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USA FREEDOM Act stalls

Last evening the Senate voted 58-42 to delay implementation of the USA FREEDOM Act with the goal of reforming, albeit modestly, America's controversial dome…

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PCLOB: Defining Privacy Interests, 2/2

Panel 2 of today's PCLOB public hearing explored privacy interests within a counterterrorism context with an emphasis on what impact technology has upon it.…

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PCLOB: Defining Privacy Interests, 1/2

Today I am attending the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board hearing on "Defining Privacy" here in Washington, DC.  Four sessions are planned…

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Hacking Trademarks for Free Culture

Open source software projects and other collaborative communities are built on the principle that information should be shared and remixed. Some of these projec…

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Free as in Open Access and Wikipedia

Cross-posted from EFF. Between October 20 and 26, EFF is celebrating Open Access Week alongside dozens of organizations from around the world. This is a week t…