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US House and Senate debate new data privacy law
A steady stream of hair-raising revelations about the treatment of users’ data by Facebook, et al. is pushing Congress to do *something.*
Senate votes to restore net neutrality… but don’t get your hopes up
It’s people-pleasing, but it’s probably just symbolic.
Kingpin who made 100 million robocalls loses his voice
The man behind a cacophony of robocalls had little to say for himself on Capitol Hill
Senate kills bill that would have reined in NSA and rampant surveillance
Yesterday the Senate axed The USA Freedom Act, which missed the chance to be debated by just two “yes” votes. With it goes what privacy advocates had called the best opportunity yet to curb the country’s run-amok surveillance.
US Senator takes a swing at the NSA
If it emerges unscathed from the chamber, it could mean an end to bulk metadata collection, an end to the secrecy the government’s been operating under, and reform of the USA Patriot Act that’s been used to grant it vast surveillance rights. 