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Government seeks to strong arm companies into spying on users

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Last week, we reported on a rather disturbing revelation that the Department of Defense and NSA have been sending out so-called 2511 letters that absolve companies of legal consequences for violating the Wiretap Act by intercepting their users' communications. While the letters give ISPs and such incentive, they are no good if the company doesn't want to obey an order to grab data. To remedy this, a government task force is seeking to have companies that don't cooperate penalized. Read The Full Story

NYC police chief: more surveillance cameras coming, privacy is “off the table”

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Now more than ever, people are becoming more worried about their privacy, specifically being monitored while out in the public. Whether it'd be commuting to work or going out with friends, people aren't too comfortable with the idea that there are people watching them. However, it's not going away anytime soon, according to NYC police chief Ray Kelly. Read The Full Story

ACLU: CISPA bill essentially dead

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

The controversial CISPA bill recently passed through the House of Representatives with flying colors, and it's now in the Senate, where it will then be passed on to the President if the bill passes in the Senate. However, many groups and organizations are almost positive that the bill will be vetoed in the Senate, including the American Civil Liberties Union. Read The Full Story

Google sees record increase in government takedown requests

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google released its seventh transparency report today, which highlights the number of takedown requests that Google receives on a bi-yearly basis. This time around, Google received 2,285 government requests to remove 24,179 pieces of content off of Google's search engine between July 2012 and December 2012, which is a record high. Read The Full Story

Apple fined $118,000 for China copyright infringement

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple has been ordered by a Chinese court to compensate three Chinese writers for infringing their copyrights. Apple made the authors' books available in iBooks without first seeking their permission. The Cupertino-based company will have to pay up 730,000 Yuan ($118,000) to the three writers for copyright infringement. Read The Full Story

Eric Schmidt speaks of extremist infiltration of digital marketing in new book

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

The book titled “The New Digital Age” for short, written by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen of Google fame, has begun to spill is many angles on the future of our increasingly connected world into the public. In one section of the book titled “The Future of Terrorism”, Schmidt and Cohen speak both of the possibilities of an extremist (and/or terrorist) group infiltrating groups of mobile device users and of an actual happening which involved a global extremist group using Motorola mobile-phone businesses in Pakistan to “bombard” the country’s national newspaper editors with propaganda.

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New legislation aims for subsidized broadband in low-income homes

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

In an effort to update the FCC's long-running Lifeline program that helps put telephone access in low-income homes, a new piece of legislation has been introduced to the House of Representatives that would aim to give low-income homes the opportunity for unsubsidized broadband internet access. Read The Full Story

House passes CISPA bill with flying colors

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

After being squashed in the Senate last year, the CISPA bill has made a reappearance in the House of Representatives once again, and it passed with flying colors. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, as it's called, passed in the House by a majority vote of 288 to 127. It's now on to the Senate to get a yea or nay. Read The Full Story

Facebook partnering with attorneys general for privacy awareness

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Let's face it: Facebook privacy is something of a misnomer -- it's hard to use "Facebook" and "privacy" in the same sentence without it being considered negative. However, the social networking giant knows it, and it has announced that it will be partnering up with 19 state attorneys general in order to raise awareness for teen privacy on Facebook. Read The Full Story

Google issues settlement terms to the European Union

, Apr 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has issued some new settlement terms to EU regulators to make sure that its search engine is much more competition-friendly. According to The Wall Street Journal's sources, Google's proposal was submitted last week, and will alter the way the search engine will look in Europe (it will look the same as it does now everywhere else in the world). If approved, Google would be bound to this proposal for 5 years, and it would be monitored by a 3rd party to ensure its following through with the terms. Read The Full Story

UK government investigating free-to-play games over unlawful microtransactions

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Office of Fair Trading in London has announced that they are investigating free-to-play games to make sure that they are following all corners of the law. More specifically, the London-based regulators are investigating whether or not these types of games are unfairly pressuring gamers into making in-app purchases. Read The Full Story

Russia reveals plans for new $50 billion space program

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Watch out NASA, Russia is making a big effort to catch up with you in the fight for space travel supremacy. Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced the country's plan for a new space program that will cost around $50 billion over the course of seven years. The announcement comes on the anniversary of when the country (formerly the Soviet Union) put the first man in space. Read The Full Story
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