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October 17, 2007
Security and Privacy Links (10/17/07): Did Yahoo! Lie to Congress? Will the GOP Derail FISA Reform?
- Yahoo summoned to Washington over Chinese arrests — "Chairman Tom Lantos has asked Yang and Yahoo General Counsel Michael Callahan to appear at a hearing on November 6. 'Our committee has established that Yahoo provided false information to Congress in early 2006,' Lantos said in the statement."
- House GOPers Make Bid To Derail FISA Legislation — "Today the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on its FISA legislation. Members have been speaking on the floor throughout the day, and the vote was supposed to happen around now."
- Facebook settles New York child safety probe — "Under the terms of the settlement, Facebook has agreed to begin addressing any complaint within 24 hours of being told of inappropriate content -- involving such things as nudity, profanity or harassment -- by a user or e-mail correspondent."
- Crackdowns On Bloggers Increasing, Survey Finds — "Government repression in some countries has shifted from journalists to bloggers, with the vitality of the Internet triggering a more focused crackdown as blogs increasingly take the place of mainstream news media, according to Lucie Morillon, Washington director of the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders."
- Wiretapping Lies Continue, This Time in the NY Post — "Does the law really require probable cause to listen in to an Al Qaeda operative's cell phone?"
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