Texas appeals court dismisses revenge porn law
A Texas appeals court says a state law that punishes those who post intimate images from previous or current relationships online without consent is unconstitutional.
Internet
Apr 20, 2018
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Social scientist discusses the realities of eviction
"Eviction" is a term that has become increasingly familiar to Americans over the past decade as one of the most visible symbols of poverty and economic misfortune. But research by social scientist and ethnographer Matthew ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2017
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Jury: DuPont should pay Ohio man $10.5M more in cancer suit
A federal jury says DuPont should pay an additional $10.5 million in damages to an Ohio man who says he got testicular cancer because of a chemical used to make Teflon.
Business
Jan 5, 2017
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Verizon: Call records of 'fewer than 500' customers breached
A Verizon Wireless spokeswoman says it appears that "fewer than 500 customers" had their private information accessed in 2014 in a federal computer breach case involving a former Verizon Wireless network technician.
Telecom
Sep 28, 2016
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Ex-Verizon worker accused of selling customer phone records
A former Verizon Wireless technician is accused of using the company's computers to obtain customers' private call records—plus data showing where customers' phones were—and then selling them to an unnamed private investigator, ...
Telecom
Sep 26, 2016
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Guccifer, accused of hacking Bush accounts, to plead guilty (Update)
The Romanian hacker known as Guccifer, who is charged with breaking into computer accounts of the Bush family, Secretary of State Colin Powell and others, is scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges.
Security
May 23, 2016
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ACLU asks appeals court to halt NSA phone record collection
Civil liberties groups asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to again strike down as unconstitutional a portion of a law used by the government to justify the collection and storage of Americans' phone records.
Security
Jul 15, 2015
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US State Dept. employee faces cyberstalking, hacking charges
A U.S. State Department employee is accused of sending threatening emails to college-aged women in the U.S. from his computer at the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities said.
Security
May 21, 2015
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Five things to know about the NSA court ruling
A federal appeals court has declared illegal the National Security Agency program that collects data on the landline calling records of nearly every American. The ruling Thursday, the first of its kind by an appeals court, ...
Security
May 8, 2015
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Judge sides with government in lawsuit over surveillance
A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the government in a lawsuit alleging the National Security Agency is illegally engaging in the bulk collection of Internet and telephone records in the hunt for potential terrorists.
Internet
Feb 11, 2015
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