 AsiaMedia: Vietnam forms Police Unit to Censor Internet
Vietnam has intensified a recent crackdown on internet users by forming a special police unit to investigate online crime and curb distribution of banned publications in cyberspace. The country jailed three dissidents last month who had distributed critic |  |
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Baltimore Sun Editorial: CAPPS II Takes Another Pounding
CAPPS II WILL be delayed and significantly revised, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced last week, and that is a notable victory for the rights of Americans to keep their private lives free from sweeping surveillance by government co | |
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WP Editorial: More Patriot Act Games
Assessing the Patriot Act requires taking it apart and examining its major pieces separately. Former deputy attorney general Larry D. Thompson suggested last year that a biparti- san commission be appointed to study the law in detail. This seems like a go | |
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Netsecurity: Book Review: Database Nation
Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century offers a chilling look at how common, everyday technology surreptitiously spies on us and how simple transactions and occurrences can be used to gather and compile information about you. | |
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Wired: CAPPS II Halted Again Over Privacy Concerns
A controversial and much-delayed proposed airline screening system may face further delays as the Transportation Security Administration restructures the system to better protect privacy and civil liberties, a senior homeland security official told Congre | |
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Guardian: US Lawmakers Take Aim at the Patriot Act
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers who say portions of the USA Patriot Act went too far are taking aim at its provision that made it easier for investigators to learn what people are reading - despite a veto threat from the White House. | |
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Globe & Mail: Russia Silences Free Speech
Moscow On another day, the symbolism of having a show titled Free Speech censored might have been enough to make Savik Shuster laugh. But yesterday was not the time for appreciating ironies. These are serious days for anyone attempting to do independent | |
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Silicon: Big Brother Award Nominations Announced
Privacy International (PI) has announced the shortlist of candidates for this year's Big Brother awards, its annual naming and shaming of the companies and organisations that it claims pose the greatest threat to privacy and civil liberties in the UK. | |
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Providence Journal: Accessing Anything on Anyone
Section 215 amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by introducing the phrase, "any tangible things." These three words make it possible for the FBI to secretly demand anything, from anyone. | |
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Watauga Democrat: 330rd Town Opposes the Patriot Act
Boone makes 330, but barely made it with a 3-2 vote by the town council. Council member Lynne Mason moved to adopt the resolution with one minor change in language, removing mention of Gov. Mike Easley, who would have been forwarded a copy of the resoluti | |
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