Computer law
The FCC delivers an Internet declaration of independence
Net neutrality has been the battle cry of many people who fear that business interests will take over what they consider a public tool supporting freedom and democracy. The FCC chair has finally come around to that view. His newly-announced plan, though, may not end the battle over control of the Internet.
Cell Phone Data a Legal Gray Area in the Courts
What happens when technology moves faster than the laws that govern it? That’s the major question before courts across the country, as cell phones, and the overwhelming amount of data they hold, become evidence. Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the law that governs email communications, in 1986, a lifetime ago in the tech world. The […]
Supreme Court Rules Against GPS Tracking
On Monday the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that police violated the 4th amendment when they placed a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device on a suspect’s car and monitored its movements for 28 days. In his opinion on the case, Justice Anthony Scalia wrote that the use of GPS constituted a “search” and therefore requires a […]
Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian on SOPA Shutdown
More than 7,000 websites shut themselves down on Wednesday in a one-day protest of the anti-piracy bills now in Congress. The blackout has some U.S. lawmakers thinking twice about voting for the bills. The Protect IP Act, or PIPA, lost support from two former co-sponsors, Republican Senators Marco Rubio and John Cornyn. Reddit.com’s co-founder, Alexis […]