Adam Goldstein writes: The prior restraint a Wyoming judge placed on two newspapers was lifted today, which is great; but the institution that abused student privacy law to get the court order hasn’t faced consequences yet. If you need backstory: Laramie County Community College convinced a Wyoming judge to issue a prior restraint preventing two…
Category: Laws
MD: Debate Sparks Over Video Recording Of Arrests
This issue has been covered on PogoWasRight.org in the past, but nothing has yet changed. WJZ reports: Several Marylanders face felony charges for recording their arrests on camera, and others have been intimidated to shut their cameras off. That’s touched off a legal controversy. […] Video of another arrest at the Preakness quickly made its…
IT: Berlusconi wiretap bill stirs worries
The Italian government has drawn opposition fire for a controversial draft law on wiretapping rules, which will restrict the courts’ use of wiretapping. The bill, due for presentation before the Senate next week, will undermine anti-mafia efforts in the country, the opposition to the ruling right-wingers say. […] If adopted, the new bill will allow…
UK: Councils use anti-terror powers to check for dog collars
Jasper Copping reports: Councils have used anti-terrorism laws to try to catch people donating goods outside charity shops and to make sure dogs are wearing collars. The investigations are among those uncovered in a survey by The Sunday Telegraph into the use by town halls of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000. The…