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• AP Issues Strict Facebook, Twitter Guidelines to Staff
  The Associated Press tells its 4,000 employees and journalists to delete impartial comments, even those by others, from their personal Facebook accounts. The union representing AP reporters calls it the most stringent policy it has ever seen.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:47:00 GMT
• Boycott Urged Over Nokia, Siemens Sales to Iran
  Consumers are calling for a boycott of the telecoms after The Wall Street Journal reports that they sold sophisticated internet surveillance equipment to Iran -- a story that the companies say is false.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:08:00 GMT
• Afghan Airstrike Video Goes Down the Memory Hole
  Last month, U.S. Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus and other American military officials strongly suggested that they were ready to show the public a classified video which they said would largely vindicate a series of deadly American airstrikes in western Afghanistan. Now, a CENTCOM report on the incident has been released. But the video is nowhere to be seen. ...
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
• Cyber Security Czar Front-Runner No Friend of Privacy
  An examination of former Congressman Tom Davis' record shows that he's been on the wrong side of key privacy issues, including warrantless internet surveillance, and the controversial REAL ID Act, which aims to turn state driver's licenses into a national identification card.
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:57:00 GMT
• Nokia, Siemens Help Iran Spy on Internet Users
  Western tech companies sold Iran the "deep packet inspection" systems the government is now using to monitor dissent, The Wall Street Journal reports.
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:10:00 GMT
• Video: Obama Is a Geek, John Hodgman Confirms
  Obama scores relatively low in an impromptu sci-fi geek quiz, but wins us back with his effortless display of the Vulcan salute.
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT
• Facebook, Google Go Persian, Helping Iran's Activists
  Some of the Web's leading firms are rolling out new features to accommodate worldwide interest in the protests in Iran — and to not-so-subtly help out the pro-democracy movement inside the country.
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:21:00 GMT
• How Science Fiction Writers Can Help, or Hurt, Homeland Security
  A couple of years ago, the Department of Homeland Security hired a bunch of science fiction writers to come in for a day and think of ways terrorists could attack America. ...
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
• Jury Slaps $2 Million Fine on Jammie Thomas
  A Minneapolis federal jury dings Jammie Thomas $2 million for infringing 24 songs on the Kazaa network, in the only Recording Industry Association of America file sharing case to go to trial.
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:37:00 GMT
• Court Stiffs Veterans Caught in Privacy Breach
  The federal courts are all over the map when it comes to interpreting the Privacy Act and whether money damages can be assessed against the government over privacy breaches.
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:48:00 GMT