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White House hires Twitter legal director as chief privacy officer

, May 7th 2013 Discuss [1]

The White House has hired its first ever chief privacy officer, and the the person to take the helm for the first time is Twitter's legal director Nicole Wong, who has over a decade of experience dealing with both copyright and privacy law. The appointment of a chief privacy officer comes at a curious time, when a handful of privacy bills are trying to make their way through Congress. Read The Full Story

Senate gives go-ahead on Internet sales tax

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [4]

The Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that - if it passes - will allow states to get sales tax from online retailers, has not been without its fair share of opponents. EBay, for example, sent out emails late last month to its users asking for support to get changes made to the bill, which it says will harm small merchants. The debate isn't likely to stop any time soon, with the Senate passing the bill 69 - 27. Read The Full Story

Department of Defense approves Blackberry 10

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [1]

As we reported yesterday, the Department of Defense has been preparing to approve Samsung's and Apple's devices for use by agency employees. While both still await approval, Blackberry received it earlier today for Blackberry 10 smartphones and its PlayBook tablet. The thumbs-up comes after weeks of testing in Defense Department labs. Read The Full Story

Pentagon to approve Apple, Samsung devices in coming weeks

, May 1st 2013 Discuss [1]

As expected, the Pentagon is said to be preparing to approve the use of various Apple and Samsung devices by employees of the US Department of Defense. The US government’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will reportedly rule that Samsung Galaxy smartphones and iOS devices running iOS 6 meet standards to allow them to be used in the Pentagon. Read The Full Story

President Obama to name Tom Wheeler as FCC head

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

The White House is set to announce the next chairman of the FCC, and the position will be going to telecom lobbyist and venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, according to several reports. President Obama is expected to make the announcement as early as tomorrow, which will see the Core Capital Partners managing director take over the FCC helm at that point. Read The Full Story

Government seeks to strong arm companies into spying on users

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [4]

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 [9]

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 [3]

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 [2]

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 [4]

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
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