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U.S. Gives Big, Secret Push to Internet Surveillance
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JL
- 23 days ago - news.cnet.com
Justice Department agreed to issue "2511 letters" immunizing AT&T and other companies participating in a cybersecurity program from criminal prosecution under the Wiretap Act, according to new documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Cent
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Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, society, research, safety, performance, abuse, business, consumers, internet, law, police, safety, rights, abuse, crime, NewTechnology, investigation, Gizmos, discovery, design )

JL
- 34 days ago - wired.com
A legal fight over the government's use of a secret surveillance tool has provided new insight into how the controversial tool works and the extent to which Verizon Wireless aided federal agents in using it to track a suspect.
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Children Flourish in LGBTQ Families
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JL
- 57 days ago - mlp.org
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), "Research has shown that the adjustment, development, and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation, & that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as
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The Science Gender Gap in 4 Horrifying Charts
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JL
- 69 days ago - motherjones.com
call your attention to Nature's eye-popping new report on the persistent gender gap in the sciences. The short of it: Women scientists have made some gains, but they're still getting the short end of the stick.
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Playful City USA 3.0: Plugged in for Outdoor Play?
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JL
- 69 days ago - kaboom.org
As several Playful City USA communities have found, play time doesn't have to compete with screen time.These communities are using mobile apps, QR codes, and social media to drive citizen engagement around their parks, playgrounds, and other outdoor publ
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Meet the Rules of the Internet
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Susan
- 90 days ago - cnn.com
Welcome to the Internet. It's a big place, so let me show you around.You're approaching Oversharing Pass, where residents routinely post too much information. The Facebook Gorge and Twitter Triangle are particularly nefarious time-sucks. Restraint is adv
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Women in India, Other Developing Countries Lag in Internet Use - Intel Report
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JL
- 125 days ago - in.reuters.com
More needs to be done to boost women's & girl's lagging online access, tech giant Intel Corp (INTC.O) said in a report to be released later on Thursday that calls for doubling the number of female Internet users in developing nations over the next 3 yrs
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Courts Divided Over Searches of Cellphones
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JL
- 169 days ago - nytimes.com
Judges and lawmakers across the country are wrangling over whether and when law enforcement authorities can peer into suspects' cellphones, and the cornucopia of evidence they provide.
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As Microsoft Shifts Its Privacy Rules, An Uproar Is Absent
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JL
- 199 days ago - nytimes.com
Microsoft instituted a policy on Friday that gives the company broad leeway over how it gathers and uses personal information from consumers of its free, Web-based products like e-mail, search and instant messaging.
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Websites With U.S. Government ICE Seized Domains Are Now Moving Onto Twitter
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PinkMindy
- 903 days ago - newsit.es
Last week while everyone was waiting for the COICA Internet Control Bill to move through Congress, the Homeland Security ICE Internet police force seized multiple domains and posted their ominous official warning shield.
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One Facebook, Two Faces [One Is Real Ugly]
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Matloob
- 1091 days ago - propakistani.pk
I had been banned from Facebook and my account had been disabled a night before Facebook was banned in Pakistan. Before all this happened, I visited the blasphemous page "Draw Muhammad Day" and the content on the page hurt me badly.
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Why You Should Avoid SOY
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Tabitha
- 1161 days ago - becomehealthynow.com
There are many controversies about soy,but one cannot deny the root cause of serious health issues facing us today.Please take 15 min. from your day and read carefully through this article,it may save your life.
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Food Banks Go High-Tech to Feed the Hungry
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Cynthia
- 1268 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.
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One Step Off The Superhighway
Science & Tech  (tags: children, culture, education, ethics, family, humans, interesting, internet, media, news, rights, sadness, society, women, world, computer, computers, internet, NewTechnology )

Kathleen
- 1540 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Push to Expand Internet Access Leaves Behind the Urban Poor... WE'LL NEVER GET AHEAD WELL THIS WAY!!!
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