Lauri Love, who remains free on bail until September 16, has threatened to take his own life if U.K. courts send him to the U.S. to stand trial under the controversial Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Whistleblowing was the buzzword of 2013 and 2014. Snowden and Assange are the big names splashed around headlines, but they’re not the only ones going to great lengths to preserve the Fourth Estate and, in doing so, saving democracy.
James Risen James Risen, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter with the New York Times, addresses a luncheon at the Associated Press Media Editors conference in Chicago. The Justice Department has ruled out forcing Risen to divulge his source in the upcoming trial
The majority of the wealth of human knowledge is owned by a few publishing companies that hoard information and make billions off licensing fees, although most scholarly articles and journals are paid for by taxpayers through government grants. Aaron sought to change this.
Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz should have been celebrating his 28 years over the holidays. Yet nearly two years ago, he tragically took his own life. He was the target of a merciless witch-hunt by the Department of Justice, ultimately choosing death over
The outcome of the trial of journalist Barrett Brown could mean either a further decline of U.S. press freedoms or legislation ensuring protection for journalists.
On April 28, the U.S. government’s trial against journalist Barrett Brown will open in Texas. The outcome of the trial could not only impact the freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of association in the United States, but also a journalist’s ability to
Digital protests may be a new phenomenon, but this same technique was used to help defeat SOPA and PIPA two years ago.
More than 6,000 activist groups, companies and online platforms such as Demand Progress, Reddit, Mozilla, and BoingBoing held a global day of activism in opposition to government mass surveillance programs such as the National Security Agency on Tuesday.
Known as “The Day We Fight Back,”
Ultimately, the goal of February’s protest is to push for the passage of the USA Freedom Act.
Next month, freedom of information and digital rights activists are joining to generate awareness for the mass surveillance the federal government has conducted on Americans in hopes of inspiring the public to push lawmakers for change. News of the protest was
Leahy’s amendment suggests an undeniable impression that fairness under the law is sacrificable to grander notions, such as “national security” and “corporate protection.”
A man’s spirit broke on Jan.11, 2013. Under unrelenting pressure from federal prosecutors and facing 35 years in prison, Aaron Swartz, 26, co-founder of Demand Progress and a member of the developing team for the RSS feed, Creative Commons and Infogrami -- who at the time was severely and chronically depressed -- killed
