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Is Your Television Watching You? Could the federal government find out what you're watching on TV? Even if you're not the subject of a criminal investigation?
If you're a satellite TV or TiVo owner, the answer is yes, according to legal experts and industry officials.
Under the USA Patriot Act, passed a month after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the feds can force a noncable TV operator to disclose every show you have watched.
Shelf-Censorship: The Supreme Court finds a library porn filter it can love.
Justices Take New Look At Web Porn
[act.:] Sex, the Constitution and the Net: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday considered a new twist on the old question of restricting sexually explicit material while preserving First Amendment rights.
In twist, feds grab Internet domain names: Federal agents routinely seize property used in crimes, from drug dealer's cars to hackers' computers. But the government has begun nabbing Internet domain names - a tactic civil libertarians say threatens online merchants and could enable the feds to spy on unwitting Web surfers.
American Society of Newspaper Editors memo on the Patriot Act II: this memorandum will focus on the proposed legislation's effect on the First Amendment, access to government information, and newspapers generally. Patriot Act II's impact in this area can be divided into three general categories: (1) Increased surveillance authority that might chill speech, especially political dissent; (2) Increased restrictions on access to government information, either generally or through the Freedom of Information Act; and (3) Increased criminal provisions that might affect the First Amendment protections of the right to free association.
Behind The Home Front: A daily chronicle of news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public's right to know.
[act.:] Heading in the wrong direction: The Bush administration is making a dangerous hash of its terrorism laws
[act.:] Man Arrested for Wearing Peace T-Shirt: A man was charged with trespassing in a mall after he refused to take off a T-shirt that said "Peace on Earth" and "Give peace a chance."