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President's plan insufficient to rein in NSA, privacy advocates say
""USA Freedom is more comprehensive and it's essential that it pass to fix much of what is wrong with domestic surveillance," Jennifer Granic…
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After Twitter Ban, Turkey’s Netizens Find YouTube Blockage a Breeze
"“It’s an escalation of censorship efforts,” said Andrew McLaughlin, who was a policy director at Google from 2003 to 2009 and worked on Turkish issues.&qu…
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The Case for Making Revenge Porn a Federal Crime
"As Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor who studies cyber-harassment, put it to me in an email this morning, "A federal criminal l…
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Obama Unveils Proposed Changes to NSA Phone Data Rules
"But Michelle Richardson, a legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the impact on the scope isn't clear, and that the adminis…
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Experts say NSA rules leave privacy vulnerable
""It's very clear there are enormous loopholes," said Jonathan Mayer, a cybersecurity fellow at Stanford University's Center for Internat…
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Huawei Hacking is a Security Scandal
Last week, the New York Times reported that the U.S. is spying on router company Huawei to get information about the Chinese government and to learn how to surv…
The Fight for Internet Freedom - A Talk with David Drummond
The Internet makes lives better, around the world, in ways people couldn't have imagined not even a decade ago. It sparks prosperity, inspires dissent, impr…
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Phone call metadata easily yields details of private life
""What surprised us was how much sensitive information was crammed into the metadata," said Jonathan Mayer, a doctoral candidate and a cybersecur…
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Snowden effect: White House, Hill offering reforms
"“We never had any real information about how these programs were used until now,” ACLU legislative counsel Michelle Richardson said. “Reform efforts were…
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As Surveillance Costs Fall, Could the NSA Gain Ability to Record & Replay Every Call, Everywhere?
"MICHELLE RICHARDSON: Well, we’re concerned this is another example of U.S. government overreach and that instead of really targeting its very powerful sur…
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Obama Press Attacks Degrade the First Amendment In The Name of Security
Cross-posted from Forbes.com and co-authored by CIS Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick. This post is co-authored with Morgan Weiland, a J.D.-Ph.D. ca…
Obama Press Attacks Degrade the First Amendment In The Name of Security
Cross-posted from Forbes. This post is co-authored with Morgan Weiland, a J.D.-Ph.D. candidate at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Communication Department…