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Anti-piracy investigator calls for dedicated Australian court to prosecute web pirates
A prominent anti-piracy investigator has called for the creation of a dedicated Australian court to deal with the illicit downloading and distribution of movies, …
Vienna court orders Facebook response on ‘Facebook v Europe’ privacy case
The Vienna regional court has given Facebook four weeks to respond to a 25,000 plaintiff class-action lawsuit over privacy. The lawsuit, called “Facebook v …
Is Tor’s Anonymous Internet Still Secure?
Browsing the Web with The Onion Router, or Tor, is supposed to make you anonymous. Many of the encryption algorithms used by this popular …
Court Says That Tweeting Someone Is ‘F**king Crazy’ Is Not Libelous
There have been a number of libel cases popping up over the past few years where random insults on Twitter are turned into full …
US Government Is Paying To Undermine Internet Security, Not To Fix It
The Heartbleed computer security bug is many things: a catastrophic tech failure, an open invitation to criminal hackers and yet another reason to upgrade …
Ask.fm’s new owners vow to crack down on bullying or shut the site
The new owners of Ask.fm, the social network implicated in the suicide of 14-year-old Hannah Smith in summer 2013, have sworn to end bullying …
Hundreds of police staff investigated over use of Facebook and Twitter
Hundreds of police employees have been investigated for breaching social media guidelines at forces across England and Wales during a five-year period. Police officers …
Edward Snowden: NSA Spies Most on Americans
Edward Snowden told a crowd of fans Wednesday that the U.S. government’s surveillance programs collect more data on Americans than it does on any …
What You Need to Know About the FISA Court—and How it Needs to Change
Should interpretation of the laws and Constitution of the United States take place in one-sided secretive courts, away from the public eye? For years, …
Glenn Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers
For years, the US government loudly warned the world that Chinese routers and other internet devices pose a “threat” because they are built with …
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