I tweeted this one yesterday, but Joe Cadillic gently points out to me that I never posted it here. Let’s fix that. Jack Moore reports: The Office of Personnel Management is preparing for a pilot program to automatically track public social media postings of people applying for security clearances. OPM is conducting market research to…
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Fifth Circuit OK’s Mississippi Probe of Google
Erik de la Garza reports: The Fifth Circuit on Friday overturned a federal injunction that stopped Mississippi’s attorney general from investigating whether Google may be liable for aiding child predators and vendors of illegal goods. Attorney General Jim Hood began investigating in 2012, “believ(ing) that Internet giant Google may be liable under state law for…
Small ISPs doing nothing about data retention compliance: Comms Alliance
Chris Duckett reports: Confusion and uncertainty continues to surround Australian data-retention laws, Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton has said, with smaller operators still having to face the spectre of going bust. “Many service providers — particularly smaller operators — have told us that they are doing very little or nothing to build their compliance capabilities at…
Anchorage man charged after posting ‘intimate’ video of girl online
Jerzy Shedlock reports: An 18-year-old Anchorage man has been charged with a felony after police say he sent hundreds of threatening text messages to a girl and posted an “intimate” video of her on social media. Holden Braund-Nuss was arrested at his South Anchorage home Thursday and charged with harassment and coercion, police said. He…