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InternetNews February 29, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Wikileaks Ruling Nears, May Impact Net Free Speech The stage is set for a decision that could have far-ranging implications on freedom of speech and the Internet. |
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Michael Singer |
Apple's Blogger Probe Appealed The Electronic Frontier Foundation says a subpoena for the 'Asteroid' source endangers all journalists. |
InternetNews July 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Judge Nixes AT&T, Feds on Secrecy Request A federal judge in San Francisco denied a motion by AT&T and the U.S. government to keep details of a domestic spying program secret. |
InternetNews September 18, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
EFF Sues Feds to Stop Domestic Spying With suit against AT&T stalled, watchdog group opens up a new front in legal challenge to government's warrantless surveillance program. |
InternetNews September 14, 2005 David Needle |
EFF to Apple: Too Much Too Soon EFF's suit against Apple claims the company did not exhaust all other alternatives before subpoenaing journalists and bloggers accused of stealing trade secrets pertaining to the GarageBand music program. |
Information Today December 23, 2010 Nancy Herther |
WikiLeaks: A Critical Catalyst, But for What End? Launched in October 2006 with the byline of "we open governments," WikiLeaks has positioned itself in the eye of more than one media storm in the past 4 years. |
InternetNews September 30, 2004 Roy Mark |
DOJ to Appeal Patriot Act Ruling Judge says 'democracy abhors undue secrecy' as he strikes down provisions that allow the FBI to obtain names from ISPs without judicial authority. The DOJ isn't buying it. |
InternetNews December 3, 2009 David Needle |
EFF Sues Feds Over Social Network Surveillance The online rights organization wants the government to release records of its surveillance of social networking sites. |
InternetNews December 13, 2010 |
House Panel Plans First WikiLeaks Hearing Whistleblower website's publication of secret State Department documents spurs lawmakers to consider rewriting the 1917 Espionage Act to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. |
Salon.com June 23, 2000 Janelle Brown |
Another defeat for "kiddie porn" law Free speech wins again as the COPA is struck down by a court of appeals. |
InternetNews October 17, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Watchdog Group Takes On Telecom Immunity Law EFF fighting to overturn controversial provision of FISA Amendment Act on constitutional grounds. Follows revelations of eavesdropping excesses. |
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretaps The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Tuesday, charging the carrier violated the law by assisting in the National Security Agency's controversial wiretap program. |
InternetNews August 28, 2009 |
Dell, HP Side With Microsoft on Word Appeal Microsoft gained some help this week from its two largest PC partners who asked the court to let them join in the company's Word lawsuit as so-called "friends of the court." |
InternetNews January 10, 2011 Kenneth Corbin |
DoJ Seeks Wikileaks Account Info From Twitter In the midst of an ongoing criminal investigation into the publication of leaked documents on Wikileaks, the Department of Justice has asked Twitter for information about the accounts of users involved with the whistleblower website. |
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Sutherland & Patrizio |
AT&T Says Privacy Group Suing the Wrong Party Telecom giant AT&T told a district judge in San Francisco today that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the wrong party. |
InternetNews March 23, 2007 Roy Mark |
Court Snuffs Internet Smut Law Nearly nine years after Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act, a Philadelphia federal court judge ruled Thursday that COPA is unconstitutional. |
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
Leaked Docs Claim AT&T Aided NSA In addition to allegations that AT&T handed over customer calling records and e-mail data, it's now facing media reports that it is monitoring Internet traffic. |
PC World October 16, 2002 Michelle Madigan |
ACLU Campaign Challenges Patriot Act Privacy unnecessarily threatened under broad surveillance powers, civil liberties group charges. |
Information Today July 11, 2013 |
Judge Rules Against Apple in Price-Fixing Trial The ebook price-fixing trial that began on June 3 and ended 17 days later has finally come to a close with the release of Judge Denise Cote's ruling on July 10. And the news isn't good for Apple. |
InternetNews April 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
EFF Charges AT&T Assisted NSA in Surveillance Plan Civil liberties watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation wants public disclosure of documents that allegedly implicate the phone giant's surveillance involvement. |
Reason September 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Silent Suits The ACLU challenges secrecy...in secret. |
Reason February 2006 Julian Sanchez |
Blowing Off Steam The American Civil Liberties Union released its analysis of 44 autopsies and death reports on detainees who died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan -- almost half were classed as homicides. |
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
AT&T Draws Ire Over Privacy Update Privacy policy clarifications come as AT&T heads back into court. |
Reason April 2007 Jacob Sullum |
You Call That A Secret? Plugging leaks with subpoenas at the Justice Department. |
InternetNews February 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
Judge Denies Government RIM Hearing Court ignores federal request for additional hearings for government BlackBerry users. |
Reason February 2005 Julian Sanchez |
Civics Lessons In a highly polarized time, pedagogues seem increasingly wary of the "disruptive" effect of student political speech in America. |
InternetNews September 4, 2009 |
Microsoft Gets OK to Keep Selling Word Now that the injunction is on hold, the company's next focus is on its appeal. |
InternetNews August 24, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
EFF's Next Fight? Barney the Dinosaur EFF claims purple dinosaur's legal team trampling free speech rights. |
InternetNews August 17, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
Judge Orders End To Warrantless Wiretaps A federal judge today ordered the Bush administration to cease all warrantless wiretapping of calls between Americans and suspected foreign terrorists. |
National Defense November 2012 Valerie Insinna |
License Plate Reader Technology Sparks Lawsuit The American Civil Liberties Union sued two departments, including Homeland Security, 38 states and the District of Columbia in September over documents related to the federal government's use of automatic license plate readers. |
InternetNews November 7, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
Appeals Court Will Hear EFF/AT&T Spying Case Both sides are still arguing over whether they even have a case. |
InternetNews January 3, 2011 |
Congressman Issa Demands Action on Wikileaks Attorney General Eric Holder's response to Wikileaks is criticized by the incoming chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. |
Information Today October 6, 2015 George H. Pike |
The Legal Implications of Banned Books Week The American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by drawing attention to attempts to censor reading materials in public, school, and academic libraries. |
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Sprint Sues to Stop Online Phone Data Sprint Nextel is asking a Florida court to stop a firm from selling subscriber phone records. |
InternetNews May 16, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston |
Google Wins Infringement Appeal A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Google did not infringe the copyrights of an adult photo publisher by displaying thumbnails of proprietary pictures in its image search engine. |
Reason April 2002 Jeremy Lott |
Fake IDs Facial recognition technology is often billed as a tradeoff between privacy and security. A recent American Civil Liberties Union report suggests that it's closer to a no-win deal, resulting in less privacy and precious little added security... |
InternetNews June 25, 2007 Roy Mark |
Court Raises Possible Vonage Injunction Relief Vonage tells appeals court that an injunction isn't necessary even if court upholds the VoIP provider infringed on Verizon patents. |
BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 Michael Riley |
Is WikiLeaks Hacking for Secrets? WikiLeaks, which says it's a passive drop box for whistle-blowers, is accused of searching hard drives for classified documents. This may offer prosecutors an alternate path to get the group and its founder into a U.S. courtroom. |
InternetNews December 3, 2010 |
WikiLeaks Struggles to Stay Online Whistleblower site goes server hopping after U.S. hosting and DNS providers drop it for violating usage agreements in the wake of massive diplomatic cable leak. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Privacy Advocates Boycott Facial Recognition Negotiations The U.S. government's efforts to build a code of conduct for facial recognition software creators has hit a major snag. |