Ellen Nakashima reports: The Obama administration has agreed with its predecessor that a special surveillance program to monitor federal Internet traffic for malicious intrusions does not violate the privacy rights of government employees or others they communicate with. By notifying government employees logging on to their computers that they have “no reasonable expectation of privacy”…
Facebook ‘suck sites’ to be tested in court
Vikki Ortiz Healy reports: A beauty school student thought he was offering classmates a place to vent when he created a Facebook page mocking teachers and classes. “Don’t be afraid to post comments on whats going on, this is yor voice too. All for one and one for all right?!” (sic) But two months later,…
2nd man charged in Florida sex-video voyeurism case
Karen Voyles reports: A Fort White man was being held at the Alachua County jail Friday for allegedly videotaping another man having sex with a woman who was unaware she was being recorded. Keniel Luis Alvarez, 21, who identified himself as a promoter, was arrested Sept. 10 and charged with video voyeurism, scheming to defraud,…
Newspaper faces backlash for outing Web critic
The Associated Press reports another story involving online anonymity and outing critics. In this case, a Wisconsin newspaper turned over the identity of a critic without any subpoena or court order…. and subsequently regretted it. The incident generated discussion, yet again, about whether anonymous critics are entitled to protection of their anonymity. Getting named the…