Cyrus Farivar reports on a lawsuit that alleges that by providing the Iranian government with the means to surveill cell phone users, Nokia Siemens was responsible for the arrest and torture of dissidents. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Farivar reports: “These intercepting devices were used in…
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Free Speech vs. Surveillance in the Digital Age
Tools of mass communication that were once the province of governments and corporations now fit in your pocket. Cell phones can capture video and send it wirelessly to the Internet. People can send eyewitness accounts, photos and videos, with a few keystrokes, to thousands or even millions via social networking sites. As these technologies have…