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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 TAGS: Ron Paul, federal government, candidate, legislation, high-speed Internet access, Net Neutrality, DMCA, broadband, Internet access, Republican, backup, DVD

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. TAGS: Internet provider, Alberto Gonzales, legislation, Bush Administration, Rep., agenda, Republican, Colorado, proposal, attorney general, Democrat, law, bill, telecommunications, requirement, Internet Service Provider

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. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Democrat, Republican, Michigan, Wisconsin, legislation, senator

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. TAGS: Net Neutrality, inquiry, regulation, principle, commission, notice, legislation, Republican, telecommunications, broadband

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. TAGS: Alberto Gonzales, data mining, legislation, Republican, Bush Administration, law, Internet Service Provider, proposal, spokesman, service provider, search engine

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. TAGS: Alberto Gonzales, attorney general, legislation, Internet Service Provider, aide, Utah, Republican, Internet service, service provider

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. TAGS: pretexting, aide, politician, legislation, Republican, HP

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. TAGS: Ed Black, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, surveillance, Democrat, Republican, legislation, terrorism, Rep., bill, president, power

Republican politico endorses data retention

May 5, 2006 Aide to House committee chairman expresses support for law prohibiting ISPs from deleting customer activity records. TAGS: Internet provider, aide, federal law, Republican, legislation, record, billing, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, telecommunications

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. TAGS: MySpace, LiveJournal, Republican, Rep., school, legislation, library, children, security

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. TAGS: pretexting, Time Magazine, politician, legislation, hiring, committee, HP, Republican, California

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. TAGS: Rep., Internet provider, Alberto Gonzales, legislation, Republican, proposal, Colorado, attorney general, Bush Administration, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, telecommunications, service provider, chairman, Adobe PDF

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. TAGS: Alberto Gonzales, Internet provider, hosting company, Internet Service Provider, legislation, attorney general, proposal, Rep., service provider, record, Republican, Internet service, chairman, e-mail

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. TAGS: surveillance, NSA, passport, politician, RFID, pretexting, Alberto Gonzales, RFID tag, privacy, attorney general, legislation, Republican, Bush Administration, president, security

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. TAGS: DMCA, Alberto Gonzales, copy protection, copyright law, intellectual property, legislation, Republican, professor, chairman
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