Chiara Remondini and Marco Bertacche report: Milan prosecutors requested one-year jail sentences for two Google Inc. executives and the company’s former chief financial officer if they’re found guilty of privacy violations and libel breaches. Prosecutors asked Judge Oscar Magi for one-year sentences in case of convictions for David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president of corporate…
Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned
David Kravets reports: The Obama administration is seeking to reverse a federal appeals court decision that dramatically narrows the government’s search-and-seizure powers in the digital age. Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Justice Department officials are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its August ruling that federal prosecutors went too far when…
AU: AFL footballers’ fraud fear over stolen identities
Damian Barrett reports: More than 40 AFL players have had their identities stolen on social networking websites, with one footballer so concerned he has reported the fraud to police. North Melbourne’s Robbie Tarrant has endured a false Facebook profile for the past two years and is considering his legal options including pressing charges under the…
WikiLeaks releases 573.000 pager intercepts from 9/11 2001
From Wikileaks.org: From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks will release over half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. To foster a deeper understanding, the messages…