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US Senate backs anti-piracy bill targeting foreign sites

...The US Senate's Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to approve a bill that targets... Read more

27 May, 2011 by Greg Sandoval

Apple, Google face US Senate questions over privacy

...A second US Senate hearing over location privacy has been scheduled, a move intended to... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

US senate to vote on Protect IP bill in January

...The US Senate will debate a controversial Hollywood-backed copyright bill as soon as... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
US politicians put SOPA on hold

US politicians put SOPA on hold

...decision to wave the white flag on SOPA came just hours after US Senate leaders announced they had postponed their vote on the Protect IP... Read more

23 January, 2012 by Don Reisinger

US justice department presses for data-retention laws

...has said the department is seeking new laws on data retention. Credit: US Senate Jason Weinstein, the deputy assistant attorney general for the criminal division... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US privacy bill to exclude government agencies

...A new bill in the US Senate designed to protect personal data will exempt data gathering by government... Read more

13 April, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

SOPA, Protect IP support wavers in face of online protest

A number of US politicians who previously backed the SOPA and Protect IP anti-piracy legislation have said they will reconsider or pull their support, after major websites staged a day of protest against the bills Read more

19 January, 2012 by Declan McCullagh and Elinor Mills

US senator seeks answers over Carrier IQ

Minnesota senator Al Franken has written to US networks seeking information on how exactly they are using data gathered by the Carrier IQ mobile software Read more

6 December, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Sopa piracy bill allows provision for IP blocking

Campaigners have warned that the latest version of the Stop Online Piracy Act contains a provision for forcing ISPs to block addresses of websites suspected of copyright infringement Read more

21 November, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US Congress to vote against net-neutrality policy

A committee in the House of Representatives is planning to vote on whether to rescind net-neutrality regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in December Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US internet 'kill switch' bill gets revision

A proposal to give Homeland Security the power to issue decress over privately owned computer systems has been modified to prevent a complete shutdown of the internet, its proponents say Read more

21 February, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
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US Senate Info 1.2

...State Senate Information is the application that provide the information for the US Senate. The main features of the applications are: History of US Senate... Read more

20 July, 2011

MasterCard supports halting transactions to pirate sites

...Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, an anti-piracy bill introduced into the US Senate last September, sources with knowledge of the talks tell ZDNet UK... Read more

17 December, 2010 by Greg Sandoval

US file-sharing bill faces speedy vote

...the government to shut down websites accused of illegal file-sharing. A US Senate committee stunned the technology sector by announcing it would try to... Read more

30 September, 2010 by Greg Sandoval

US bill would give Obama emergency control of internet

...A new US Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

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