US Government challenged on Twitter records access – CNN.com From Larry Lazo, CNN February 16, 2011 — Updated 0251 GMT (1051 HKT) * ACLU, Electric Frontier Foundation have filed motions in federal court * One…
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EFF, Public Citizen And ACLU Ask Judge To Quash Mass Subpoenas From US Copyright Group: “While companies like Verizon apparently won’t stand up to protect their users’ rights against the ridiculous and overly broad mass…
EU Parliament calls for internet rights charter: “ And individual control of data Internet users should be able to demand that their information is removed from company systems even if it was collected with their…
Mucky private chat could be illegal soon: “ Risky encounters of the IRC and Twitter kind Could 2010 be the year when the authorities finally clamp down on the internet – and in the process…
This speech will be delivered in Strasbourg on Thursday, 08 October, 2009 Intervention Speech for the Cross-Border Internet: Consultation meeting organised by the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 8-9 October 2009. By Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Associate…
McKinnon loses judicial review: “ High profile campaign suffers potentially fatal blow Breaking news Gary McKinnon has lost a judicial review against his extradition to the United States on hacking charges.… “ (Via The Register…
UK – Call to ‘disconnect file-sharers’: “(BBC) Persistent illegal file-sharers should be cut off from the net, an alliance of UK creative industries will tell the government later. The alliance wants the government to force…
Tories fear legal dodge over comms überdatabase: “ Euro data law comes into force on Monday Laws mandating a massive central database of email, web browsing, telephone and social networking data may already have been…
ACLU Sues Prosecutor Over ‘Sexting’ Child Porn Charges | Threat Level from Wired.com By Kim Zetter EmailMarch 25, 2009 | 2:12:01 PMCategories: Crime The American Civil Liberties Union is helping three teenage girls fight back…
Last call for UK liberties: “ Convention rallies support against government madness On Saturday 28 February, several hundred activists and interested citizens got together to issue a rallying cry to all concerned by the government’s…