Privacy-Decimating CLOUD Act Sneaked Into US Spending Bill
House Republicans voted Thursday to pass a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page spending bill. The bill was rushed through so quickly that -- quite conveniently -- no one actually had time to…
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52% of British Millennials Fail This Digital Hygiene Test (And You Probably Do Too)
They’ve been dubbed the digital generation, but research indicates that millennials’ cybersecurity instincts can often be just as poor as those of their elders. The latest evidence of this trend…
UK Internet Porn Censorship Policy Delayed (For Now) as Government Scrambles to Figure Out How to Implement It
A policy requiring UK residents to undergo age verification before accessing pornographic content online has been delayed until later in the year, as the government has not yet figured out…
State Lawmakers Propose Internet Censorship under Guise of Preventing Human Trafficking
Lawmakers in more than 15 states have proposed legislation that would censor the internet and stifle free speech in an ill-conceived attempt to prevent human trafficking. State Lawmakers Propose Internet…
ISPs a Greater Threat to Online Privacy than Facebook, Google, or the NSA: Survey
US residents believe that their internet service providers (ISPs) represent a greater threat to their online security than either Facebook or Google. That’s according to a new survey conducted by…
Digital Rights Groups Cry Foul Over Canada’s ‘FairPlay’ Coalition and Pirate Site Blacklist
Digital rights groups are crying foul over Canada’s new “FairPlay” coalition aka the Bell Coalition, which is wielding its considerable corporate power to pressure the country’s telecommunications regulators to begin…
Canada Bill C-59 Claims to Correct Privacy Abuses — It Actually Makes Them Much Worse
Canadian civil liberties advocates are sounding the alarm over government Bill C-59, a legislative act that purportedly corrects past intelligence-gathering and cyber-operations abuses but in actuality does quite the opposite.…
UK Court Delivers Blow to Mass Surveillance State, Win for Privacy Advocates
A UK court has dealt a winning hand to privacy advocates -- and a blow to the mass surveillance state -- through its ruling on the controversial Data Retention and…