May 16, 2013

Remember SOPA? Remember how when we the people finally defeated SOPA everyone got so stoked that confetti poured out of their eyeballs and its opponents downloaded films and albums and pirated video games in celebration? Well, shortly after SOPA there was CISPA—the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act—a bill that is both scarier than Zombies
May 13, 2013

New generation of elites taking the transnational reins? As today’s groundbreaking revelations by Infowars will possibly reveal, Bilderberg is moving itself into a new hybrid leviathan, with Google as the new vehicle for policy implementation. A new generation has emerged, alligning itself with the good old boys at Bilderberg. Not that this newer generation
May 3, 2013

Obama's pick, Tom Wheeler as new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman. More on him below. In March, former FCC chairman Julius Genachowski stepped down. At the time, Free Press.net president Craig Aaron said the following: "When Julius Genachowski took office, there were high hopes that he would use his powerful position to promote the public
April 26, 2013

A federal judge in Texas has denied a Federal Bureau of Investigation request to move forward with an investigation tactic that would have tracked alleged hackers by turning a suspect’s computer into a surveillance agent. In a 13-page explanation Houston magistrate Judge Stephen Smith eviscerated the FBI’s attempt to push an “extremely intrusive” tactic to
April 26, 2013

Privacy advocates can breathe a sigh of relief as the controversial US Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) appears to be all but dead in the water, with all signs pointing to it being shelved by the Senate. The bill, which was purportedly designed to allow the federal government to share private user information
April 25, 2013

In March, the Canadian government introduced a bill that would bring about sweeping changes to its copyright and trademark laws. This includes giving more power to customs and border protection agents without any judicial oversight. The move is intended to prevent counterfeit goods from entering the country, but has been criticized for being less about
April 21, 2013

This week, as Americans were horrified by the attacks in Boston, both houses of Congress considered legislation undermining our liberty in the name of “safety.” Gun control continued to be the focus of the Senate, where an amendment expanding federal “background checks” to gun show sales and other private transfers dominated the debate. While the
April 19, 2013

Scroll to the bottom of this article for the links to take action. Wednesday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence marked up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), the misguided “cybersecurity” bill that would create a gaping exception to existing privacy law while doing little to address palpable and pressing online security
April 7, 2013

A previous article discussed CFAA. It explained the following: It's an anti-hacking law. It's a computer trespass law. It criminalizes accessing computer systems "without authorization." "(E)xceeds authorized access" terminology was left undefined. In 1984, it was enacted. It was amended numerous times. It's primarily a criminal law. It covers seven types of offenses. They include
March 27, 2013

Earlier this month, a Georgia Superior Court issued a breathtaking restraining order against Matthew Chan, the operator of a copyright troll criticism message board, holding him responsible for the posts of his users. As part of the Court’s reasoning, Judge Frank Jordan wrote: As the owner and operator of the site, Respondent has the ability
March 27, 2013

It's a slap in the face: The whole Internet is clamoring for reform of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act because it stifles innovation and even imprisons activists and innovators like Aaron Swartz. (And could easily have been used against Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and countless others.) So what are some Republicans in the House
March 22, 2013

Or, to be more precise, demanding that supplement companies do it on their orders. Action Alert! The US Food and Drug Administration has recently issued warning letters to two different supplement companies. Here is what triggered one of them: supplement company AMARC Enterprises “liked” a Facebook customer testimonial about how their product helped “keep cancer
March 11, 2013

A group called Par:AnoIA, linked to Anonymous, has obtained 14 gigabytes of data available openly on a server in Tel Aviv, Israel proving that Bank of America has invested in spying on web activity. The group says that Bank of America employed private IT firms such as TEKsystems to spy on hacker forums, but also
February 28, 2013

It's an anti-hacking law. It criminalizes accessing computer systems "without authorization." "(E)xceeds authorized access" terminology was left undefined. Misinterpretations and abuse followed. Overzealous prosecutors take full advantage. In 1984, CFAA was enacted. It was amended numerous times. It's primarily a criminal law. At issue are seven types of offenses. They include obtaining national security
February 27, 2013

Barack Obama’s “Cyber Warriors” have focused on a target – gun control. Since they are new at this, apparently they’re not very good at covering their tracks, because Republican Representative Steve Stockman of Texas has identified a flurry of tweets against the 2nd Amendment as fraudulent. The accounts sending the tweets have been traced back
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