Philip Willan reports: A Milan judge Monday explained the reasoning behind his decision to convict three Google executives of violating Italy’s privacy law by allowing the posting of a controversial bullying video, saying the Internet is not a lawless prairie and the executives are criminally responsible because their company benefitted financially from the offense. With…
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The end of anonymity on the Web?
Don Butler reports: In a case with implications for online privacy and free expression, a panel of Ottawa judges is considering whether websites named in libel actions should be required to identify people who post anonymous defamatory comments. Their decision could chill whistleblowers and others who use pseudonyms to post controversial comments, say civil libertarians….
Online Privacy: Where are Law and Technology Headed?
Future of Privacy Forum: A moderated discussion with guest speakers Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University Ellen Blackler, AT&T, Ryan Calo, Stanford Center for Internet & Society Faculty Conference Center (Room B 505) Burns Building, Fifth Floor 2000 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052 Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:00 am – 10:30 am RSVP to info@futureofprivacy.org…
Bringing US Surveillance Laws Into the 21st Century
Scott M. Fulton, III writes: You may think that your communications with other individuals over the Internet may be protected from unreasonable use by U.S. law enforcement without subpoena and due process. The truth is, judges have been loosening the interpretation of a 1986 wiretapping law, almost pretending that it did apply to present circumstances….