Home Posts Tagged "lawmakers"
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 …
EU air passenger data retention system ready for take-off, says Parliament
Air passengers entering or leaving the European Union could soon have their personal details stored and shared among EU countries, after lawmakers voted Wednesday …
Bill to rein in NSA phone data collection reintroduced
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation aimed at ending the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone records across the country. …
House panel OKs bill to end NSA phone records program
A House panel overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to stop the bulk collection of U.S. phone records by the National Security Agency. The 25-2 vote …
Google joins Apple, others in calling for spying controls, as Patriot Act vote nears
With an important surveillance-related section of the USA Patriot Act up for reauthorization this year, Google has teamed with other tech firms in sending …
Flimsy Last Ditch Effort To Derail Real Net Neutrality Protections Launches In Congress
With Title II based net neutrality rules pretty much a sure thing, the mega-ISPs have been engaged in a last-ditch attempt to derail the …
Recent Comments