Earlier this week, this site linked to a report by The Guardian about the U.S. Postal Service monitoring social media posts. Over on MassPrivateI, Joe Cadillic also had something to say about the revelations. “DHS has succeeded in turning the Postal Service into a clandestine government agency,” Joe writes. And he says we shouldn’t be…
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Canada’s Attempt to Regulate Sexual Content Online Ignores Technical and Historical Realities
Daly Barnett writes: Canadian Senate Bill S-203, AKA the “Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act,” is another woefully misguided proposal aimed at regulating sexual content online. To say the least, this bill fails to understand how the internet functions and would be seriously damaging to online expression and privacy. It’s bad in a…
Outcry over US Postal Service reportedly tracking social media posts
Coral Murphy Marcos reports: The US Postal Service has reportedly been monitoring social media posts, with a focus on people planning protests. The surveillance procedure, known as the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP), tracks social media activity that it describes as “inflammatory” and shares that information to government agencies, according to a government bulletin from 16 March…
Court Refuses to Seal Case That Plaintiff Wanted to Hide from Potential Employers
Eugene Volokh notes another case where public right to know trumps an individual’s request to seal records. Delplanche v. Window Products, Inc., was decided Thursday by Judge Ann Aiken (D. Or.). The plaintiff had asked a court to seal an entire case that had previously been dismissed with prejudice, seal all the electronic records associated…