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MySpace to host college campus presidential town halls

May 10, 2007 Social-networking site to enable users at home to watch a Webcast, send instant-message questions to candidates. TAGS: Sen., MySpace, News Corp., candidate, Governor, Webcast, town, Rep., event, IM, TV

Week in pictures: The boob 'series of tubes'

July 22, 2006 A Sen. Ted Stevens techno remix video and an all-electric sports were some of this week's highlights. TAGS: Sen., Pac-Man, margin, Ms., photograph, video

Digital TV changeover suggested for 2009

July 12, 2005 Farewell, analog. Politicians want to ban the sale of analog televisions soon--and set a firm date for all-digital broadcasts. TAGS: analog, spectrum, digital signal, digital television, household, transition, converter box, Sen., broadband service, politician, TV, Motorola Inc., Washington, broadband

Year in review: Snooping gets sanctioned

December 18, 2008 In 2008, the immunization of companies assisting NSA wiretaps became a hot-button issue, as did P2P network monitoring. TAGS: immunity, NSA, network monitoring, P2P, monitoring, Sen., Internet service, service provider, AT&T Corp., Internet Service Provider, U.S., monitor

FAQ: NSA's data mining explained

May 12, 2006 As political concern grows over the National Security Agency's data-mining project, CNET News.com answers some questions. TAGS: NSA, data mining, telephone call, BellSouth Corp., FAQ, conversation, call, Sen., AT&T Corp., cell phone, database, U.S.

Senator to propose surveillance of illegal images

February 7, 2007 Proposal from Sen. John McCain would force Internet providers to report illegal images, even "cartoons." TAGS: cartoon, John McCain, Internet Service Provider, Sen., penalty, proposal, image, center, Internet service, senator, service provider, Adobe PDF, database

Sen. Clinton: Feds must help parents on video games

June 7, 2006 Hillary Clinton, a longtime critic of video games, calls on the government to do more to find out how electronic media may harm kids. TAGS: video game, Sen., parent, Hillary Clinton, children, media, games, president, video, TV

Senators push for anti-spyware law

May 12, 2005 Last year's attempt to enact an anti-spyware law failed. This time may be different--but does it matter? TAGS: anti-spyware, senator, Sen., spyware

President defends secret wiretapping

December 19, 2005 As controversy grows over electronic spying on Americans, Bush asserts that taps will continue. TAGS: hearing, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Sen., president, Washington, law, Democrat, U.S.

Congress threatens P2P networks on porn

July 28, 2005 Senators say they don't want to rewrite copyright law--but they're peeved that kids can find porn on file-swapping networks. TAGS: porn, P2P, Sen., senator, Grokster Ltd., copyright law, decision, software company

GAO: Security agency broke privacy laws

July 25, 2005 The TSA broke the law by failing to report why it collected data on nearly 250,000 airline passengers, the agency says. TAGS: Transportation Security Administration, agency, Sen., notice, security

Senate moves toward new data security rules

July 28, 2005 Three congressional committees meet to work on new security breach laws, though their proposals aren't quite ready for final vote. TAGS: data security, security breach, Sen., committee, guideline, notification, data protection, social security number, bill, Social Security, law, security, power

Anti-P2P lawmaker gets top Senate spot

March 17, 2005 Sen. Orrin Hatch once suggested that music pirates' PCs be destroyed. Now he's head of the panel writing copyright laws. TAGS: Orrin Hatch, anti-P2P, Induce Act, subcommittee, Patrick Leahy, Sen., copyright law, chairman, RIAA, Napster Inc., PC

Why don't we just auction the 'white space'?

May 16, 2006 Policy analyst Thomas Lenard says Congress is close to introducing a significant setback to a rational spectrum policy. TAGS: spectrum, regime, allocation, auction, broadcaster, Sen., broadband, TV

Congress catching on to the value of blogs

January 26, 2006 It's starting slowly, but a group of senators and representatives are now blogging, and some observers expect the number to grow as elections near. TAGS: Rep., blogging, Sen., senator, blog, Barack Obama, congressman, margin, John Kerry, Illinois, community, value

Broadband bill hews to laissez-faire line

December 19, 2005 Republican senator's proposal aims to block overzealous government regulation of broadband, other communications. TAGS: telecommunications, Sen., BellSouth Corp., proposal, regulation, bill, AT&T Corp., broadband, Republican

Panel: Don't rush into new data security laws

July 22, 2005 Lawyers, academics and former federal officials question urgency of enacting broad-based national rules now pending in Congress. TAGS: Marc Rotenberg, data security, Sen., Rep., legislation, incentive, lawyer, law, security

Senators want to nix 1898 telecom tax

June 30, 2005 The Spanish-American War is over. So, Republican senators ask, why does a tax created to finance the war effort still exist? TAGS: tax, luxury, senator, Republican, telecommunications, Sen., bill, DSL

Senators adopt Web labeling requirement

June 28, 2006 Senate committee says that sexually explicit Web sites must be labeled as such--or their operators will go to jail. TAGS: amendment, proposal, senator, Dallas, Republican, Sen., children, requirement

Net neutrality proposal revived in Senate

January 9, 2007 Politicians reintroduce a bill aimed at barring network operators from prioritizing Net content. TAGS: Net Neutrality, Olympia Snowe, bill, proposal, regulation, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, Sen., Republican, broadband, security, video
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