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Republican Internet Freedom Act Could Block FCC’s Net Neutrality Plan
While the Federal Communications Commission voted last week to give itself new powers to enforce net neutrality rules, Republicans have reintroduced the Internet Freedom Act, which would block the...
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Senate Intelligence Panel Considers CISA Bill to Enhance Private-Public...
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) will be modified by the Senate Intelligence Committee in a closed Thursday session, The Hill reports. Legislation enabling threat information-sharing...
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Dutch Court Throws Out Data Retention Law After Pressure from ISPs, Privacy...
Internet service providers in the Netherlands will no longer have to retain customer metadata. The District Court of the Hague axed the law earlier this week that required telecommunications providers...
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China Delays Counter-Terrorism Bill Amid Concerns from Foreign Tech Firms
China is delaying a draft counter-terrorism bill that would require companies to keep servers and user data within the country and hand over encryption keys to the government.
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Change to How Judges Approve Search Warrants Threatens Fourth Amendment
The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules voted 11-1 on Monday to change a federal rule that will give judges more flexibility in approving search warrants. The existing rule, known...
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Americans Take Online Privacy into Their Own Hands in Post-Snowden World: Pew...
Eighty-seven percent of Americans say they have heard either "a little" or "a lot" about government surveillance programs, and of those just over one-third have taken one or more step to protect...
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Tech Companies Rally for Reform to Section 215 of USA Patriot Act
IT industry lobby group Reform Government Surveillance sent a letter to legislators this week, to urge legal limitations to electronic surveillance and metadata collection. The letter is undersigned by...
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Broad Language in Australian Online Infringement Bill Could Harm Consumer...
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has raised some concerns in a submission this week to the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015. Among its chief concerns is...
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Privacy Advocates Fear Cybersecurity PCNA Act Will Allow More NSA Surveillance
In a vote of 307-116, the US House of Representatives passed the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA) on Wednesday. The bill is designed to promote sharing of cybersecurity threat data between the...
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Indian Telecom Authority Reveals the Identity of Net Neutrality Supporters
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has published the emails and email addresses of Indians who responded to a document dealing with net neutrality, essentially doxing those who support net...
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