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NSA broke privacy rules because its phone data system was too ‘complex’

Hundreds of pages of formerly top secret documents reveal constant privacy violations between 2006 and 2009.

On Sep 10, 2013 by Jay Hathaway

Facebook wants to be specific about which data the government has asked it for

Facebook filed a motion to let its users know the specifics of the government data requests it has received under programs like PRISM.

On Sep 9, 2013 by Cody Permenter

Tech

Facebook: U.S. requested data on more than 5,000 users

Here are the key takeaways from Facebook's first-ever Global Government Requests Report.

On Aug 27, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Internet Culture

Secret court found NSA spying unconstitutional in 2011

According to a newly declassified FISC ruling, the NSA violated the Fourth Amendment in collecting Americans' data.

On Aug 22, 2013 by Joe Kloc

Tech

Activists forced courts to declassify NSA docs, even if U.S. won’t admit it

The EFF won the right to that court opinion that finds evidence of NSA misconduct. So why is the government claiming it's releasing it "in the interest of increased transparency"?

On Aug 22, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Tech

Court that oversees NSA spy programs has no ability to investigate violations

The head of the FISA court says it's hard to do his job when he has to take intelligence agencies at their word.

On Aug 16, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

Tech

New bill would upend secret court system, give counsel to U.S. public

It's been a one-sided argument since 1978.

On Aug 2, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Tech

Verizon, AT&T never challenged NSA’s request for phone data

Judge Reggie Walton declared that only Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google have fought back against recently-revealed NSA spying programs.

On Jul 31, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Tech

Is the NSA trying to release secret surveillance documents before Snowden does?

In an effort to temper concerns about NSA spying, the Director of National Intelligence will declassify documents about NSA surveillance operations.

On Jul 30, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Yahoo wins court order to release records of its fight against PRISM

Yahoo claims it fought surveillance orders back in 2008, and now the Department of Justice may have to release the documents that prove it.

On Jul 15, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Internet Culture

Yahoo wants to unseal the details of its original fight against PRISM

Yahoo has filed a request to let the public see the arguments it made against PRISM when the surveillance program was first implemented.

On Jul 11, 2013 by Tim Sampson

Internet Culture

Secret FISA court gets slightly less secretive in Microsoft, Google lawsuits

In an unprecedented move, the secret court that oversees the National Security Agency’s controversial Internet surveillance program, PRISM, will make details of a pending case public.

On Jun 28, 2013 by Joe Kloc

Internet Culture