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<title>EFF report slams Apple, Verizon, MySpace for not protecting users</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/01/report.scores.tech.companies.on.protecting.user.data.from.the.government/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365711465_house-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An annual report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has declared that Twitter and Sonic.net are the best tech companies for protecting its users from government snooping and requests from courts and law enforcement. Out of the 18 companies examined in the report, MySpace and Verizon were judged the worst, failing to score a single star in any category, while Apple, AT&amp;T, and Yahoo managed...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google details takedown requests; Microsoft tops list </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/24/copyright.takedown.requests.reach.250k.pre.week/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/googlein.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has shed more light on URL takedown requests that it receives from various companies reacting to alleged copyright violations. The search giant has broadened its transparency reports to visualize trends, highlighting the surge in takedown notices. More than 1.2 million takedown requests were processed just last month, issued from thousands of copyright owners and reporting organizations....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New York lawmakers attempt to ban anonymous online speech</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/24/fate.of.legislation.remains.unclear/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1337887701_nysenate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[New York State Senator Thomas O'Mara is attempting to push "right to know" legislation that would effectively ban online speech posted anonymously. The bill aims to "amend the civil rights law" to "protect a person's right to know who is behind an anonymous Internet posting."...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EFF open letter fights "broadly worded" CISPA bill</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/24/eff.letter.asks.congress.refuse.cybersecurity.bill/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/cispa.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published an open letter co-signed by a number of engineers, security professionals, and academics who are against proposed cybersecurity bills. Critics argue that security legislation under consideration, including CISPA, uses overly broad language that could potentially lead to privacy loss for Internet users....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White House opposes CISPA, wants privacy protections</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/18/white.house.nsc.speaks.out.against.cispa/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/obamaatdeskthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An Obama administration official has voiced concerns over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which is scheduled for a House of Representatives vote next week. In a statement to The Hill, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden noted that such legislation must protect privacy while providing security provisions for critical infrastructure systems....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EFF blasts 'Cyber Intelligence' bill over privacy concerns</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/17/cispa.goes.too.far.claim.eff/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/congress-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a campaign to fight the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a cybersecurity bill designed to allow companies and the federal government to share information to prevent or defend from cyberattacks. The EFF, along with other civil liberties organizations, dispute the bill on the basis that is written too broadly and would be a loopho...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MegaUpload lawyers get to keep user data on 1,100 servers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/13/megaupload.case.to.focus.on.server.data/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/megaupload.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[MegaUpload's newly-hired lawyers on Friday successfully fought for the data of nearly 60 million MegaUpload users stored on 1,100 servers. The US District court's Judge Liam O'Grady agreed to require further negotiations between the lawyers representing consumers, major Hollywood studios, the US government, and MegaUpload's hosting service, as well as MegaUpload itself. The servers could could hav...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Concerns mount that jailbreaking may become illegal</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/25/eff.seeking.petition.to.keep.jailbreaking.legal/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/cydiain.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is lobbying users to sign a petition in its quest to convince the US government that jailbreaking smartphones and tablets is legal. Back in mid-2010, the Library of Congress ruled that the act is legal, provided it doesn't violate copyright laws. That ruling will soon expire, some believe, and doesn't cover tablets; the EFF is concerned that both need to be...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SOPA, PIPA proponents drop DNS blocking provision</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/13/sopa.to.no.longer.censor.outside.sites/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/congress-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Key Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) promoter Representative Lamar Smith stated Friday that he wanted to remove the domain name blocking provision from the proposed bill.  He wanted the Congressional Judiciary Committee to "further examine the issues" surrounding the measure, according to CNET.  A corresponding move was already underway with the Senate equivalent of the bill, Protect IP (PIPA), from...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Appeals court OKs other EFF suit over warrantless wiretaps</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/29/eff.greenlit.to.sue.nsa.over.wiretaps/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/att-losangeles2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed a partial win in trying to combat warrantless wiretapping.  While it had lost one appeal for carrier immunity, its representative Caroline Jewel and others were cleared by a Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to sue the NSA, former President George W. Bush, much of the top Bush administration, and President Obama for allegedly violating the US Constituti...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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