Surveillance and the Limits of Law

Surveillance and the Limits of Law

Section 215 of the Patriot Act is set to sunset. New legislation would kill it entirely. But how much do intelligence agencies follow the law anyway?

By Alex Marthews | March 4, 2020 | Defense, Government, Human Rights, Law, Privacy, Security | Amazon, AT&T, Black Lives Matter, Civil Liberties, Congress, Constitutional Law, Dissent, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence, Fourth Amendment, Gang of Eight, ICE, Intelligence Agencies, Internet, Jewel v. NSA, Law Enforcement, Legal Precedent, Mass Surveillance, Michael Hayden, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, NSA, Orwell, Palantir, Patriot Act, Privacy, Restore the Fourth, Revolution, Russell Tice, Section 215, Sensors, Spying, Standing Rock, Supreme Court, surveillance, Surveillance Oversight Ordinances, Violence

The AT&T-Time Warner Suit: Is Antitrust Back?

After years of seeming government indifference to ever-larger monopolistic firms, the DOJ has filed suit against the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner. Does this signal a much-needed resurgence of antitrust action? Or is it a one-off?

By Warren Christopher Freiberg | December 27, 2017 | Economics, Government, Law, Media, Politics | 21st Century Fox, Antitrust, AT&T, Cable, Comcast, Competition, Department of Justice, Disney, Donald Trump, Economy, Horozontal Integration, Internet Service Providers, ISPs, Market Share, Monopoly, NBC, Television, Time Warner, Trustbusting, Universal, Verizon, Vertical Integration

FCC to ISPs: Stop Spying

The Internet just got a lot more private for the average user thanks to a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling. [...]

By Warren Christopher Freiberg | December 14, 2016 | Advertising, Ethics, Law, Media, Privacy | Advertising, AT&T, Comcast, Donald Trump, Facebook, FCC, Google, ISPs, Monitoring, Rulemaking, Tracking