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Maryland bill would bar colleges from monitoring athletes’ social media posts

donal brown February 28, 2012

The Maryland legislature is considering a law preventing colleges from requiring athletes to allow school administrators to monitor their messages and posts on the social media. Questions arise over the constitutionality of colleges funded by the government interfering with the free speech rights of students. -db From a commentary for the Citizens Media Law Project, February 23, 2012, by Eric P. Robinson Full story  

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A&A: Making an FOIA request regarding border security

FAC October 25, 2011

Q: I’m an investigative reporter trying to obtain information from the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection (about 32 miles of the northern border are considered secure) and about the number of drugs, guns and weapons crossing over the border. I also need information on staffing levels compared to the southern border and drug, weapons, guns total. They say some information can’t be provided because it’s “law enforcement sensitive.” Is that a

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Federal judge orders release of searchable immigration database

donal brown February 8, 2011

A federal judge supported the efforts of two groups seeking information about a Immigration and Customs Enforcement that creates fingerprint databases used for deportation. The groups are contending that the program is error-prone. The agency sent the plaintiffs five unsearchable PDF files stripped of identifying data. In response, the judge ordered documents be sent by e-mail and files identified with file names, modified dates and other metadata.-db From Courthouse News Service, February 7, 2011, by

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Congressman wants tracking of requests of Freedom of Information Act

donal brown January 30, 2011

The New York Times January 28, 2011 By Eric Lipton Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California wants to promote transparency by collecting the names of citizens requesting copies of federal government documents, but while ordinarily embracing transparency and Issa’s goal of making agencies respond fairly and expediently, civil libertarians are worried that the information could be used against the citizens making the requests. -db

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EFF lists projects underway to protect internet speech

donal brown December 14, 2010

Electronic Freedom Foundation’s Technology Director Chris Palmer says that a number of projects are underway to reduce centralization on the Internet and improve security and accessibility for the public. -db Electronic Freedom Foundation Commentary December 14, 2010 By Chris Palmer The past few weeks have highlighted the vulnerability of centralized information systems to censorship: online speech is only as strong as the weakest intermediary. Sites hosting legitimate speech were caught up in an anti-counterfeiting raid

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