Updated: 2010-03-15 21:45:07
Update : The Minister followed up his attacks today, see below.
During yesterday’s Question Time, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy again faced questions about the Rudd Government’s highly unpopular push to introduce mandatory, nationwide internet censorship. In his answer, the Minister accused this organisation of misleading the public and international organisations. We relish the opportunity to respond and set the record straight.
The minister was asked by Senator Boyce about the reaction of international watchdog Reporters Without Borders, who have written an open letter to the Prime Minister and recently added Australia to a watch list of countries with worrying internet censorship trends.[1]
Senator Conroy, in [...]
Updated: 2010-03-15 21:19:50
Donate to EFF : About Our Work Deeplinks Blog Press Room Take Action Join EFF Home Press Room Press Releases March , 2010 Press Releases March , 2010 February , 2010 January , 2010 December , 2009 November , 2009 October , 2009 September , 2009 August , 2009 More Archives EFF In The News Press Contact Press Materials March 15th , 2010 EFF Asks Illinois Appellate Court to Block Unmasking of Anonymous Online Critic Battle Over Message Board Flame War Must Not Circumvent the First Amendment Chicago The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF and the Media Freedom and Information Access Practicum MFIA at Yale Law School filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging the Illinois Court of Appeals to block the unmasking of an anonymous online critic of a local political . candidate The critic , commenting on a story on the website of a suburban Chicago newspaper called the Daily Herald , engaged in a heated debate with other commenters . One turned out to be the son of the village trustee candidate in Buffalo Grove , Illinois , who was discussed in the article . The candidate , Lisa Stone , who eventually won her race , asked a state court to order the newspaper to release the critic's name
Updated: 2010-03-15 20:58:26
Offering a critique of the Iraq War drama Green Zone, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat (3/15/10) offers a "narrative of the Iraq invasion, properly told," that ends with:
And you had Saddam Hussein himself, the dictator in his labyrinth, apparently convinced that pretending to have WMD was the best way to keep his grip on [...]
Updated: 2010-03-15 17:14:03
Donate to EFF : About Our Work Deeplinks Blog Press Room Take Action Join EFF Home Press Room Press Releases March , 2010 Press Releases March , 2010 February , 2010 January , 2010 December , 2009 November , 2009 October , 2009 September , 2009 August , 2009 More Archives EFF In The News Press Contact Press Materials March 15th , 2010 EFF to Urge True Transparency in Congressional Hearing Thursday Senior Counsel David Sobel to Testify on the Freedom of Information Act and the Obama Administration Washington , D.C . On Thursday , March 18, at 2 p.m . members of the U.S . House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a public hearing on the Freedom of Information Act FOIA and the Obama administration compliance with transparency law . The hearing comes as transparency advocates celebrate Sunshine Week , the annual celebration of our nation's open government laws that features numerous events measuring the progress made in combating official . secrecy Senior Counsel David Sobel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF will testify at Thursday's hearing , urging the White House to fulfill its promises for open government . Despite President Obama's order
Updated: 2010-03-15 17:08:02
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz turns in a profile of Glenn Beck today (3/15/10) that includes a few interesting anecdotes. He reports that "Fox staffers note that veteran producer Gresham Striegel left the network after clashing with Beck and say the host has surrounded himself with loyalists" from his own radio company, and that "a vice president [...]
Updated: 2010-03-15 15:32:25
Former Bush adviser Karl Rove is making the rounds to promote his new book Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight. He landed on NBC's Meet the Press yesterday (3/14/10), interviewed by Tom Brokaw. Brokaw asked him about his book's discussion of the Iraq War:
BROKAW: And in it, you acknowledge when [...]
Updated: 2010-03-15 14:45:07
, . Donate to EFF : About Our Work Deeplinks Blog Press Room Take Action Join EFF Home Press Room Press Releases March , 2010 Press Releases March , 2010 February , 2010 January , 2010 December , 2009 November , 2009 October , 2009 September , 2009 August , 2009 More Archives EFF In The News Press Contact Press Materials March 15th , 2010 EFF Experts to Speak at Privacy Roundtable in Washington , . D.C Wednesday Panels are Open to the Public at the FTC Conference Center Washington , D.C . On Wednesday , March 17, the Federal Trade Commission FTC is hosting its final public roundtable on technology privacy challenges in Washington , D.C . Two experts from the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF are taking . part EFF Senior Staff Technologist Peter Eckersley and EFF Boardmember Edward W . Felten will discuss Internet Architecture and Privacy at the first panel of the day . Later panels will cover health information privacy and issues around other sensitive information , as well as lessons learned so far and future plans for privacy . protection For more information on attending the roundtable including a full agenda , visit http : www.ftc.gov bcp workshops privacyroundtables
Updated: 2010-03-10 13:28:47
I'm back on Capitol Hill today to testify in the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. My full written testimony submitted for the record is here. The hearing will be webcast live on the House Foreign Relations Committee website here,...
Updated: 2010-03-01 05:19:23
At 10:00am Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday I will be testifying in my first Senate hearing. Each witness gets five minutes to make an oral statement, followed by Q&A. We were also invited to provide longer written testimony for the...
