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Verizon scorns net neutrality fight
News Republican members of the House of Representatives last week defeated a bid by Democrats to enshrine extensive net neutrality regulations into law. Verizon... [05 May 2006]
US to force firms to 'fess up on data loss
News The Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) was approved by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee last week and could soon be cleared by the House of... [03 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.03.06
Round-Up Also speaking of the UK's seat of government, silicon.com caught up this week with an MP who put the boot into the technology which is available to our representatives in Westminster.... [24 Mar 2006]
ID theft 'passport' mooted
News The Identity Theft Passport proposal, House File 2506, passed the Iowa House of Representatives on Thursday. The "Identity Theft Passport" will be a card or certificate... [22 Mar 2006]
Google faces DoJ subpoena deadline
News But Google's resistance sparked a furore over privacy, with senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, asking the Justice Department for details, and a bill announced in the House of... [13 Mar 2006]
Google attacks "cavalier" Justice Department
News But Google's resistance sparked a furore over privacy, with senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, asking the Justice Department for details, and a bill appearing in the House of... [20 Feb 2006]
White House divulges surveillance details
News In a sign that political pressure from other Republicans is having an effect, the White House on Wednesday disclosed details about its domestic spying programme in a secret meeting with members of a... [09 Feb 2006]
Tech giants attacked for web censorship stance
News The four technology companies said earlier this week that they were not able to schedule an appearance with short notice but would testify at a similar House of Representatives hearing... [02 Feb 2006]
Net snooping rules challenged in court
News A House of Representatives committee report prepared in October 1994 said Calea's requirements "do not apply to information services such as electronic-mail services; or online services... [30 Jan 2006]
Google slammed for censoring its Chinese sites
News Hearings are planned for the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights and in the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Google said on Tuesday it would launch versions... [25 Jan 2006]
China: Web censorship gives US pause for thought
News Representative Christopher Smith, a New Jersey Republican, said on Thursday that the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights, which he heads, will hold a hearing in... [13 Jan 2006]
US broadband bill slammed by tech firms
News Amazon.com, eBay, InterActiveCorp, Google and Microsoft representatives said in letters and statements to a US House of Representatives panel that the new legislation... [10 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News Similar support has already come from both senior Democrats and Republicans in the US House of Representatives. A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to... [19 Oct 2005]
US moves to keep control of net names
News Members of the US House of Representatives said this week the US should resist international pressure to give up authority over key internet functions amid a mounting... [10 Oct 2005]
US tax breaks for secure firms?
News Congress may offer tax breaks to companies that adopt good cyber-security standards, the chairman of a House of Representatives subcommittee said on Tuesday. Lungren... [28 Sep 2005]
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