Recording of Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 where Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai testified
bringing in Zuckerberg, Pichai, & Dorsey to defend their content moderation under threat of gutting Section 230, days before the election—feels like a last-ditch effort to spook them out of enforcing ...
Responses from nine ISPs show few firm commitments to not block, throttle, or prioritize certain data after FCC repeals net neutrality rules
Comcast is committed to an Open Internet. Michael J. Coren / Quartz : Comcast changed its website and net neutrality fans may not like it Tweets: Karl Bode / @karlbode : “Firm” lol. PR promises mean a...
Sens. Feinstein and Burr are circulating proposed changes to crypto backdoor bill including narrower scope, limitation to law enforcement, and more
Julian Sanchez / Just Security :
Senate narrowly rejects a bill that would have allowed FBI to access browser history and email info without warrant; McConnell submits motion to reconsider vote
likely down the line as senators are away. http://twitter.com/... http://www.techmeme.com/... Ron Wyden / @ronwyden : Good news: Proponents of this fake, knee-jerk solution failed to get support. That...
Feinstein-Burr anti-encryption bill is so broad that it could ban modern web browsers
Julian Sanchez / Just Security :
Apple refused China's request for source code within last two years, said Apple's top lawyer Bruce Sewell in congressional hearing
Yet Zack Whittaker / ZDNet : US government pushed tech firms to hand over source code Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed : FBI Tells Congress It Needs Hackers To Keep Up With Tech Company Encryption Cody Lee / i...
NSA's new transparency report shows how the agency is implementing its new non-bulk phone metadata collection program under the USA Freedom Act
Julian Sanchez / Just Security :
NSA's new transparency report shows how the agency is implementing its new non-bulk phone metadata collection program under the USA Freedom Act
Julian Sanchez / Just Security :
Senate advances USA Freedom Act, but vote on bill likely won't come for several days, causing temporary shutdown of some Patriot Act powers
For Now — Senate to Vote on USA FREEDOM Act on Tuesday Eric Geller / The Daily Dot : Patriot Act spy powers to expire as Rand Paul blocks USA Freedom Act vote Reuters : Senate lets NSA spy program l...