John Turk reports: An Oakland County man is suing Internet giants YouTube and Google after YouTube refused to remove disparaging videos posted by his daughter, who is part of a group many call a cult, attorneys said in a recent filing. Rochester resident Rick Frazier filed against the video company — which is owned by…
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Scary New Ways the Internet Profiles You
Scott Allan Morrison writes: …. now, new cross-device technologies are enabling the advertising industry to combine all our information streams into a single comprehensive profile by linking each of us to our desktop, mobile phone, and iPad. Throw in wearable devices like a Fitbit, connected TVs, and the Internet of Things, and the concept of…
Twitter Finds Followers in Suit Against DOJ
Ross Todd reports: A coalition of technology companies is backing Twitter Inc.’s legal push to expand what companies can divulge about government surveillance requests in national security investigations. In an amici curiae brief filed on Friday, a group that includes the operators of WordPress, Medium, Reddit, and Wikipedia contend that their free speech rights are…
Justice Department to Judge: Tor Users Have No Expectation of Privacy
Joshua Kopstein writes: The judge who authorized the FBI to hack 1,300 dark web users under a single warrant seems to be pretty confused about how the anonymity software Tor works. Newly unsealed documents suggest that the confusion stems from the US Department of Justice’s own arguments. In the documents, the DOJ argues that Tor users have…