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Senate rejects bipartisan gun control measure for background checks despite broad public support

By T.C. Sottek on April 17, 2013 05:12 pm + 734 comments

The US Senate today turned away a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks for the sale of Continue reading…
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Internal Revenue Service denies searching email without a warrant

By T.C. Sottek on April 16, 2013 02:20 pm + 16 comments

Internal IRS employee manuals and memos released by the American Civil Liberties Union last week Continue reading…
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Lobbying group representing Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft sends letter to Congress in support of CISPA

By T.C. Sottek on April 13, 2013 06:03 pm + 36 comments

Amid warnings from the White House and civil liberties groups, a trade association representing Continue reading…
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CISPA passes committee, will head to the House floor for a vote

By T.C. Sottek on April 10, 2013 07:16 pm + 32 comments

In an 18-2 vote behind closed doors, the House Intelligence Committee passed the controversial Cyber Continue reading…
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Google's privacy director departs after years of controversial practices and legal trouble

By Carl Franzen on April 1, 2013 05:19 pm + 94 comments

Google has confirmed to The Verge that lead privacy director Alma Whitten will be leaving the Continue reading…
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China voices strong opposition to US cyber-espionage law

By Amar Toor on March 30, 2013 11:41 am + 75 comments

China has come out in strong opposition to a new US law that restricts government purchases of Continue reading…
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Sprint and SoftBank promise not to use Chinese networking equipment, says lawmaker

By Dieter Bohn on March 28, 2013 11:29 pm + 27 comments

As Sprint's proposed buyout by Japanese carrier SoftBank rumbles forward, it looks like the usual Continue reading…
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What you need to know about the government's fight to unlock your cellphone

By Adi Robertson on March 28, 2013 02:14 pm + 142 comments

Seventeen years after passing legislation that made unlocking potentially illegal, Washington, DC Continue reading…
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Republican lawmaker wants to let Congress telecommute

By Jeff Blagdon on March 24, 2013 10:51 pm + 58 comments

Should Congress be allowed to telecommute? Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) thinks so, and he introduced a Continue reading…
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Ron Wyden's 'GPS Act' would make police get a warrant for phone location data

By Adi Robertson on March 21, 2013 04:46 pm + 16 comments

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has brought a bill that would require police to get a warrant before Continue reading…