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AT&T fined over marketing complaints

March 11, 2005 AT&T has agreed to pay $35,000 in fines related to charges that it violated Pennsylvania's "Do Not Call" laws. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Do-Not-Call, AT&T Corp., law

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, wireless broadband, law, deployment, telephone company, government, telecommunications, city, U.S.

ACLU Net litigator dies at 52

October 11, 2005 Stefan Presser, head of the ACLU's Pennsylvania affiliate, fought for free speech and privacy rights on the Internet. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Child Online Protection Act, law

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, Internet service, city, government, wireless service, entrepreneur, enterprise, compensation, Internet access, Wi-Fi, tax

Foes of site-blocking law win a round

September 10, 2003 A legal challenge to a controversial Pennsylvania law that forces network providers to block possibly illegal Web sites wins an unexpected early victory. TAGS: Pennsylvania, WorldCom Inc., attorney general, EarthLink Inc., law, network provider, Internet Service Provider, order, lawsuit

Police blotter: Child porn in Web cache OK

November 24, 2006 In this week's installment, court reverses conviction of man who viewed illegal porn but didn't know it was saved in his Web cache. TAGS: conviction, Police Blotter, cache, defendant, Pennsylvania, porn, possession, evidence, prosecutor, law, image, situation, Web browser, hard drive

Court strikes down Pennsylvania porn law

September 10, 2004 Statute requiring ISPs to filter inappropriate Web sites is unconstitutional, federal judge rules. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Internet Service Provider, law, domain name, attorney general, First Amendment, speech, federal judge, state, decision, IP, technique, service provider

Court ponders Web site-blocking law

January 6, 2004 A federal judge in Philadelphia hears a challenge to a controversial state law that has led to more than 1 million innocuous Web sites being accidentally blocked. TAGS: Pennsylvania, attorney general, law, domain, Philadelphia, HTTP, address, federal judge, domain name, letter, lawyer, challenge

India bans a Yahoo group

September 23, 2003 The Indian government's Department of Telecommunications blocks access to a Yahoo group's Web site, alleging that it has anti-India content. TAGS: censorship, government, India, Yahoo! Inc., Pennsylvania, attorney general, law, telecommunications

Police blotter: Cops raid Usenet provider over porn

September 8, 2006 Judge lets civil rights lawsuit proceed that Usenet provider filed against Pa. police after being raided. TAGS: Usenet, plaintiff, raid, Pennsylvania, Communications Decency Act, Police Blotter, defendant, violation, U.S. District Judge, claim, Internet Service Provider, police, attorney, Judge, Internet service, law

Week in review: Tech face-lift

June 30, 2006 A massive communications bill is taking shape in the Senate, and it promises to change the shape of the tech world. TAGS: reader, Net Neutrality, Pennsylvania, communication, Week in review, senator, telecommunications, law, rule, Verizon Communications, idea, broadband
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