Twitter will keep fighting to share government data requests

Twitter’s years-long battle over government surveillance and transparency isn’t over yet. In 2014, Twitter sued the US government. The platform was hoping to publish the exact number of national security letters (NSLs) or FISA court orders it receive...

Government Panel urges To End Phone Data Spying


Government oversight panel urges end to phone data spying, records purge WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided government task force that reviewed the National Security Agency's surveillance program...

BlackBerry sues startup founded by Ryan Seacrest


BlackBerry alleges company started by Ryan Seacrest ripped off designs for iPhone keyboard SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. is accusing a company backed by...
    






Top Tax Stories Of 2013


When it comes to taxes, one thing you can’t say about 2013: it definitely wasn’t boring. Here are the top ten most popular tax stories on Taxgirl this year, by reader views: 11 Reasons Why I Never...
    






Utah Made It Easier For Cops To Seize Innocent People’s Property. And Not A Single Lawmaker Voted Against It


A new report published by the Libertas Institute, a free market think tank, reveals how a little-known new law greatly weakened legal protections for property owners facing civil forfeiture in Utah...
    






Utah Made It Easier For Cops To Seize Innocent People’s Property. And Not A Single Lawmaker Voted Against It


A new report published by the Libertas Institute, a free market think tank, reveals how a little-known new law greatly weakened legal protections for property owners facing civil forfeiture in Utah...
    






Obama urged to set limits on NSA surveillance program


Days after a federal judge ruled that the NSA's phone tracking practices are unconstitutional, a panel of outside advisers came up with 46 recommendations and called for some restrictions to the...
    






Senator Al Franken Wrote Letter to Tim Cook Over iPhone 5S Touch ID Privacy Concerns


While Apple Incorporated has given a whole lot of assurance regarding its fingerprint authentication system on the iPhone 5S, Senator Al Franken thinks otherwise. This venerable politician has penned...

NSA Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Verizon Customers Daily


The judge’s verdict was labeled “Top Secret” and according to it Verizon was to divulge all its yearly phone calls to the governmental agency known as the NSA. And the really frightening thing is...