AFP reports: U.S. lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday to enable law enforcement to identify users of pre-paid cell phones, charging that anonymity makes the devices attractive to terrorists, drug kingpins and gangs. The legislation would require buyers of pre-paid cell phones to show identification when they purchase them and mandate that telephone companies keep the…
Category: Laws
Colorado’s Big Brother E-Commerce Law
Stephen P. Kranz reports: Record-breaking budget shortfalls have caused states to search for new revenue using tools that arguably are unconstitutional and, at a minimum, violate the consumer privacy that online shoppers have come to expect. A new twist to increasing taxes is an effort — adopted by Colorado and under consideration in California and…
LCCC’s Misuse of FERPA Unprecedented
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…
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…