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DOJ’s Dreamhost Warrant Violates Fourth Amendment

August 17, 2017

WASHINGTON D.C. — Web hosting provider Dreamhost is challenging a search warrant obtained by the Department of Justice compelling the disclosure of all “information associated...


#190: Thinking Outside the (X)Box

August 16, 2017

What does government have to do with video games? Censorship and the First Amendment may come to mind, but that’s only a small piece of...


Bipartisan Bill Would Protect Americans From Warrantless Searches

July 27, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC — Today Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the ECPA Modernization Act of 2017.  This bipartisan bill protects electronic communications...


#177: Online Privacy and the BROWSER Act

May 30, 2017

How should online privacy be regulated? Currently, Internet platforms, mobile applications, and online ad networks allow consumers to “opt-out” of having their data collected for...


Tech Companies Propose Compromise on Section 702 Surveillance

May 26, 2017

Today, a coalition of more than 30 technology companies and trade associations urged Congress to reform the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices under Section 702...


#173: NSA Checks Itself?

May 4, 2017

Last week, the National Security Agency (NSA) announced it was ending a surveillance practice known as “about collection.” It’s one piece of a larger puzzle...