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InternetNews July 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Judge Nixes AT&T, Feds on Secrecy Request A federal judge in San Francisco denied a motion by AT&T and the U.S. government to keep details of a domestic spying program secret.
InternetNews April 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland	EFF Charges AT&T Assisted NSA in Surveillance Plan Civil liberties watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation wants public disclosure of documents that allegedly implicate the phone giant's surveillance involvement.
InternetNews May 16, 2006 Roy Mark	BellSouth Denies NSA Involvement Telecom giant BellSouth claims it hasn't turned over phone records in wake of more lawsuits.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Sutherland & Patrizio	AT&T Says Privacy Group Suing the Wrong Party Telecom giant AT&T told a district judge in San Francisco today that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the wrong party.
InternetNews December 3, 2009 David Needle	EFF Sues Feds Over Social Network Surveillance The online rights organization wants the government to release records of its surveillance of social networking sites.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark	Leaked Docs Claim AT&T Aided NSA In addition to allegations that AT&T handed over customer calling records and e-mail data, it's now facing media reports that it is monitoring Internet traffic.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Ed Sutherland	AT&T Draws Ire Over Privacy Update Privacy policy clarifications come as AT&T heads back into court.
InternetNews April 14, 2006 Roy Mark	AT&T's Good Name? It's beginning to look as if one of the first returns SBC is getting from its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T is a legal and public relations nightmare.
InternetNews January 18, 2007 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Grill AG Over Wiretaps Change in policy over warrantless wiretaps of calls and e-mail prompt sharp questioning from Democrats.
InternetNews November 7, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Appeals Court Will Hear EFF/AT&T Spying Case Both sides are still arguing over whether they even have a case.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Americans Get Shaft Over Data Mining Finally - maybe - Congress is gaining courage in rolling back Bush's domestic spying program.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 William Sweet	Security Expert Slams Bush's Surveillance Program In this interview, the author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, James Bamford discusses why the U.S. president chose to dodge court review procedures in ordering post 9/11 wiretapping.
InternetNews August 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Bush Signs Temporary Wiretap Law A new law allows government to conduct surveillance of foreign e-mails and phone calls without a warrant.
InternetNews August 17, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Judge Orders End To Warrantless Wiretaps A federal judge today ordered the Bush administration to cease all warrantless wiretapping of calls between Americans and suspected foreign terrorists.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	It's On: Wikimedia Sues The NSA The Wikimedia Foundation, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, is suing the U.S. National Security Agency in a bid to challenge mass surveillance of Internet communications, Reuters reports.
InternetNews February 18, 2004 Ron Miller	AOL, EarthLink File Lawsuits Against Spammers With the federal Can Spam Act so far proving ineffective, ISPs are pursuing aggressive civil actions.
PC World May 23, 2008 Erik Larkin	Phone Companies That Allowed Wiretaps Shouldn't Get Immunity They should have to prove they acted legally and in good faith, or face the consequences.
InternetNews February 29, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Judge Strikes Down Wikileaks Injunction District court reverses earlier ruling against whistleblower site championed by free press advocates.
Information Today July 14, 2015 George H. Pike	USA FREEDOM Act: Protector of Civil Liberties or Window Dressing? For the first time since the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Congress has scaled back the scope of its provisions.
Information Today July 16, 2013 Nancy K. Herther	PRISM and the First Amendment: A Critical Issue Once Edward Snowden lands in some friendly country or decides to return to the U.S., we can hope that attention is again focused on PRISM and surveillance. So far, the responses from government officials have been less than stellar.
InternetNews August 24, 2006 Ed Sutherland	EFF's Next Fight? Barney the Dinosaur EFF claims purple dinosaur's legal team trampling free speech rights.
InternetNews May 17, 2006 Roy Mark	What's AT&T Hiding? After Verizon joins BellSouth in denying NSA connection, AT&T keeps mum and wants reporters out of the courtroom when it answers EFF charges.
