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Russia Announces Plan to Outlaw VPNs
Big news out of Russia, as the country last week announced a plan to outlaw VPNs and proxy services. This latest ban comes as a measure to combat the spread of “extremist materials” and content from being distributed online. The VPN ban would be implemented by requiring Russian Internet providers to block websites that offer VPN services.
July 25, 2017
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The Section 706 Sneak: How The FCC is Using Legal Gymnastics to Excuse Itself From Getting Americans Internet Access
This August, the Federal Communications Commission voted to begin a proceeding that would do the same kind of wand-waving with its duties to ensure broadband connectivity for all Americans.
September 10, 2017
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Senate Votes to Block FCC’s Broadband Privacy Rules
This afternoon, the United States senate voted 50-48 to kill regulations for broadband providers which were aimed at protecting consumer privacy. Initially passed in 2015, these FCC regulations were set to go into effect in early March.
March 22, 2017
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Tell the President to “Defend Strong Encryption” and Help Save Crypto
EFF, the organization behind this petition (along with Access Now and the ACLU), are pushing a new phase of the campaign this week. Save Crypto is asking users to tweet at President Obama directly and ask him to defend strong crypto.
October 5, 2015
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States Join the Encryption Battle, Push for Legislation at the State Level
We’ve written before about the power that individual US states have, and how this power can be used to enact privacy legislation. In many cases this is a positive, when used to pass safeguards that haven’t been passed at the national level. Recently, however, two states have been in the news for something less positive – backdoor encryption.
January 26, 2016
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States Propose Legislation to Address ISP Privacy Concerns
In response to the United States’ vote to block the FCC’s regulations governing ISPs and consumer privacy, many state legislatures are taking action. Since the vote last week, we’ve seen numerous states introducing their own measures to enact consumer privacy protections since the federal governemnt failed to do so. Below is a quick rundown of who is doing what:
April 10, 2017
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Stop the Surveillance: Golden Frog Advocates for FISA 702 Reform (Again!)
FISA 702, a bill that enables widespread spying and surveillance in the United States, will be sunset at the end of 2017. As the deadline grows ever closer, the call for reform is being renewed – and Golden Frog has signed on to a coalition letter organized by CCIA with 30+ other organizations advocating for the law’s reform.
June 1, 2017
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Winter Sunset is Coming: Golden Frog Fights for NSA Reform
We’re this close to reaching a meaningful milestone in the path toward NSA reform. At Midnight on June, 1, three parts of the Patriot Act — including the controversial Section 215, which the NSA has used to collect millions of Americans’ phone records — will sunset (or expire in non-Washington D.C. jargon).
May 28, 2015
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Tech Companies Urge Legislation, CISA Gains Momentum
On September 28, the BSA and its member tech companies said the letter they signed and sent to Congress (referenced below) was not an endorsement of CISA, or any particular piece of legislation. As stated by the BSA, “The letter did not endorse any specific legislation in its current form.”
September 22, 2015
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Tell Senate to Pass the Email Privacy Act House Bill with No Changes
The Email Privacy Act, H.R. 699 (the bill to update ECPA), will be marked up by the Senate tomorrow, May 26, 2016. When the bill comes up, we want the Senate to pass the bill as it passed in the House – without any changes.
May 24, 2016
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Trump Signs Bill, Kills ISP Privacy Regulations Once and For All
It’s official. Yesterday afternoon United States President Donald Trump signed a bill into law (S.J 34/H.J. 86), repealing FCC online privacy protections for consumers browsing online. As expected Trump signed the bill, officially killing regulations previously created by the FCC just weeks before last year’s presidential election. His signature followed votes in both the Senate and House to disapprove the rules.
April 3, 2017
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United Nations Names Online Privacy as a Universal Human Right
Online privacy, the focus of a hotly debated and controversial fight between governments, corporations and citizens worldwide, is now a universal human right. The United Nations unanimously voted today to adopt a resolution calling for “Online Privacy” to be recognized as a human right, extending the general human right of privacy to the online world.
January 16, 2014
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United States Legislative Proposal
The government’s ongoing efforts to pervasively monitor citizens through electronic monitoring, interception and by gathering digital information intrude on individual liberty and property, and violate the Constitution’s due process, property, privacy, expression and associational rights.
April 14, 2015
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What the GOP FISA Memo Reveals About Privacy
In reading the now declassified Nunes memo, we have come to one firm conclusion. YOU are being spied on by the U.S. government — and the Section 702 renewed by this Congress, and signed by this President, allows law enforcement to spy by working around your constitutional right to due process.
February 1, 2018