Bill Chappell of NPR reports: The FISA Amendments Act has been approved for another five years, as the Senate voted to renew the law that grants the government wide surveillance authority. President Obama has said he intends to sign the measure, which senators approved by a 73-23 margin Friday morning. It had already won approval…
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Online privacy’s 2012 setbacks, advances
From the San Francisco Chronicle: The past year saw setbacks and advances in efforts to update privacy rules for the digital age, but consumers, officials and the media have at least begun to set down some clear minimum standards. Their collective rebukes repeatedly chastened those who crossed the invisible boundary of online privacy in 2012, sending…
The latest from “DHS Insider”
Doug Hagman writes: Introduction: After a lengthy, self-imposed informational black-out, my high-level DHS contact known as “Rosebud” emerged with new, non-public information about plans being discussed and prepared for implementation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the near future. It is important to note that this black-out was directly related to the aggressive federal…
Why Are People More Scared of Facebook Violating Their Privacy than Washington?
Scott Shackford writes: This morning, Matt Welch took note of the Senate’s bipartisan effort to stop amendments to the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 that would make the domestic surveillance program more transparent and require compliance with the Fourth Amendment. […] The traditional media response to the reauthorization battle has been remarkably nonexistent. […] Compare the lack…