Carrie Mihalcik reports: The number of requests Google receives from governments around the world to remove content from its services continue to rise at a rapid pace. Google received 3,846 government requests to remove 24,737 pieces of content during the first half of 2013, a 68 percent increase over the 2,285 government removal requests the company received in…
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The National Security Agency’s oversharing problem
Sean Gallagher of Ars Technica talks to an ex-NSA pro who filed unlawful sharing complaints—only to be shunned. Read it here.
House Judiciary Committee Members Call for DOJ Investigation of National Intelligence Director Clapper for Lying to Congress
Press release from Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner: Today, Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-5), Darrell Issa (CA-49), Trent Franks (AZ-08), Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Trey Gowdy (SC-04), Raul Labrador (ID-01) and Ted Poe (TX-02) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. urging an investigation of the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, for lying to Congress while…
Tech firms locked in battle to protect consumer privacy, own profits
Marcy Gordon and Michael Liedtke of Associated Press report: … The industry’s profit machine has become tarnished by revelations that the National Security Agency trolls deep into the everyday lives of Web surfers. As a result, companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are becoming more aggressive in their attempts to counter any perception…