Tim Cushing reports: A few Florida legislators are looking to do some serious damage to both free speech and the internet. This week, the Florida state legislature is considering a bill that would make it illegal to run any website or service anonymously, if the site fits a vague category of “disseminat[ing]” “commercial” recordings or videos—even the site…
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AU: Retained data set and breach notification set to become law
Leon Spencer reports: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Attorney-General George Brandis have said that the government will support all of the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Joint Committee looking into its proposed mandatory data-retention legislation, which was introduced into parliament by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull in October last year. In a joint statement published on Tuesday,…
NH House To Vote On Students’ Social Media Privacy
Emily Corwin reports: On Wednesday the New Hampshire House will vote on whether schools should be able to compel students to disclose their social media activity. The bill bans schools from demanding access to a student’s user name and password or requiring students to “friend” school officials on Facebook. Read more on NHPR.
Tell the FTC: Craig Brittain Should Not Get a Slap on the Wrist for his Revenge Porn Site
Adam Steinbaugh, who has been all over this case from the get-go, writes: Last month, the FTC announced it intends to enter into a consent agreement with Craig Brittain, the operator of revenge porn site “Is Anybody Down?” Brittain pretended to be a woman on Craigslist to deceive women into sending him nude photos, mocked their pleas to remove the photos, then concocted an ‘independent’…