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Category Archives: Rights and Civil Liberties
UPDATE: Arizona Legislature Pulls Back H.B. 2459
Notice to all you comment trolls, Facebook ‘stalkers,’ and general miscreants on the web: the Arizona law that would make it a crime to “annoy” or “offend” someone through the use of “any electronic or digital device” has been recalled … Continue reading
Freedom of Speech On the Internet Is Under Attack, Again
Two stories I heard on the news in the last 24 hours makes me wonder if I accidentally mistook my Hyundai for a souped up DeLorean and drove it to 88 mph. Why the time machine references? Because two proposed … Continue reading
Proposed Bill Would Outlaw Facebook Account Access As Employment Requirement
Last night in class, we were discussing privacy issues, which is always a hot topic. Someone raised the very disturbing news that employers have begun to demand access to applicants’ Facebook profiles as a condition of considering them for a … Continue reading
Move Over Sudoku; Studies Show Virtual Worlds Can Be Good for Your Brain
A recent story on Forbes.com reported on a new study about the effects of playing massively-multiplayer online games on one’s cognitive abilities. Conducted on a small sample group of 39 adults between the ages of 60 and 77, the study … Continue reading
Posted in Rights and Civil Liberties, Virtual Worlds
Tagged burn victims, medical technology, therapy, virtual reality
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Is Your Computer Password Protected by the 4th Amendment or the 5th or Neither?
Can the government compel you to provide your computer password if they think there is illicit material stored in an encrypted part of the hard drive? If there was ever a case when it seemed like the Constitution was no … Continue reading
Posted in Litigation, Privacy, Rights and Civil Liberties
Tagged government, liberties, search and seizure
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Twitter Tool Allows Centralized Censorship
The social networking service Twitter announced a new tool today that allows it to selectively censor users’ tweets based on a host of criteria. This has taken a lot of heat from some critics but there’s another side to this that … Continue reading
Supreme Court: GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant
Today marked a big win for privacy advocates. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling on the question of whether it was Constitutional for police to attach a GPS tracking unit to someone’s vehicle without their consent, and without … Continue reading
What a week it has been for that little anti-piracy bill known as SOPA. Together with her sister bill in the Senate, PIPA, these two bills took a considerable drubbing. They appear, for all intents and purposes, to be completely … Continue reading
SOPA UPDATE 4: Wikipedia to Go Offline for 24 Hours in Protest of SOPA
The Wikipedia community announced late yesterday that it would initiate a site-wide blackout of its English language encyclopedia beginning at 5:00 UTC (whatever that is) on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. The announcement was made in banner ads across the site … Continue reading
UPDATE 3: SOPA Likely Dead on Arrival, Due to President’s Opposition
Yesterday, President Obama dealt yet another blow to the faltering, studio-backed anti-piracy bill known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and Protect IP Act in the Senate. Already on the ropes after legislators moved to strike … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legislation, Rights and Civil Liberties, Social Networks
Tagged books, copyright, IP, movies, music, piracy, POTUS, torrents
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