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US House panel approves ISP data retention bill

...want to review them in the future, under legislation approved by a House of Representatives committee on Thursday. The 19-to-10 vote represents a... Read more

29 July, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US politicians vote down net neutrality regulations

...The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to overturn controversial net neutrality regulations, a... Read more

11 April, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US House votes to overrule FCC on net neutrality

...Obama. By an almost entirely partisan vote of 241 to 178, the House of Representatives approved procedures for voting on a one-page resolution that... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US Congress to vote against net-neutrality policy

...A US House of Representatives subcommittee is planning a vote on Wednesday morning on whether... Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US representatives consider data-tracking measures

...Members of the US House of Representatives are considering measures to force internet companies to keep track... Read more

25 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Zuckerberg faces questions over Facebook breach

...Two prominent members of the US House of Representatives have demanded answers about Facebook's latest privacy breach from... Read more

21 October, 2010 by Declan McCullagh
US politicians put SOPA on hold

US politicians put SOPA on hold

Discussions around the Stop Online Piracy Act have been halted, the US House of Representatives has said, while a Senate vote on the Protect IP... Read more

23 January, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Sopa piracy bill allows provision for IP blocking

...A little-noticed portion of a House of Representatives copyright bill could require internet providers to monitor customers' traffic... Read more

21 November, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Websites employ pop-ups to protest piracy bill

...Congress and express opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa). The House of Representatives held its first hearing on the controversial bill on Wednesday... Read more

17 November, 2011 by Elinor Mills

US bill brings back blocking of foreign websites

...A dozen members of the US House of Representatives on Thursday jointly introduced a new bill intended to make... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Sony finds Anonymous clue in Sony data breach

...from the activist group Anonymous. Sony presented the statement after a US House of Representatives subcommittee meeting with Sony Computer Entertainment America chairman Kazuo Hirai... Read more

5 May, 2011 by Luke Hopewell

Congress pushes for specifics on internet monitoring plan

...is not yet a "specific proposal". Photo credit: CNET News At a House of Representatives hearing, as ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News was... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Congressman wants Wikileaks on terrorist list

...The incoming chairman of the US House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee says Wikileaks should be officially designated as... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Declan McCullagh
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11 February, 2012
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22 July, 2011

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