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3 Dec 2013, 8:22 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism Ben Emmerson [official profile] on Monday stated that he plans to launch an investigation [Guardian op-ed] into the surveillance activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) [official websites]. [read post]
6 May 2012, 7:46 am
The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 8:42 am
AI believes this that this new law has too broad a definition of terrorism, increases the surveillance powers of the government and ultimately could endanger human... [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 10:09 am
[JURIST] The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) [official website] ruled [judgment, PDF] Friday that the UK's mass surveillance of citizens' Internet use violates humans rights law. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 2:21 pm
The government is seeking a $1B contract for the database, and it is not limited to criminals. [read post]
11 May 2006, 7:13 am
Bush on Thursday insisted that "the privacy of ordinary Americans is fiercely protected" as the government conducts anti-terrorist surveillance in the US. [read post]
28 Mar 2008, 9:26 pm
Originally Posted by Paul Karlsgodt at 3/13/2008 12:42 PM and filed under Class Action News A key issue in the well-publicized fight between President Bush and leaders in the House of Representatives over the proposed Bill to extend the federal government’s terrorism surveilance authority is the inclusion of provisions giving retroactive immunity. [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 6:30 am
" The commission urged European governments to enact [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 11:49 am
The bill, which would amend the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [text], also includes a provision requiring the attorney general to [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 3:40 am
The Baltimore Police Department has an agreement with the U.S. government to withhold certain information about secretive cellphone surveillance technology from the public and even the courts, according to a confidential agreement obtained by The Associated Press. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 11:14 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Monday announced that they had filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [DOJ backgrounder] seeking information on the extent of governmental use and interpretation of Executive Order 12,333 [federal backgrounder], which permits US government surveillance abroad to protect national security. [read post]
18 Jan 2014, 4:58 am
[JURIST] In a speech [transcript] Friday, US President Barack Obama [official website] announced detailed plans to change surveillance policy, curbing the abilities of intelligence agencies to collect and use American phone data. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 2:03 pm
The rules, the company believes, are an effort by China to increase monitoring and surveillance of Web site content and could put individuals who register their sites with the firm at risk. [read post]
30 Oct 2011, 5:24 am
Research In Motion Ltd. has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the Indian government carry out lawful surveillance of its BlackBerry services, according to people familiar with the matter, but the move hasn’t fully satisfied India’s appetite for access to messages on the popular smartphones. [read post]
27 Feb 2006, 8:59 am
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official website] has begun circulating a draft version of a bill that would require the federal government to obtain permission before conducting domestic surveillance [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
26 Jul 2006, 11:37 am
[JURIST] CIA Director Michael Hayden on Wednesday spoke against requiring the US government to show probable cause to obtain warrants to wiretap domestic conversations thought to involve al-Qaeda affiliates during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing [committee materials] on adapting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text] to the threat of terrorism. [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 2:02 pm
linkThe more i learn, the more incorrect, flawed, distorted, and unjust seems the method of making decisions, governing, and settling things by the process of "democracy!" [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 2:23 pm
"Court Backs Warrantless Searches Abroad": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "The authorities may lawfully conduct searches and electronic surveillance against United States citizens in foreign countries without a warrant, a federal appeals court panel said on Monday, bolstering the government's power to investigate terrorism by ruling that a key constitutional protection afforded to Americans does not apply overseas. [read post]
27 May 2008, 8:14 pm
It’s this kind of mindless sleepwalking into a surveillance society that reminds me of Orwells 1984. [read post]
16 Jul 2017, 3:46 pm
Whether it’s corporations or governments, digital surveillance today is widespread. [read post]
