Monu Singh Bedi of DePaul University College of Law has uploaded a draft version of an upcoming issue of Boston College Law Review. Here’s the abstract: Do communications over social networking sites such as Facebook merit Fourth Amendment protection? The Supreme Court has not directly answered this question and lower courts are not in agreement….
Revised proposed settlement in Facebook “Sponsored Stories” lawsuit
Back in August, I noted that a judge had rejected a proposed settlement in Fraley v. Facebook, a lawsuit over “sponsored stories.” Eric Goldman points us to a copy of the amended settlement proposal, now available online. Here are some of the terms of the amended proposal: Facebook will revise its Terms of Use to include…
Suspicion over Dotcom net glitch
David Fisher reports: Kim Dotcom’s internet connection was being diverted inside New Zealand weeks before the Government Communications Security Bureau says it started spying on him. The Herald has obtained details showing Telecom engineers and staff at its technology services company Gen-I were investigating irregularities with his internet connection in November. The revelation has raised suspicion that…
Hacker Case Could Test Limits on Electronic Searches
Vanessa Blum reports on U.S. v. Collins, a case involving Anonymous’s attacks on PayPal in retaliation for not permitting donations to WikiLeaks. One of the interesting – and important – issues that has arisen is the extent to which prosecutors really need to purge and/or return material and files on seized computers that are not…