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Feds take porn fight to Google

January 19, 2006 Bush administration subpoenas records of all searches over one week as it defends disputed antiporn law. Document: Google subpoenaed over pornography TAGS: subpoena, Child Online Protection Act, Bush Administration, porn, search engine, Google Inc., request, government, law, Yahoo! Inc., attorney, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

U.K. seeks to ban violent online porn

August 30, 2005 Government announces proposal to outlaw possession of "extreme pornography" in effort to limit online images of abuse. TAGS: porn, possession, U.K., material, law, government, image

Wi-Fi for everyone?

December 6, 2004 Not so fast, says Pennsylvania. CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why backers of a new state law say cities shouldn't offer Internet access. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, airline, law, city, Internet service, enterprise, government, wireless service, compensation, entrepreneur, Internet access, Wi-Fi, tax

Judge: Google must give feds limited access to records

March 18, 2006 Privacy-aware ruling says search giant must turn over a swath of indexed URLs--but not users' queries. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, Google Inc., government, law, Judge, Time Warner Inc., search engine

How to hinder, not help, social networks

December 4, 2007 iMega chairman Joe Brennan says digital innovators face increased risks because of politically motivated short-term fixes by state governments. TAGS: social networking, North Carolina, minor, law, government, MySpace, U.S.

The Constitution, a la carte

May 22, 2007 The FCC might have good intentions, but Randolph J. May says the government could end up violating the First Amendment. TAGS: First Amendment, government, programming, cable company, violence, law, reader, TV

Broadband boondoggle in the making

January 4, 2005 Tropos Networks CEO Ronald Sege says a new Pennsylvania law will slow the launch of faster, less expensive wireless broadband. TAGS: broadband access, Pennsylvania, broadband, citizen, Philadelphia, deployment, wireless broadband, law, telephone company, telecommunications, government, U.S.

The anxious new dawn of cybersnooping

May 3, 2006 Privacy expert Nancy Libin says Congress can't afford to ignore a loophole in federal privacy law. TAGS: loophole, government agency, personal information, LexisNexis, ChoicePoint Inc., government, legislation, responsibility, law

Libertarianism and its discontents

October 18, 2007 CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says that while those in the tech world want to see government out of our lives, they don't really mean it. TAGS: stock market, law, government

This week in Google

January 20, 2006 Federal prosecutors defending a Net porn law try to force Google to hand over millions of search records. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, federal prosecutor, Google Inc., government, law, Bush Administration, request, search engine, e-mail

Bill launched to overhaul broadband rules

July 27, 2005 Politicians say it's time to update the 1996 Telecommunications Act and other laws to deregulate broadband and wireless links. TAGS: telecommunications, broadband, fiber, bill, government, Verizon Communications, law, VoIP, satellite

Spy czar urges extension of warrantless-wiretap law

September 18, 2007 Many Democrats say there are too many unanswered questions about the scope of the Bush administration's surveillance activities. TAGS: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, warrant, foreigner, Bush Administration, Democrat, law, telephone call, government, U.S., Republican, e-mail

Freedom of information? Uncle Sam, get it right!

March 28, 2007 Attorney Eric Sinrod says 10 years after Congress enacted E-FOIA regulations, government agencies are coming up woefully short. TAGS: agency, exemption, guidance, audit, freedom, government, request, compliance, law, record

Grandstanding on terrorism and tech

October 9, 2002 IPI Center for Technology Freedom director Bartlett Cleland cautions that zealous policymakers are ignoring the realities of technology in a rush to pass their pet tech projects into law. TAGS: computer attack, computer security, regulation, NSA, government, terrorism, attack, law, U.S., security

U.K. government targets high-tech tax fraud

January 27, 2006 The U.K. is cracking down on criminals who commit sales tax fraud by moving IT products between European countries. TAGS: VAT, fraud, fraudster, goods, criminal, tax, U.K., trader, technology company, request, government, law, information technology

Government study: VoIP, video can be taxed

January 26, 2006 Federal auditors review the tax laws and say state and local governments have leeway to levy Net taxes. TAGS: tax, Ron Wyden, Internet service, law, VoIP, Internet access, Virginia, telecommunications company, service provider, Sen., telecommunications, fiber, government, Internet Service Provider, video

Week in review: Google, the defiant one

January 20, 2006 Search giant rejects demand to turn over millions of search records related to federal defense of a Net porn law. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, Week in review, Google Inc., Bush Administration, law, government, request, search engine, e-mail

Santa's delivered the Open Government Act

January 9, 2008 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why he thinks the newly signed law ensures government accountability in the Digital Age. TAGS: exemption, statute, request, agency, law, government, president, response

Yahoo files to dismiss China human rights suit

August 27, 2007 Two Chinese journalists allege the Internet giant "willingly" handed over information that led to their arrest and prosecution. TAGS: subsidiary, Internet company, China, Yahoo! Inc., prison, motion, journalist, lawsuit, government, law

Uncle Sam's newest security challenge to businesses

November 5, 2007 Congress will soon consider new laws to better protect businesses against security breaches. Websense CEO Gene Hodges argues against a one-size-fits-all approach. TAGS: breach, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, data protection, compliance, government, law, security, bank
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