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GOP revives ISP-tracking legislation
February 7, 2007
New "law and order agenda" proposes data retention requirements. Also, owners of racy Web sites would have to post labels or go to prison.
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Gonzales pressures ISPs on data retention
May 27, 2006
In private meeting at the DOJ, attorney general and FBI director pressure Internet providers to record their customers' activities.
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Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users
September 20, 2006
Attorney general, other witnesses ask Congress to force Internet service providers to follow customers' activities.
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Terrorism invoked in ISP snooping proposal
May 31, 2006
Attorney general said Internet providers must retain records of Americans' activities to help in terrorism fight, CNET News.com has learned.
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Republican politico endorses data retention
May 5, 2006
Aide to House committee chairman expresses support for law prohibiting ISPs from deleting customer activity records.
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Congress targets social-networking sites
June 29, 2006
Lawmakers have been trying to get ISPs to retain data on customers. Now Congress is turning to sites like MySpace.
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ISP snooping plans take backseat
May 18, 2006
Republican committee chair says he won't go ahead with proposal to require Net providers to store data on customers.
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Congress may consider mandatory ISP snooping
April 29, 2006
House Democrat joins Bush administration in supporting a mandate that Net firms store records about consumers' activities.
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FBI director wants ISPs to track users
October 17, 2006
Robert Mueller becomes latest Bush administration official to call for ISPs to store customers' data.
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Data retention bill expected next week
September 21, 2006
Proposal expected to require Internet providers to keep customer information for a year for police convenience.
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Industry, others object to data retention
May 31, 2006
As feds begin talking about requiring ISPs and others to store data on customers, critics point to technical, security and privacy challenges.
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Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites
March 2, 2007
Feds try during a private meeting to convince sites that allow photos or videos to be uploaded to monitor users, News.com has learned.
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Week in review: Policing the Net
February 9, 2007
Some in Congress want to see ISPs track your online activities and report suspicious content to the authorities.
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Politicos mull data retention by Web hosts, registrars
September 26, 2006
Broadening their inquiry beyond ISPs, they ponder mandates for storage of user records to aid child porn investigators.
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Congress mulls slew of Net sex rules
June 27, 2006
A hearing on protecting children yields a dozen proposed laws including Web blocking, surveillance and "search and destroy bots."
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ISP snooping gaining support
April 14, 2006
Politicians embrace idea of requiring Net providers to record what subscribers do online.
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Congressional confusion on Internet privacy
July 5, 2006
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh examines why a Republican supporter of online privacy wants to force Net providers to snoop on what Americans do online.
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