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Thousands of UK protestors demand Google censor anti-Islam video

Google logo in the company's London offices. Flickr user caccamo YouTube faces more heat for its refusal to censor "The Innocence of Muslims," a controversial video that depicts Islam's Prophet Muhammad in an...

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Monday, October 15th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Open Letter to Internet Companies: Tell Us How Much We Are Being Surveilled

Google just unveiled the latest figures in its Transparency Report, which explains how often the company gives your private data to the government. Despite our criticism of the report’s lack of “transparency,” we...

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Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Google Says It Removes 1 Million Infringing Links Monthly

Each month, Google removes more than 1 million links to infringing content such as movies, video games, music and software from its search results — with about half of those requests for removal...

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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 Net News No Comments

New Mobile-Phone Privacy Law Proposed

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) unveiled draft legislation Monday requiring mobile-phone carriers to reveal if they are employing tracking software such as Carrier IQ. “Consumers have the right to know and to say ‘no’...

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 Net News No Comments

Mobile Carriers Claim Consumer Consent to Carrier IQ Spying

Americans consented to secretly installed software on 150 million mobile phones that logs what apps they use and what websites they visit and who they communicate with, according to mobile-phone makers and carriers....

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Saturday, December 17th, 2011 Net News No Comments