New York wants to ban anonymous speech online
Lawmakers in New York State are proposing a new legislation that involves the Web, and no, it’s not SOPA-esque or another CISPA-like spy-bill. Politicians in the Empire State want to outlaw anonymous...
View ArticleSOPA opponents release Digital Bill of Rights
Two leading opponents of SOPA are taking their fight for Internet freedoms to a whole new level. This time a team of bi-partisan lawmakers are offering a Digital Bill of Rights to help ensure that...
View ArticleCISPA’s back: Online espionage resurrect cybersecurity bill
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced before the US House next week following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have...
View ArticleObama to bypass Congress on CISPA with cybersecurity executive order
Unable to reach a deal with Congress, President Obama plans to use his power to exert executive actions against the will of lawmakers. The president will issue orders addressing controversial topics...
View ArticleCanada stops controversial internet surveillance bill
The Conservative Canadian government is abandoning its much-criticized internet surveillance bill, which would have allowed the government to keep tabs on its citizens and was disguised under the...
View ArticleObama Placed Embargo on Press Over Secret Cyber Security Executive Order
Buzz Feed reported today that Obama secretly signed a long awaited executive order on Cyber Security, then issued an embargo to all news organisations NOT to cover the developments. The report states:...
View ArticleCISPA, worse than SOPA, resurrected from the dead
The two US lawmakers responsible for last year’s failed cybersecurity bill known as CISPA are reintroducing the act, and renewed interest from Washington means it might have a fighting chance this...
View ArticleObama signs executive order on cybersecurity
Barack Obama has signed an executive order on cybersecurity aimed at boosting the defense of critical US infrastructure, while also avoiding the criticism over compromising civil liberties that its...
View ArticleUS and China accuse each other of cyber warfare
Security experts in the United States claim that a 12-story office building outside of Shanghai is the headquarters of a sophisticated hacking unit within the Chinese military established to attack...
View ArticleObama advisers say they will urge president to veto CISPA
Senior White House advisers say they will recommend US President Barack Obama veto the Cyber Sharing Intelligence and Protect Act (CISPA) if Congress approves the controversial computer bill. In a...
View ArticleUS House of Representatives passes CISPA cybersecurity bill
The US House of Representatives has passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act (CISPA). Lawmakers in the House voted 288-to-127 Thursday afternoon to accept the bill. Next it...
View ArticleObama Administration bypasses CISPA, allowing Internet Surveillance
Scared that CISPA might pass? The federal government is already using a secretive cybersecurity program to monitor online traffic and enforce CISPA-like data sharing between Internet service providers...
View ArticleCISPA stopped by the US Senate
Privacy advocates can breathe a sigh of relief as the controversial US Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) appears to be all but dead in the water, with all signs pointing to it being...
View ArticleTexas votes on its own CISPA-like cyber bill
The biggest thing to come out of Texas may turn out to be a blow to Internet freedoms: legislators there are considering a bill that would compromise privacy on the Web for all residents of the Lone...
View ArticleObama brings back CISPA again with a new name
The White House proposal to encourage businesses to share data with the government on “cyber threats” would make it easier for law enforcement and other agencies to collect private information on...
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