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Online newspaper refuses to honor federal court order to remove video clips relating to Gulf oil spill

donal brown July 14, 2011

An online newspaper The Daily is refusing to comply with a federal judge’s order to remove video clips of former British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward testifying on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The judge indicated she may rescind the order. The court had issued a pretrial order forbidding the publication of video or audio records of Hayward’s deposition without the court’s permission. -db From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of

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Federal judge allows National Security Agency to dodge question about ties to Google

donal brown July 14, 2011

A federal judge is allowing the National Security Agency to avoid answering the question about a possible relationship between the agency and Google after the China hacking incident of January 2010. The judge said NSA ruled the agency only had  state it can “neither confirm nor deny” that it has a relationship with Google.-db From a release from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, July 13, 2011. Full release

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Blogger files lawsuit to discover if government maintains file on him

donal brown July 14, 2011

A University of Michigan professor, Juan Cole, who suspects he was under investigation by the federal government for his blogs on Mideast issues, is filing a lawsuit to force the government to release any files on him. The lawsuit came about after a former CIA official said his superiors asked what he knew about Cole and what he could find that would discredit him. ACLU attorney Zachary Katznelson says the lawsuit is to determine “whether

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Electronic Frontier Foundation urges Cisco and Microsoft to stop enabling Chinese oppression

donal brown July 14, 2011

An Electronic Frontier Foundation opinion piece argues that Microsoft and Cisco are more interested in abetting China’s repressive regime than taking a stand for freedom. With Google abandoning the search market in China rather than submit to censorship, Microsoft has recently stepped into the void by agreeing with Baidu to provide Bing web search services in English and to self-censor its search results. After coming under scrutiny for helping create China’s internet firewall and assisting

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Federal appeals court rules St. Louis sign code violates free speech rights

donal brown July 14, 2011

A man who had been denied a permit to post a mural saying “End Eminent Domain” in St. Louis won a court battle when the U.S. Eight Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the sign regulation restricted free speech. The court found the city’s defense on grounds of traffic safety and aesthetics did not outweigh concerns over censorship. -db From a commentary in the Riverfront Times, July 14, 2011, by Nicholas Phillips. Full story

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