Wendy Davis reports: Reunion site Classmates.com is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the site violated users’ privacy by revising its default settings to make users’ information accessible via Facebook, iPhone apps, and other third-party services. In a motion arguing that the case should be dismissed, Classmates.com says that users’ profile…
Category: Court
Fight Against Telco Immunity Continues in Court of Appeals
From EFF.org: Continuing its efforts to seek judicial review of AT&T’s involvement in the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping of millions of Americans, EFF has filed the final brief in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the retroactive immunity provision of the FISA Amendments Act. The brief explains the chief constitutional problem with the…
UK: Judges reject government appeal over stop-and-search
The Home Office says it is reviewing counter-terrorism laws after a European court decided the government could not appeal against a ruling that said random stop and searches were illegal. The European Court of Human Rights came to its decision in January and it has now insisted it cannot be challenged. It followed a case…
Hacker Croll Convicted For Infiltrating Obama’s Twitter Account
Rafael Mesquita reports: A court in central France has convicted a young Frenchman accused of infiltrating Twitter and peeping at the account of President Barack Obama, and given him a five-month suspended prison sentence. The lawyer for Francois Cousteix, whose online name was Hacker Croll, said his client was happy with Thursday evening’s decision by…