Tag: U.S. Government

Facebook Get Its Transparency Wish, Reports on National Security-Related Data Requests
On the heels of the leaked documents detailing the National Security Agency's...
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CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Retires After 33 Years at the Agency
After 33 years of service and 3 years at his current title, CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell has decided to step down. The retirement will be official on August 9th. Morell...
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Facebook, Like Google, Urges Transparency for National Security Data Requests
Like Google, Facebook was quick to deny any involvement in the so-called "PRISM...
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Edward Snowden on Twitter Is Not Who You Think He Is
It has been revealed that one Edward Snowden, a former technical as...
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Mitch McConnell Celebrates Gun Control Defeat with Flippant Facebook ‘Meme’
As you've probably heard by now, gun control legislation that would ban certain types of military-style assault rifles, limit magazine sizes, and enact more far-reaching background...
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Zuckerberg: U.S. Immigration Policy ‘Unfit for Today’s World’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pulled the cover off his immigration reform grou...
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Google Fights to Keep User Info Private Against National Security Letters
Since 9/11 and the implementation of the Patriot Act, the FBI's use of National Security Letters to obtain info has skyrocketed. National Security Letters (NSL) are a form of a...
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BlackBerry Ditched by U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is looking to replace all of its BlackBerry devices with iPhone 5's....
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Megaupload Accuses U.S. Of Attempting To Rewrite International Law
As usual, the Megaupload case is one of the most intriguing legal battles of our time. The result of which could have long lasting impacts on not just copyright law, but Internatio...
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Judge Declares Megaupload Searches Illegal
New Zealand's High Court has declared that the warrants used to justify the January 19th raid on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's were illegat. The court also ruled that it was ille...
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U.S. Doesn’t Want Megaupload Users Getting Their Data Back
The MPAA shocked everybody last week when they said they would be fine with Megauplo...
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U.S. Department of the Interior Chooses Google Apps
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced yesterday that it has awarded a contract to Onix Networking for department-wide cloud email and collaboration services using Google Ap...
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MegaUpload Server Host Demands Payment
The MegaUpload Saga just got far more interesting. We reported back when this all first started that the only reason the U.S. could go after MegaUpload was because some of their se...
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