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Google’s chairman wants algorithms to censor the internet for hate speech
In an op-ed for The New York Times (paywall), Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, inserted himself directly into the middle of a …
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 …
Vice News Employees Charged With Terrorism In Turkey… Because They Used Encryption
If you thought US law enforcement’s freakout about “going dark” due to encryption was insane, leave it to Turkey to take the insanity to …
China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push
China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late on Monday, as part of a …
Security agencies get access to 2 yrs of Australians’ phone, internet records
A law forcing Australian phone and internet companies to keep records for two years has been passed by both houses of parliament. The new …
EU plans new team to tackle cyber-terrorism
Plans for a new Europe-wide counter-terrorism unit are being presented to European ministers. The Internet Referral Unit would be part of law enforcement agency …
EU wants to snoop on Skype to combat terrorist threat – report
The EU agency for judicial cooperation says the bloc needs to develop a common approach to lawfully intercept services like Skype and Viber, to …
Less Than A Week After Failing Last Attempt, UK Lords Try To Sneak Through Snooper’s Charter Once Again
A week ago, we noted that a group of UK Lords were trying to rush through the “Snooper’s Charter” that had previously been rejected …
‘Hostile to privacy’: Snowden urges internet users to get rid of Dropbox
Edward Snowden has hit out at Dropbox and other services he says are “hostile to privacy,” urging web users to abandon unencrypted communication and …
French municipal-websites hacked, replaced with ISIS flag
So-called Islamic State flags have appeared on the websites of several municipalities near Paris whose homepages were hacked. The hacks come amidst an intense …
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