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US government tries to rebuild lost trust after NSA surveillance leaks
After leaked documents began to reveal the scope of surveillance by the NSA, FBI, and other agencies, the Obama administration has strongly defended its policies. But it's also trying to rebuild the public trust, even as it insists that no privacy problem existed in the first place. That means declassifying documents, promising reviews, and — obviously — starting a Tumblr.
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July 2, 2014
PRISM is legal, says panel that bashed NSA phone spying
"PRISM collection is clearly authorized by the statute."
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April 24, 2014
Brazil looks to protect privacy and net neutrality with internet bill of rights
President Rousseff hails the legislation as a victory for human rights, though provision on data storage is dropped
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March 27, 2014
President Obama announces plan to dismantle NSA phone record database
New program would leave records with phone companies
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February 26, 2014
Obama assessing four alternatives to NSA phone data collection: WSJ
Proposals range from placing the program under phone companies to abolishing it altogether
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December 16, 2013
The truth about the NSA's bogus malware apocalypse
Keith Alexander says China's BIOS virus could bring down the US economy — but could it?
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November 8, 2013
Will the global NSA backlash break the internet?
Brazil and Germany make moves to protect online privacy, but experts see a troubling trend toward Balkanization