Seth Tupper reports: A South Dakota lawmaker wants to require bloggers and operators of other Web sites to collect information about the source of anonymously posted content so the information can be used in libel and slander lawsuits. Republican Rep. Noel Hamiel, who represents Aurora and Davison counties, introduced the legislation as a two-bill package…
Category: Laws
Bob Barr: DNA database bill should be deep-sixed
Bob Barr writes: A few years back, I hosted a nationally-syndicated radio program, modestly called “Bob Barr’s Laws of the Universe.” One of the laws most frequently cited during the three years I hosted the weekly show, was Law Number Three: “No matter how much information government has, it always wants more.” This came to…
Cyprus: Phone tapping plan bogged down in legalese
Elias Hazou reports: Debates on amending Article 17 of the Constitution, which would allow police to monitor electronic communications, has become bogged down in tricky legal terrain. The House Legal Affairs Committee has more or less agreed on the broad strokes of a draft bill. Under the proposed legislation, phone and Internet surveillance would be…
Editorial: Florida trampled woman’s rights
Today’s St. Petersburg Times has an editorial about a case previously covered on PHIprivacy.net. They write: Samantha Burton wanted to make her own decisions about her obstetrical care, but the state of Florida wouldn’t let her. Claiming it was protecting her fetus, the state took away her rights as a patient and a citizen and…