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College district settles free-speech suit

FAC July 23, 2010

A San Jose community college district has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a free-speech lawsuit by a professor who was fired after allegedly telling students that male homosexuality is caused by stress during pregnancy and that true lesbians don’t exist. San Francisco Chronicle July 23, 2010 By Bob Egelko June Sheldon denied making the statements that a student complaint attributed to her. She said she actually told her human heredity class at San Jose

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States want a closer look at Google’s street view data gathering

FAC July 22, 2010

All Things Digital July 21, 2010 By John Murrell A multistate inquiry into what Google says was the inadvertent gathering of Wi-Fi data by its Street View cars now has 37 attorneys general on board and some specific questions. Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal, who is spearheading the effort, sent a letter to the company todayasking who inserted the data collection code into the Street View software, whether the software had been tested to see if it snagged

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Gov. Rell signs bill to protect senior citizens from Freedom of Information Act

FAC July 22, 2010

Governor M. Jodi Rell today highlighted legislation that protects the privacy of senior citizens by exempting their personal information from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disclosure requests of publicly operated senior centers. July 22, 2010 By  The Middle Town Press House Bill 5278, An Act Concerning Senior Centers and the Freedom of Information Act, excludes the disclosure of name, address, telephone number or e-mail address of anyone who is a member of, or enrolled in

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Wall Street Journal reporter handcuffed at courthouse

FAC July 22, 2010

A Wall Street Journal reporter was handcuffed and carted away today after repeatedly ignoring a U.S. marshal’s request to leave Sam Adam Sr. alone as the veteran attorney tried to exit the federal courthouse. Chicago Breaking News Center July 21, 2010 By Stacie St. Clair Doug Belkin was outside the boundaries dedicated for media interviews during Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial.  Adam is one of the former governor’s attorneys. Belkin was told three times to quit questioning

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New federal online identity plan raises privacy and free speech concerns

FAC July 21, 2010

The White House recently released a draft of a troubling plan titled  “National Strategy for Trusted Identities Cyberspace” (NSTIC). Commentary/ Electronic Frontier Foundation July 21, 2010 By  Lee Tien and Seth Schoen The White House recently released a draft of a troubling plan titled “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” (NSTIC). In previous iterations, the project was known as the “National Strategy for Secure Online Transactions” and emphasized, reasonably, the private sector’s development of technologies

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