Connor Jones reports: A new UK law, which has just received royal assent, will see anyone found to have clicked on terrorist propaganda handed a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. The new Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 which gives UK law enforcement greater powers to investigate [Read More…]
Tony Romm reports: A landmark law adopted in California last year to rein in the data-collection practices of Facebook, Google and other tech giants has touched off a lobbying blitz that could water it down, potentially undermining new protections that might apply to Internet users across the country. The fight [Read More…]
Ray Stern reports: Arizona police have increasingly been digging into online records to find out who’s responsible for photo-enforcement tickets. Cops in several cities that use speed or red-light cameras tell Phoenix New Times they’ve been doing extra research to find the people in violation photos, beyond simply sending notices [Read More…]
Brad Kutner reports: An internet privacy group went before the Fourth Circuit on Thursday trying to convince the three-judge panel that the government overstepped its authority by searching a man’s house for child pornography based on a single internet link he clicked. “A single click on a URL should not [Read More…]