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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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Lawmakers take aim at social-networking sites
May 11, 2006
Proposed law would cordon off access to sites such as MySpace and LiveJournal from schools and libraries.
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Patriot Act fight moves to Senate
December 14, 2005
House of Representatives votes to renew Patriot Act for four years--but passage in Senate this week uncertain.
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Attorney general to talk data retention with new Congress
January 18, 2007
Alberto Gonzales says it's critical to ensure that law enforcement is able to get its hands on subscriber data from ISPs.
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Senate may vote on pretexting bill this week
December 7, 2006
Bill would criminalize fraudulently buying or selling phone records; police and spy agencies would be exempt.
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Congress may make ISPs snoop on you
May 16, 2006
Proposed law targets bloggers, search engines, and Web sites that might "facilitate" access to unlawful pornography.
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House panel endorses controversial spy bill
September 21, 2006
Republicans push through legislation to rewrite wiretapping law, get blasted by civil-liberties groups and Democrats.
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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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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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FCC to study need for more Net neutrality regulation
March 22, 2007
Federal Communications Commission says it will invite public comments on the need for more Net neutrality protections.
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Anti-HP hypocrisy in Congress?
September 18, 2006
As Congress looks into "pretexting," CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh asks if politicos are really in favor of our privacy.
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Technology Voters' Guide: Ron Paul
January 3, 2008
Republican thinks a free market is key to broadband expansion and that feds should stay out of mergers and social networks.Special coverage: Election 2008
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Year in review: Privacy and surveillance
December 21, 2006
In 2006, some politicians wanted to push for more privacy and others wanted more surveillance. Neither side won.
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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 readies broad new digital copyright bill
April 23, 2006
Instead of reforming the controversial DMCA, the U.S. government seems poised to expand it in a sweeping proposal.
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