By Thor BensonJul 13, 2014
A year-and-a-half after Swartz killed himself because of pressure from felonies he faced over alleged “cyber crimes,” the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says.CISA is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 24, 2014
Many legislators and campaigners are unsatisfied with the "watered-down" version of the anti-surveillance bill that passed the House of Representatives on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 11, 2013
Another round of declassified documents means another round of revelations about a spy agency run amok. But it's OK, the NSA says it's fixed it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 30, 2012
As the larger part of American culture seems ready to surrender its claim to privacy without question, organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation are riding like Paul Revere through the digital Massachusetts night. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 28, 2012
The Internet loves cats, so much so that a group calling itself the Internet Defense League has selected the “cat signal” as its emergency warning to Web surfers that some nefarious threat to Internet freedom is rearing its head in the halls of Congress or elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigJan 19, 2012
Wednesday, Jan. 18, marked the largest online protest in the history of the Internet. Websites from large to small "went dark" in protest of proposed legislation before the U.S. House and Senate that could profoundly change the Internet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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