David Kravets has more on the lawsuit concerning sites that post mug shots and then charge a removal fee. As I’ve blogged previously, this case raises some interesting issues: The Ohio suit, (.pdf) which seeks untold damages, names JustMugshots.com, BustedMugshots.com, MugshotsOnline.com, findmugshots.com, Mugshots.com, and others. The latest accusations are already being met with stiff resistance on…
Category: U.S.
Bills Introduced by Congress Fail to Fix Unconstitutional NSA Spying
Mark Jaycox writes: In the past two weeks Congress has introduced a slew of bills responding to the Guardian‘s publication of a top secret court order using Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act to demand that Verizon Business Network Services give the National Security Agency (NSA) a record of everycustomer’s call history for three months. The order was confirmed by officials like President…
Utah’s warrantless subpoena law defied, but untested
Taylor W. Anderson reports: While the Utah Legislature debates whether to stick with, scale back or junk a law giving prosecutors broad power to secretly obtain the names, addresses, phone records and bank account information of suspected child predators, Internet service provider Pete Ashdown has decided to take the law into his own hands. He has refused to…
Justice Dept. tightens rules on subpoenaing records of journalists
Sari Horowitz reports: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday announced tighter controls over the ability of prosecutors to subpoena the phone and other records of journalists after criticism that the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of leak investigations was infringing on press freedom. Under new guidelines, a reporter must be the target of a…