Glenn Greenwald: Why the CIA is smearing Edward Snowden after the Paris attacks
Decent people see tragedy and barbarism when viewing a terrorism attack. American politicians and intelligence officials see something else: opportunity. Bodies were still lying …
In wake of Paris attacks, legislation aims to extend NSA program
A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that would delay the end of the bulk collection of phone metadata by the National Security Agency …
World Wide Web creator makes last-minute bid for open Internet in Europe
Tim Berners-Lee, known as the father of the Web, urged European politicians on Monday to “save the Internet” by defending the concept of fair …
Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops
Twitter has shut off access to 31 accounts that chronicled and archived the deleted tweets of politicians, diplomats and embassies around the world. The …
Wikileaks Release: Hacking Team Says It Sold Spyware To FSB, Russia’s Secret Police
Now that Wikileaks has released the emails included in the 415GB leaked by the hackers who breached Italian “lawful intercept” provider Hacking Team TISI …
Russia Relaxes Its Right to be Forgotten
Russian lawmakers are watering down a draft law on their version of the “right to be forgotten,” in a rare thaw in relations between …
US and EU politicians use Charlie Hebdo attack to call for more Internet surveillance
Millions worldwide have expressed their support for victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack by Islamic extremists, which left 12 dead. The tragic shooting has …
Politician’s fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’ by hacker
A member of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker network claims to have cloned a thumbprint of a German politician by using commercial software …
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