Congress Pats Itself On The Back Via Social Media For Its Opportunity To Slam...
As you may have heard, this week there were three Congressional hearings in two days, allowing various Congressional committees to drag out officials from Facebook, Twitter and Google and slap them...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein Wants Twitter To Just Hand Her A Bunch Of Private...
I’m not sure who Dianne Feinstein thinks she is, but she’s going after Twitter users’ private communications. As part of the ongoing hearings into Russian interference in the election process...
View ArticleSen. Feinstein Looking To Revive Anti-Encryption Bill In The Wake Of Texas...
Shortly after the horrific shooting of 26 people in a Texas church, the FBI began dropping hints about its inability to access the contents of the shooter’s phone. Things didn’t go the FBI’s way the...
View ArticleAfter Basically No Debate, And No Opportunity For Amendments, Senate Votes To...
As was unfortunately expected, after a very short (and fairly stupid) debate that was full of misleading statements that focused more on “but… but… terrorism!” than anything substantive, the Senate...
View ArticleA Bunch Of Politicians Who Complain About Trump's Authoritarian Tendencies...
As was widely expected after Tuesday’s close vote on cloture, the Senate officially voted to renew (in a somewhat expanded way) Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act by a vote of 65 to 34. That also...
View ArticleFive Senators Agree: Search Engines Should Censor Drug Information
The US government would like to be involved in the web censorship business. The anti-sex trafficking bill recently passed by the House would do just that, forcing service providers to pre-censor...
View ArticleIntelligence Oversight? Dianne Feinstein Employed A Chinese Spy For Several...
Well, this is awkward. Former intelligence officials told me that Chinese intelligence once recruited a staff member at a California office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, and the source reported...
View ArticleSenators Hawley & Feinstein Join Graham & Blumenthal In Announcing Bill To...
In late January, we had an analysis of an absolutely dreadful bill proposed by Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal — both with a long history of attacking the internet — called the EARN IT...
View ArticleRichard Burr Steps Down From Intel Committee Following FBI Warrant; Feinstein...
Following the news that the FBI got a warrant and seized Senator Richard Burr’s phone as part of its investigation into his alleged insider trading, Burr has announced that he’s stepping down from...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Mistakes Senators Made During Today's EARN IT Markup
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the EARN IT Act and sent that legislation to the Senate floor. As drafted, the bill will be a disaster. Only by monitoring what users...
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