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The Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that challenged a Bush-era law (the FISA Amendments Act), retroactively giving telecommunications firms—including Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T—legal immunity after performing warrantless wiretapping at the government’s...New Zealand intelligence illegally spied on Kim Dotcom
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key announced on September 24 that he has requested an inquiry into illegal spying on Kim Dotcom and other employees of Megaupload by New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau,...Oops! Copyright Cops Return Seized RojaDirecta Domain Names – 19 Months Later
One of Spain’s most popular websites, whose American domains were seized in January 2011 as part of a crackdown on internet piracy, is getting its domains returned 19 months later, as the U.S....Libertarians make the case: net neutrality is unconstitutional
The 2011 FCC Order established net neutrality as a matter of national policy. Since, companies like Verizon have been trying to fight it. Taramisu A group of well-known libertarian organizations has filed an amicus...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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