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Google Transparency Report Reveals More Demands for Data, Less Judicial Oversight
Yesterday, Google released its Transparency Report confirming what we already assumed: the government is demanding more personal data and using fewer formal requests. Since 2009, requests for Google...
Bush’s Commerce Secretary blasts NSA spying as hurting US IP owners worldwide
This morning, at the Chamber of Commerce’s Global IP Summit, Carlos Gutierrez warned that U.S. companies trying to enforce their copyrights, patents and trademarks in countries...
FCC Has No Basis for Setting Arbitrary E-Rate Broadband Speed Goals
Today, TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics filed Reply Comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to modernize the E-Rate Program, created...
This November 5, the “V for Vendetta” surveillance state seems more real than ever
V for Vendetta depicted a world of total surveillance. Government agents roamed the streets in spy vans, listening in on everyone from average citizens to the...
New FCC Chairman Should Focus on Bipartisan Goals of National Broadband Plan
Last night, the Senate confirmed Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman and Mike O’Rielly as FCC Commissioner, thus bringing the FCC to full strength. The following...
Event Video: “DC v SF: A Clash of Visions for Tech Policy”
Yesterday, we hosted an event in San Francisco on how innovators and policymakers agree and disagree on the future of technology. Moderated by Declan McCullagh (Chief Political...