Support for Online Free Speech Widespread in the Arab World

http://economicrisis.com/support-for-online-free-speech-widespread-in-the-arab-world/6484 Support for Online Free Speech Widespread in the Arab World Just a little more than two years ago, the world witnessed the overthrow of three North African dictators and ensuing...

Drone Wars in America

http://economicrisis.com/drone-wars-in-america/6116 Drone Wars in America While most of us are aware of the lethal Predator drones that target terrorists outside the United States, not many know that this very same technology (minus the missiles) is coming to America in...

GANG STALKERS DOWN: U.S. COURT REJECTS WARRANTLESS GPS TRACKING

• Electronic backbone of covert fusion center coordinated nationwide community "gangstalking" network -- warrantless GPS tracking data fed by federally-funded law enforcement agencies such as RISSNET to local police and community "policing" vigilante patrol squads --...

Internet group sues US govt for electronic eavesdropping

George Bush has been spying emails and other electronic data to check on the war on terror. But now an american non profit organisation Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush and other senior members of his...

Mother sues Universal Music

In 2007, Stephanie Lenz made a short video of her son dancing to a song by Prince, which was taken down. Due to the DMCA, copyright holders have been able to order takedowns of YouTube videos without having to...

German Hacker Club Publishes Interior Minister's Fingerprint

This is probably as relevant as political debate, hands-on protest, and civil disobedience get in the digital age: "A hacker club has published what it says is the fingerprint of Wolfgang Schauble, Germany's...

Major League Baseball Cries Foul on Slingbox

Representatives for Major League Baseball's web and television division are threatening to sue the makers of Slingbox, which allows users to stream their subscribed cable content from television to...

EFF is Collecting Stories of Border Problems

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is collecting stories of border problems. "Having Trouble at the Border? EFF Wants Your StoriesHave you had any difficulties entering or leaving theUnited States? If so, EFF would like to hear from you.After focusing attention on the...

Walt Disney VS Spockos Will Internet Democracy Emerge Winner?

KSFO 560 AM from Bay Area is caught in a controversy. Yes Spocko the blogger has been wagging a single handed battle against ABC Radio, which has irked Walt Disney. The group, which symbolises entertainment and fun, has not been able to take Spocko's criticism in a light...

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Government intervenes in warrantless wiretapping lawsuit

"The Department of Justice made good its threat to file a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by EFF against AT&T over its collaboration with the NSA's massive program to wiretap and data-mine...

US spy agency building database of every call ever made

"After report says millions of Americans' phone records have been given to the National Security Agency (NSA), Bush says privacy is ''fiercely protected.''"

Bush administration to intervene in AT&T surveillance case

"The United States government filed a Statement of Interest Friday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) class-action lawsuit against ATT, announcing that the government would assert the military and...

NARUS Is Big Brother

"It's called NARUS and it is the evolution of tracking software, it allows thousands of emails and phonecalls to be monitored for terms like terrorist, bomb, etc. But it goes further it puts them into context, reads between the lines and can determine if the terminology being...

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