal appeals court struck down yet again a law that would have required websites to verify all visitors’ ages if any of its content wasn’t suitable for minors….
‘Spying’ requests exceed 500,000: “More than 500,000 official ‘spying’ requests for private communications data were made last year, a report says.” (Via BBC News.)
Court Affirms Online Content Law Unconstitutional: “A federal appeals court agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content…
Momentum building for U.S. privacy policy: “Privacy advocates say there’s momentum in the U.S. Congress for a broad new privacy law. (Via Macworld.)
Once Again: Court Says That COPA Anti-Porn Law Is Unconstitutional: “After the Supreme Court rejected most of the Communications Decency Act as being unconstitutional, Congress tried again with the more friendly sounding Child Online Protection…