Senator Ron Wyden details tech policy topics that need attention in 2013

Ron Wyden outlined today a number of pivotal tech policy points that need to be discussed over the coming year, including privacy, net neutrality, and other data usage.

FISA ‘warrantless wiretapping’ bill extended through 2017

The “warrantless wiretapping” law has new life, as the United States Senate extended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, today by a significant margin.

The law, originally passed in 2008 under the Bush administration, was renewed this morning when …

Step aside Batman, Internet Defense League to light up the sky with ‘Cat Signals’

The Internet Defense League (IDL), an organization dedicated to keeping the internet open, officially kicked off its efforts today with a conference call that included several members of the tech industry and a handful of U.S. congressmen.

The group said …

A tech-savvy U.S. senator comes to Silicon Valley

Hopefully, the days are long gone when a U.S. Senator could get away with saying the internet “is a series of tubes.” Ron Wyden, the Democratic U.S. Senator from Oregon, tried to put that image behind him as he became …