How Brazilian Activists Took Charge When Public Demand For Internet Security Intensified
May 2015 update: CryptoRave 2015 took place on April 24-25. The event provided over 35 activities to the public in São Paulo, surpassing the previous year in quality and quantity. More than 2,000 people congregated at the Centro Cultural São Paulo for conferences, hacking, installation fests, and open tables to discuss Brazil's debate on Marco Civil, net neutrality, and other privacy and surveillance topics, demonstrating the sheer force of Brazilian activists and digital rights groups.
The Innovation Act Is Back: Let's Finally Put a Stop to Patent Trolls
This is the year for patent reform.
Today Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Innovation Act—the strongest bill targeting patent trolls we've seen [PDF]. The language mirrors the legislation that the House overwhelmingly passed and the White House supported in late 2013.
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Huge Win for the Open Internet! FCC Officially Embraces Title II
Negotiators Burn Their Last Opportunity to Salvage the TPP by Caving on Copyright Term Extension
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to NSA: Why is Bulk Collection of Telephone Records Still Happening?
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) exists to ensure that national security does not trump privacy and civil liberties, and it has been especially busy since the publication of the first Snowden leak. Congress and the President asked the Board to review the use of Section...
Negotiators Burn Their Last Opportunity to Salvage the TPP by Caving on Copyright Term Extension
New reports indicate that Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators have agreed to language that would bind its 12 signatory nations to extend copyright terms to match the United States' already excessive length of copyright. This provision expands the reach of the controversial US Sonny Bono Copyright Term...
Huge Win for the Open Internet! FCC Officially Embraces Title II
Well done, Team Internet. After a year of intense activism, we may have finally convinced the Federal Communications Commission to change course and craft clear, bright-line rules to protect the open internet, based on legal authority that will actually survive the inevitable legal challenge.
According to an...
New Bipartisan Bills Give Congress a Chance to Strengthen Email Privacy
A pair of bills aimed at reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) were introduced in the United States Congress today. The bills, championed by Senators Leahy (D-Vt.) and Lee (R-Utah) and Representatives Yoder (R-Ks.) and Polis (D-Co.) focus on clarifying that the government must obtain a warrant...
Secure Our Borders First Act Would Ensure Proliferation of Drones at the Border
Security shouldn’t be a synonym for giving up civil liberties. But bills like HR 399 show that lawmakers think it is. The Secure Our Borders First Act is an ugly piece of legislation that’s clearly intended to strongarm the Department of Homeland Security into dealing with the border...
