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Justice Department Says It May Support Email Privacy Bill

Justice Department Says It May Support Email Privacy Bill

By Zach Walton May 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

In the debate over email privacy, law enforcement has usually been on the side claiming a warrant requirement when accessing email would impede investigations. It’s a good sign then when the largest law enforcement agency – the Department of Justice …

Anonymous Leaks Database For Bureau Of Justice Anonymous Leaks Database For Bureau Of Justice
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Aside from a few international operations and participating in the NATO protests currently happening in Chicago, Anonymous has been pretty quiet. That all changed today as Anonymous has leaked the database for the Bureau of Justice. The 1.7 GB file …

Justice Department Defends Right To Record Police Justice Department Defends Right To Record Police

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Amazon, Kindle Owners Win Big With DoJ Deal Amazon, Kindle Owners Win Big With DoJ Deal

Following the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to file a lawsuit against Apple and five other book publishers for their collusion to inflate e-book prices, one company sitting on the sidelines is looking forward to reaping the benefits: Amazon. The …

Google's Drug Money About To Get Divided Up Google's Drug Money About To Get Divided Up

Last August, the United States Department of Justice announced that Google would forfeit $500 million for allowing Canadian pharmacies to place ads through AdWords, targeting consumers in the U.S. This was deemed “unlawful importation of controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs …

DOJ To Tackle Employer-Facebook-Password-Gate? DOJ To Tackle Employer-Facebook-Password-Gate?

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who announced last week that he was drafting legislation to prohibit employers from demanding Facebook login information of prospective employees, has now teamed up with Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to asked the Department of Justice to look into …

AT&T Responds To DOJ Lawsuit, Denies Wrongdoing AT&T Responds To DOJ Lawsuit, Denies Wrongdoing

Earlier this afternoon we brought you news that the U.S. Department of Justice had filed a lawsuit against AT&T. The complaint alleges that AT&T has overbilled for IP Relay calls. The calls, which are designed to allow hearing- and speech-impaired …

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Government Sues AT&T For Overbilling Government Sues AT&T For Overbilling

Update: AT&T has responded to the DOJ’s lawsuit. Here’s what they had do say: AT&T has followed the FCC’s rules for providing IP Relay services for disabled customers and for seeking reimbursement for those services. As the FCC is aware, …

Nortel Patent Sale Approved By Department of Justice Nortel Patent Sale Approved By Department of Justice

Last summer, telecom giant Nortel saw its over 20 year old patent collection go up for auction. The collection of technology consists of internet, communication, and various other networking patents. All and all, there are over 4,000 patents. The collection …

Justice Department Blocks Texas Voter ID Law Justice Department Blocks Texas Voter ID Law
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Today the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas. The law was voted on by the people of Texas last year and requires all people who vote to have …

Will Google Put An End To Motorola Abuses? Will Google Put An End To Motorola Abuses?
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This morning I reported on complaints lodged to European Union’s (EU) competition regulators by Microsoft against Motorola. The main gist of the article is that Motorola neglects to make its patent technologies available at a fair cost to other manufacturers …

DoJ Approves Google's Motorola Mobility Acquisition DoJ Approves Google's Motorola Mobility Acquisition
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Earlier, we reported that Google had won approval from the European Commission for its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Now, the United States Department of Justice has granted its approval as well. Now things should start getting interesting. The …

Super Bowl Streaming Takes Hit After DoJ Shuts Down Sites Super Bowl Streaming Takes Hit After DoJ Shuts Down Sites
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Were you hoping to catch the Super Bowl online via a sports streaming site? You’re out of luck then. TorrentFreak is reporting that that DoJ and ICE are back at it again in a new round of domain seizures. The …

Megaupload To Department of Justice: We Will Fight This Megaupload To Department of Justice: We Will Fight This
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Downed cyberlocker site MegaUpload is pledging not to go gentle into that good night, as they say are trying to get up and running again. On Thursday, the Department of Justice shut down the site, accusing it of being an …

DOJ vs. Anonymous: Who’s Tricking Who? DOJ vs. Anonymous: Who’s Tricking Who?
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With Anonymous’ #OpMegaUpload in full swing, it’s time to ask ourselves an important question: Who actually has the upper hand in this “battle” – the U.S. Government or Anonymous? You’re probably aware that the DOJ delivered a blow on Thursday …

Feds To Get Access To WikiLeaks Twitter Accounts Feds To Get Access To WikiLeaks Twitter Accounts
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A recent ruling grants the United States Justice Department access to the Twitter accounts of certain WikiLeaks associates, which indicates this much: If you are at odds with the United States government, especially over the aspect of leaking sensitive documents, …

AT&T Responds To DOJ Smackdown AT&T Responds To DOJ Smackdown

Even though AT&T has already been broken up once before by the United States government for monopolistic business practices, apparently, the company motto is “try, try again.” The proposed T-Mobile acquisition serves as proof of AT&T’s goals. If the merger …