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The Bradley Manning Verdict Will Create Massive Chilling Effects For Whistleblowers And Journalists

Following the Bradley Manning verdict, a number of individuals and organizations have weighed in to highlight just how big the chilling effects of the guilty verdict will be. While being found not guilty of “aiding the enemy” meant that it wasn’t the “… Continue reading

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Saudi Arabian Court Sentences Blogger To 7 Years, 600 Lashes Under Cybercrime Law

It is no secret that Saudi Arabia, still a chief American ally in the Middle East, has a horrible reputation on human rights, speech, and its policies regarding internet use. Most recently, they have attempted to put a stranglehold on internet communi… Continue reading

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DailyDirt: Scientists, You Too Can Be Rich And Famous!

Science isn’t glamorous. It says a lot when kids these days are more familiar with Mark Zuckerberg than they are with Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, or Isaac Newton. So, what better way to inspire and encourage scientist… Continue reading

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US Military Admits No One Died Because Of Manning’s Leaks

One of the key talking points against Bradley Manning was how his leaks “put people in danger” and we’ve even seen some of the defenders of his prosecution claim that people had lost lives because of them. In fact, Army Chief of Staff Mike Mullen had d… Continue reading

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Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Decision That Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Doesn’t Violate Fourth Amendment

The ongoing court battle over warrantless cell phone location tracking continues and the latest decision is another setback for the Fourth Amendment. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that individuals have no reasonable expectation of privacy ov… Continue reading

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Trolling Effects Launched To Build A Database Of Patent Troll Threats

One of the most useful tools in understanding the abuse of DMCA takedown letters is the site ChillingEffects.org. Now, the EFF, along with some other organizations focused on the excesses of patent trolling, have launched Trolling Effects to create a d… Continue reading

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The Popehat Signal Goes Out Against Suburban Express

You just can’t get away with attacking the internet anymore. In the ongoing saga of stupid that is Illinois bus company Suburban Express, a company that ferries college-aged customers to and from schools in the Midwest, then sues them, then un-sues th… Continue reading

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Rotolight Uses DMCA To Censor Review They Didn’t Like, Admits To DMCA Abuse For Censorship

Remember how a copyright maximalist was just claiming that it’s simply ridiculous that anyone would ever use copyright to censor? We pointed out a pretty long list of examples of how that’s bogus, but here’s another one, via BoingBoing. It seems that a… Continue reading

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Senator Leahy Calls Bulls**t On Claim That Metadata Collection Stopped Terrorist Attacks

One of the key claims that defenders of the NSA bulk data collection keep making is that the program was necessary to stop various terrorist “events” (note the careful choice of the word “events” rather than “attacks”). In fact, last week in arguing ag… Continue reading

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Congress Abuses ‘It’s Classified’ To Hide Stuff They Don’t Want To Talk About

Reporters at McClatchy have been doing a bang up job covering government abuses lately, and their latest is a report talking about how frequently Congress abuses the ability to classify documents to hide from any sort of accountability or transparency…. Continue reading

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