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An online privacy bill introduced in the U.S. Congress this week received mixed reviews at a subcommittee hearing Thursday, with representatives of two trade groups saying the bill would put unnecessary regulations on the Internet advertising industry.
The Best Practices Act, introduced by Representative Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat, would require websites to get opt-in permission [...] Read more »
Google got its Chinese visa extended, but that doesn’t mean the company is having a good trip or that China’s censorship has gone away.
Google’s application to run Google.cn for another year looked like it was going to be denied by the Chinese government, who decided that simply redirecting all Google.cn users to an unfiltered search [...] Read more »
Efforts by the U.S. government to better identify cyberattackers will likely lead to violations of Internet users’ privacy and anonymity, and technological means to attribute the source of the attacks may be inaccurate, privacy and cybersecurity experts said Thursday.
Witnesses at a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing disagreed about whether the government should explore new [...] Read more »
A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China’s portion of cyberspace, calling for requirements that people use their real names when buying a mobile phone or going online, according to a human rights group.
In an address to the national legislature in April, Wang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office, [...] Read more »
I spend exactly zero time worrying that black helicopters will swoop down and impose a new world order. I don’t believe that the CIA killed JFK, and I don’t think the Air Force is hiding a UFO in the desert — which is to say, I generally don’t take conspiracy theories seriously.
But a proposed law [...] Read more »
A controversial cybersecurity bill passed a key Senate committee on Thursday after backers made concessions aimed at blunting widespread criticism the measure would give the US president broad authority to shut down key parts of the internet.
The bill, known as the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, has been pushed hard by Senator Joe [...] Read more »
Add Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to the list of politicians out there who are shocked — shocked! — by the now-stale revelation that Google inadvertently scooped up snippets of unsecured Wi-Fi payload data while collecting Street View images. Blumenthal — who happens to be running for re-election this year — wants to lead a [...] Read more »
European ministers are considering establishing a new agency that would tie together law enforcement agencies and other entities dedicated to fighting cybercrime.
The Council of the European Union, composed of ministers from 27 countries, issued a document earlier this week calling for the European Commission to draw up a feasibility study on the idea.
The ministers released [...] Read more »
China is poised to strengthen a law to require telecommunications and Internet companies to inform on customers who discuss state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country’s vast security apparatus that stifles political dissent.
The move, reported Tuesday by state media, comes as China continues tightening controls on communications services. It also follows a [...] Read more »
For anyone thinking that the Google-China dynasty war would be resolved quickly — and that mutual economic concerns would ultimately force both armies to ratchet down this uniquely 21-century cyberduel — this was the week for the rudest of awakenings.
The hacking hits just keep on coming in China. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) announced that its Chinese [...] Read more »
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