Messaging at work: Supreme Court rules in favor of employer who read worker’s messages – latimes.com Supreme Court rules in favor of California police chief who read employee’s texts The justices say the Ontario employer’s…
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…
LimeWire must share users’ liabilities for copyright infringement, says US court: “Peer to peer (P2P) software company LimeWire induced its users to infringe copyright by the unauthorised sharing of music and film files and shares…
US telco watchdog finds new legal basis for regulating ISPs: “The US telecoms regulator has redefined internet access in order to assert its authority to regulate the provision of broadband access there. The regulator recently…
Cybercrime talks end in failure US and Euros object to proposed changes: Plans to ratify an updated version of a global treaty against cybercrime have failed.… (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
US, EU to launch programme against Internet child pornography – The Independent AFP, Sunday, 11 April 2010 The United States and the European Union announced they plan to launch a joint action programme to fight…
Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretaps Were Illegal – NYTimes.com By CHARLIE SAVAGE and JAMES RISEN Published: March 31, 2010 WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without…
Court Says Parents Can Block ‘Sexting’ Cases – NYTimes.com By TAMAR LEWIN, Published: March 17, 2010 In the first federal appeals court opinion dealing with ‘sexting’ — the transmission of sexually explicit photographs by cellphone…
Aid Urged for Groups Fighting Internet Censors: “Five United States senators want the government to move ahead with plans to provide $45 million to help people in other countries evade Web restrictions.” (Via NYT >…
Right to Free Speech Collides With Fight Against Terror: “The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a ban on providing ‘material support’ to terrorist groups in a test of the constitutionality of a provision…