InternetNews April 10, 2008 Susan Kuchinskas	What Limits For Warrantless Wiretapping? RSA panel mulls the balance between security needs and personal privacy.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Andy Patrizio	EFF, Bloggers Win Appeal In Apple Case A California state appeals court ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's appeal on behalf of three bloggers being sued by Apple Computer. The case challenged whether or not online journalists have the same right to protect confidential sources as those whose work appears in print publications.
InternetNews August 15, 2006 Ed Sutherland	EFF Goes After AOL The Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate AOL's disclosure of search data for 650,000 users.
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Michael Singer	Apple's Blogger Probe Appealed The Electronic Frontier Foundation says a subpoena for the 'Asteroid' source endangers all journalists.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Woellert & Kopecki	The Snooping Goes Beyond Phone Calls How the government sidesteps the Privacy Act by purchasing commercial data.
PC World February 10, 2003 Kyle Stock	Feds Look to Expand Electronic Surveillance Confidential proposal calls for increased monitoring of private e-mail messages, Web surfing, and other online activities.
InternetNews February 20, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Privacy Groups Blast ISP Data-Retention Bill Privacy advocates are lashing out at a renewed effort by lawmakers to impose requirements on ISPs and wireless network operators to keep records about the identities of Internet users.
Reason December 2001	Guarding the Home Front Will civil liberties be a casualty in the War on Terrorism? A panel of experts discuss which civil liberties they think are most at risk in what has been called America's first 21st century war...
InternetNews November 21, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sony Sued Over DRM Rootkit Sony BMG's copy-protection software draws lawsuits from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the state of Texas.
InternetNews March 14, 2008	House OKs Spy Bill, Rejects Telco Immunity The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and passed an anti-terrorism spy bill that permits lawsuits against phone companies.
Wired October 2009 Stephen Lee	Secret Ops, Domestic Spying OK -- As Long As Someone's Watching the Watchmen If the U.S. wants a successful intelligence agency, a certain amount of opacity is not only acceptable, it's necessary.
Search Engine Watch February 15, 2006 Chris Sherman	Google Desktop Fears Overblown? Consumer watchdogs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are urging a boycott of Google's new Desktop Search program, citing privacy concerns. But is it really too risky to use the program?
Information Today December 3, 2015	EFF Brings Awareness to Google Privacy Practices The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Google for collecting and mining students' personal data, such as their internet searches.
InternetNews September 14, 2005 David Needle	EFF to Apple: Too Much Too Soon EFF's suit against Apple claims the company did not exhaust all other alternatives before subpoenaing journalists and bloggers accused of stealing trade secrets pertaining to the GarageBand music program.
Searcher June 2003 Miriam Drake	You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips.
PC World October 7, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation.
InternetNews June 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Want My E-Mail? Get a Warrant Appeals panel rules government abused Stored Communications Act to unlawfully seize e-mail.
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton	Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation.
InternetNews February 21, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Google Admits Security Risks Google agrees with report saying there is 'unacceptable risk' in Desktop 3 Beta for companies.
InternetNews August 31, 2004 Michael Singer	Calif. Cities Sue Microsoft For Overcharging San Francisco, Los Angeles and a handful of counties file a class action lawsuit seeking separate damages than the state's landmark $1.1 billion settlement.
InternetNews November 20, 2009	Microsoft: No 'Back Door' in Windows 7 But cozy ties between spy agency and tech industry have some privacy advocates worried.
InternetNews May 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neutrality Forces Put on a Happy Face Cornyn pushes for more H1-B visas... DoJ moves to quash EFF suit against AT&T... etc.
Salon.com September 14, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski	Send in the online spooks? In the aftermath of terrorism, civil libertarians are running for cover. But are they protesting too much?
Information Today January 5, 2016 George H. Pike	The Year in Congress: Accomplishments in 2015 A review is offered of new laws that affect the library community and the information industry.
Information Today August 4, 2015	Organizations Introduce New Do Not Track Policy for Internet Browsing The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with a coalition of partners, introduced a stronger Do Not Track policy standard for web browsing that aims to protect users from having their internet activity recorded.
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Roy Mark	EFF Wants Protection For CD Research The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants Sony EMI to grant legal protections for computer security researchers examining the copy-protection technologies of the music giant.