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Alec Ross: No sympathy for al Shabaab Twitter account
Government control of the Internet is a losing proposition and al Shabaab deserves "no sympathy" from efforts to remove it from Twitter, said a State Department official during a Jan. 10 online talk .
Ninth Circuit lets lawsuit proceed against NSA over warrantless wiretapping
A civil suit against the government filed over National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping can proceed, ruled the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a Dec. 29 opinion (.pdf). The opinion sends
BART cellphone shutdown sparks FCC petition
A bevy of public interest groups called on the Federal Communications Commission Aug. 29 to issue a preemptive ruling against local government suspension of commercial cellular service. In an
Focus turns to privacy in second NSTIC workshop
The first of four guiding principles in the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (.pdf) call for identity solutions to be privacy-enhancing and voluntary. Representatives from
Judge affirms warrant requirement of FISA
The National Security Agency's warrantless monitoring of international phone calls was illegal, a federal judge ruled March 31. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires a warrant for
Reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, says new coalition
Big companies such as Microsoft and AT&T and advocacy groups from different parts of the political spectrum have joined to form a coalition intent on strengthening online privacy. The newly
Feds keep eye on social media sites
Federal law agents are snooping into social media sites, according to a document retrieved through the Freedom of Information Act by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and posted online March 16. A
DoJ sued for sleuthing practices on Facebook, Twitter
The Department of Justice and five other governmental agencies were sued last week by a privacy watchdog group for using Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to investigate citizens in
