UN Advances Internet Privacy Resolution

Following reports about U.S. eavesdropping abroad, the U.N. unanimously adopted a resolution to protect privacy against unlawful surveillance.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by Brazil and Germany to protect the right to privacy against unlawful surveillance, following months of reports about U.S. eavesdropping abroad. The symbolic resolution, which seeks to extend personal privacy rights to

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Germany, Brazil Battle US Over Online Privacy

Feinstein’s bill transforms NSA policies for bulk data collection law while allowing the NSA to search its troves of foreign phone and email communications.

Jo Erickson
By Jo Erickson

The United States and its key intelligence allies Germany and Brazil are secretly waging a war over the universal human right to online privacy.  Working behind the scenes at the United Nations General Assembly are two opposing heavyweights of the international community. In one corner, the U.S. seeks to impose new laws to National Security Agency

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