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[privacy] U.S. Court Upholds Government Broadband Wiretap Access
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:03:46 GMT
Via Yahoo! News (Reuters). [snip] A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the government's authority to force high-speed Internet service providers to give law enforcement authorities access for surveillance purposes. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a petition aimed at overturning a decision by regulators requiring facilities-based broadband providers and those that offer Internet telephone service to comply with U.S. wiretap laws. The court concluded that the FCC requirement was a "reasonable policy choice" even though information services are exempted from the government's wiretapping authority. The FCC has set a May 14, 2007 deadline for compliance. [snip] More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060609/wr_nm/telecoms_wiretaps_court_dc - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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