The British government has abandoned a controversial plan to allow the police and security services full access to people’s Internet browsing history. The Home Office said it removed several contentious proposals from the surveillance bill, as it fears that the plan to snoop on Internet users would be rejected in parliament over civil liberties concerns. Back in May, British ministers claimed the... 

After a delay, cybersecurity legislation dreaded by privacy advocates and relentlessly pursued by national security officials, known as CISA, will get a vote on the Senate floor “in a couple of days,” a top sponsoring senator anticipates. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, also known as CISA, is as polarizing as it is close to a vote. It finally hit the Senate floor for debate... 

A dozen Pacific Rim nations reportedly reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the secretive, US-orchestrated pact that seeks common standards among its members. Opponents say the deal is more about consolidation of power than “fair trade.” What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? The largest global trade agreement in 20 years, the TPP includes the United States, Australia,... 

Matt Drudge warns that the very foundation of the free Internet is under severe threat from copyright laws that could ban independent media outlets, revealing that he was told directly by a Supreme Court Justice, “It’s over for me.” During an appearance on the Alex Jones Show, Drudge asserted that copyright laws which prevent websites from even linking to news stories were being advanced. “I... 

The UK-based watchdog group Privacy International says Pakistan’s spy agency, ISI, is building a mass surveillance system. A UK-based watchdog group says Pakistan spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has hired intermediary companies to acquire spying toolkits from Chinese firms for a mass surveillance program. According to a recent report from Privacy International, the ISI has sought... 

American senior Senators admit that they have no idea what they are talking about. Lindsay Graham, a member of the powerful Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, admitted that he had never sent an email in his entire life. In 2008 John McCain, one of the loudest voices pushing “cybersecurity” spying bills, claimed that he doesn’t send emails as well: “I don’t... 

Business owners are awaiting Tuesday’s Google search results, crossing their fingers that the tech giant’s new algorithm won’t affect their internet livelihood. The firm has updated its search algorithm to demote websites not deemed ‘mobile-friendly.’ Sites with text too small to read on a mobile device and those with links too close together are among the reasons why... 

The Senate Intelligence Committee voted overwhelmingly to advance a cybersecurity bill meant to expand information-sharing between the private sector and the government, though privacy advocates contend it only strengthens domestic surveillance programs. Dubbed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), the bill cleared the Senate Intelligence Committee by a 14-1 vote, with outspoken civil... 

Net neutrality is a classic Trojan horse. Obama thanked internet users for supporting the FCC’s decision to micromanage the internet: As Ron Paul notes today the FCC is a non-elected federal government agency that has arbitrarily decided, without a vote from Congress or permission from the American people, to regulate the internet. Paul characterizes this as “the largest regulatory power grab... 

President Obama has criticized European efforts to regulate the internet, suggesting Brussels is unfairly targeting US tech companies, because their European rivals just “can’t compete” with Americans. “We have owned the internet,” Obama stated in an interview with the technology portal Re/Code, during his summit on cyber-security in Silicon Valley on Friday. “Our companies have created... 

The White House proposal to encourage businesses to share data with the government on “cyber threats” would make it easier for law enforcement and other agencies to collect private information on Americans. President Obama announced his new Internet legislative proposal Tuesday, but privacy analysts warn it’s simply another CISPA-style government takeover of the Internet, including increased... 

China has allegedly blocked access to Gmail. China has blocked access to Gmail, Google’s email service, the founder of a Beijing-based firm says. The world’s biggest email service has been largely inaccessible inside China. Users, however, could still access the service by using third-party mail applications, rather than the webpage. “But they have blocked those ways of accessing,”... 

North Korea is suffering a complete internet outage. The New York Times reports the network failure or probable take down is one of the worst in years. North Korea’s internet is managed by Star Joint Venture, a state-run company that routes much of its traffic through China Unicom, China’s state-owned telecommunications company. According analysts, North Korea began experiencing problems on Friday... 

A human rights group has criticized Saudi Arabia for blocking its website inside the conservative Persian Gulf Arab kingdom. The [Persian] Gulf Center for Human Rights posted a message on its website (http://gc4hr.org) on Tuesday deploring the move “as a form of repression that is part of intimidation patterns that are being used persistently in the Kingdom these days.” Attempts inside the... 

​United States President Barack Obama said Monday that the Federal Communications Commission should heed calls from the public concerning the future of the internet and “implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.” The president’s remarks, posted to the White House website early Monday by way of both a video message and a written statement are among the most straightforward...