The web giant says US national security claims hold back its reporting of government user requests, reports Padraig Reidy
Google wants to “go even further” with transparency
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The week in mass surveillance
This week saw some movement in the debate over NSA and GCHQ surveillance, and a court case that could have very serious consequences. Padraig Reidy writes
Intelligence heads to give evidence to Parliament committee
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament is today holding its first ever Open Evidence Session. The witnesses are the three heads of the UK intelligence Agencies
Miranda court challenge
Index on Censorship supports today’s court challenge to the use of counter-terrorism powers to detain David Miranda at Heathrow airport in August. Index is a member of a coalition of free speech and media organisations that has made a written...
Uganda: Internet under regime control
Internet access is on the rise, but digital freedom is stifled by regime restrictions. Edward Ronald Sekyewa reports
French court orders Google to filter Mosley photos
In a defeat for Google, a French court has ordered the search engine to filter nine images of former Formula One chief Max Mosley, the company said today. Mosley was also awarded €1 in damages.
MPs call for asylum for Edward Snowden
London meeting demands action on surveillance. Padraig Reidy reports
Don’t gerrymander the internet
Creating national networks will shackle the internet, inherently change its technical infrastructure, throttle innovation, and likely lead to far more dangerous privacy violations around the globe, Leslie Harris of Center for Democracy & Technology writes
Surveillance revelations take centre stage at global internet summit
Activists went head to head with government representatives as mass surveillance dominated discussions at the 2013 Internet Governance forum. Mike Harris reports
India challenges cyber governance and security
Just days before the United Nation’s led Internet Governance Forum in Indonesia, India, held its own – and first of its kind – conference on cyber governance and cyber security, Mahima Kaul writes
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