US Supreme Court justices question surveillance secrecy
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned the legitimacy of a law allowing a secretive government surveillance program and the assertion by a government lawyer that some groups couldn't...
View ArticleSyrian Internet appears to be largely restored
After a two-day outage, Internet access in war-torn Syria appears to be for the most part restored on Saturday, according to reports from several sources.
View ArticlePrivacy groups urge UN to adopt digital surveillance resolution
Five human rights groups urged the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to adopt a new resolution against indiscriminate mass surveillance.
View ArticlePrivacy groups call on UN to condemn surveillance
A coalition of five privacy and digital rights groups is pushing the United Nations to take a stand against international surveillance programs deployed by the U.S. government and some allies.
View ArticleMore than 4,000 groups sign up to protest NSA
More than 4,000 groups and websites have signed on to support a day of protest against U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, scheduled for Tuesday.
View ArticleGroups call for details on NSA surveillance of Muslim Americans
More than 40 privacy, civil rights and religious groups have called on President Barack Obama's administration to provide a "full public accounting" of long-time email surveillance of prominent Muslims...
View ArticleActivists release Detekt tool that finds surveillance malware
A free tool released Thursday allows users to scan their computers for surveillance malware that has been used in attacks against journalists, human rights defenders and political activists around the...
View ArticleUK government's spying practices challenged at European human rights court
The U.K. government's mass surveillance practices will be challenged at the European Court of Human Rights.
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