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Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho's "Ag-Gag" Law
On August 5th, 2015 with 48 comments
takyon writes:A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that an "ag-gag" law is...
India Nixes Online Porn Ban Following Intense Public Outrage on Social Media
On August 6th, 2015 with 24 comments
Phoenix666 writes:That didn't take long. The world's oldest Internet hobby is...
Probable Cause Required for Cell Phone Tracking in US 4th Circuit
On August 6th, 2015 with 27 comments
FrogBlast writes:The United State Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has...
Peru's New Data Retention Law Sets New Mark for Warrantless Abuse
On August 9th, 2015 with 10 comments
"gewg_" writes:Glyn Moody reports via TechDirtHere's another [data retention]...
Videos Taken Down From Vimeo for Using the Word 'Pixels'
On August 11th, 2015 with 39 comments
Arthur T Knackerbracket joins up the dots to bring us this story:Columbia...
Australia's Federal Court Backs ISPs in Row over Illegal Downloads
On August 14th, 2015 with 10 comments
NoMaster writes:Australia's Federal Court has refused an application from the...
Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service
On August 16th, 2015 with 11 comments
Phoenix666 writes:The Supreme Court was asked in a petition to force the...
Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election
On August 16th, 2015 with 60 comments
cosurgi writes:I witnessed the events as they unfolded yesterday, I'll try to...
Dallas Buyers Club Case Dealt Blow by Australian Court
On August 17th, 2015 with 20 comments
Phoenix666 writes in with a story from the BBC:An Australian court has blocked...
Spanish Woman Fined for Posting Photo of Illegally Parked Police Car
On August 18th, 2015 with 62 comments
BK writes:According to The Guardian: The unnamed woman, a resident of Petrer...
FCC Says Convention Centers Can't Block Your Wi-Fi Hotspot
On August 19th, 2015 with 18 comments
Phoenix666 writes:Smart City Holdings, a Wi-Fi provider for convention centers...
ProtonMail Open Sources Its Encrypted Webmail Interface, Releases v2
On August 20th, 2015 with 5 comments
patella.whack writes:TechCrunch article: Secure encrypted email provider...
NSA: Here’s $300,000, People. Go Build Us a Safer Internet of Things
On August 20th, 2015 with 30 comments
Phoenix666 writes:The NSA (National Security Agency) is funding development of...
Copyright Strikes and Copyright Fouls
On August 23rd, 2015 with 28 comments
tt0161216 writes: Accused public records terrorist, Carl Malamud recently...
Ballot Selfie Bans Coming Before Federal Courts
On August 24th, 2015 with 95 comments
Thexalon writes:A federal judge recently ruled that banning photos of ballots...
Chasing Illegal Movie Downloaders Proves an Unprofitable Exercise
On August 25th, 2015 with 24 comments
Arthur T. Knackerbracket writes:Original URL:...
Associated Press Sues FBI Over Fake News Story
On August 29th, 2015 with 5 comments
Phoenix666 writes:The Associated Press filed a lawsuit this morning, demanding...
Big Data's Dirty Secret - The Privacy Invasion Nightmare is Only Beginning
On August 29th, 2015 with 57 comments
etherscythe writes:...
Baltimore Lawyers to Review 1,900 Stingray-Assisted Cases
On August 29th, 2015 with 22 comments
takyon writes:A group of defense attorneys, including a public defender, will...
US Teen Faces 11 Years in Jail and Lifetime Internet Monitoring
On August 31st, 2015 with 100 comments
Appalbarry writes: PC World reports on the story of an American teenager who...
British Library Declines to Host Taliban Documents, Citing UK Terrorism Act
On September 1st, 2015 with 35 comments
shortscreen writes:For two years, academics worked to digitize and translate a...
Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, et al Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Codec
On September 1st, 2015 with 23 comments
tt2575988 writes:Seven big-name Internet companies today announced formation of...
Russian Site Blocking Continues, Data Localization Requirement Takes Effect
On September 2nd, 2015 with 31 comments
takyon writes:Archive.org has become the latest site to be blocked in...
NSA Bulk Call Records Collection Extended for Last Time
On September 2nd, 2015 with 10 comments
Arthur T. Knackerbracket writes:Original URL: Computerworld has an article on...
DOJ Tells ALL Federal Cops to Get a Warrant for Stingray Use
On September 4th, 2015 with 17 comments
frojack writes:According to the Washington Post all federal law enforcement...
Two North Carolina Teens Hit with Child Porn Charges After Consensual Sexting
On September 5th, 2015 with 85 comments
Phoenix666 writes:Later this month, a North Carolina high school student will...
China's Censorship Apparatus Employs "Great Cannon", a Selective Nation-State DoS Tool
On September 6th, 2015 with 6 comments
fliptop writes:Bruce Schneier commented about a new tool China is using to...
Federal Appeals Court Set to Hear Microsoft 'Cloud' Case
On September 8th, 2015 with 20 comments
Arthur T Knackerbracket offers the following story from PhysOrg:Microsoft Corp....
Amazon and GoDaddy Sued for Hosting Leaked Ashley Madison Data
On September 8th, 2015 with 39 comments
takyon writes:...
Bigamy is having one spouse too many. Monogamy is the same.
