Steve Scherer reports: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that his coalition today reached an agreement to restrict wiretapping and impose fines on newspapers and television channels that leak information on criminal probes. “We’re blocking press leaks by imposing heavy sanctions,” Berlusconi told members of Italy’s main hotel lobby today in Rome. The law will…
Category: Laws
Massachusetts casino bills avoid wiretapping laws
Steve LeBlanc of the Associated Press reports: Massachusetts lawmakers have failed to back a key recommendation from Attorney General Martha Coakley to toughen the state’s wiretapping laws as they push ahead with plans to license multiple casinos. […] When Coakley unveiled her bill last year, she said the state’s wiretapping law needed to be revamped…
EU: Every Google search to be logged and saved for two years under new Euro MP plan
Niall Firth and Andrew Levy report: Every Google web search could be stored for up to two years under a controversial new EU plan that has the backing of more than 300 Euro-MEPs. ‘Written Declaration 29’ is intended to be used as an early warning system to stop paedophiles by logging what they look for…
CA: New law would further restrict paparazzi
Nannette Miranda reports: California lawmakers are cracking down on paparazzi. A new bill would further restrict the tactics of photographers while celebrities are engaged in personal activities — like being with their family. Jennifer Aniston’s activism led to a California law already on the books that restricts paparazzi behaviors and the extremes they go through…