Lisa Vaas reports: A gay high school teacher was fired from his job in October after a cyberthief broke into his Dropbox account, stole a sex tape, and posted it to the school’s site. Brian Cody Bray told the Washington Blade that he was home sick on 29 October when a co-worker called to tell him that…
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Privacy Advocates and ISPs Spar over Targeted Ads
Harris Hoffberg of Proskauer Rose writes: The Federal Communication Commission’s (the “FCC”) landmark decision last year to reclassify Internet service providers (“ISPs”) as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 implicates policy issues that extend well beyond net neutrality. […] The reclassification of broadband providers as common carriers arguably limits the Federal Trade Commission’s (the…
Feds Pouring Money Into A Project To Create A Database To Track “Suspicious” Internet Memes
John Vibes writes: The federal government spent $1 million to create an online database that will collect “suspicious” memes and track “misinformation.” The project, which is known as the “Truthy Database” is being funded by The National Science Foundation, but it seems as if the operation has some powerful political motivations. Ironically enough, the project…
Lenore Matusiewicz sentenced to life in prison
Jessica Masulli Reyes and Saranac Hale Spencer report on a case that is so extreme and unusual that it’s hard to know what to make of the sentencing: Lenore Matusiewicz continued to spew hatred for her deceased ex-daughter-in-law even as a federal judge sentenced the ailing 70-year-old woman while standing at her bedside in a…