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Wiretap laws face new static
October 10, 2007
A bill in the House focuses on the touchy issue of immunity for ISPs and phone companies that aid the feds in spying.
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NSA telecom immunity still unsettled in Senate
November 16, 2007
Due to procedural oddity, question of whether to shield companies from suits alleging cooperation with the NSA won't be resolved until final floor vote.
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Year in review: The politics of privacy
December 31, 2007
Debate centered on how and when to limit federal wiretaps, and the role of tech companies. Meanwhile, the Real ID Act ran into some real opposition.
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House rejects immunity for phone companies in spy suits
November 16, 2007
Drawing veto threats from White House, legislators OK spy law rewrite sans lawsuit protection for aids of government spying.
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NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?
October 22, 2007
White House wanted immunity for phone companies over possible cooperation with NSA, but new bill also would shield e-mail, IM providers.
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FCC chairman calls for new telecom laws
August 23, 2004
Current regulations, written before the Internet era, are "broken" and do "not match reality anymore."
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Baby Bells win another battle
March 24, 2004
The Supreme Court rules that states have the right to pass laws prohibiting cities and local governments from selling telecom services.
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The erosion of anonymous Internet speech
January 25, 2006
Attorney Eric Sinrod warns against the unintended consequences of a new law designed to prevent telephone harassment.
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Europe passes tough new data retention laws
December 14, 2005
Despite privacy and industry concerns, data will be kept on every e-mail sent and phone call made for as long as two years.
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Quest for 'Utopia' hits a roadblock
April 19, 2004
Armed with a recent Supreme Court decision, major telecommunications companies are successfully thwarting plans by municipalities to build advanced networks.
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Senate won't quiz telecoms about NSA spying
June 6, 2006
Republican senator abandons pledge to call telecom CEOs to testify about surveillance, saying now's not the right time.
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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.
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VoIP: To tax or not to tax
April 28, 2004
An obscure law in Florida is getting a lot of attention as the debate over taxing phone calls made over the Internet heats up.
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Cable taps into wiretap law
March 16, 2004
Time Warner Cable has asked VeriSign to help it comply with a federal wiretapping law for telecom carriers that will likely be extended to all broadband providers, says a source familiar with Time ...
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Cox president calls for level playing field
June 6, 2006
Speaking at GlobalComm, he says all he wants is to compete fairly using the same sets of rules the phone companies use.
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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.
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How to move the IP era out of neutral
October 29, 2004
MCI exec Richard Whitt says the answer is not to build a 21st-century telecom "network of networks" under 20th-century laws and regulations.
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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.
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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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Some companies helped the NSA, but which?
February 6, 2006
Survey into domestic surveillance scheme finds no companies willing to say they participated.
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