Stop Watching Us brings 85 organizations together to demand truth and transparency on PRISM

June 11, 2013 9:36 AM John Koetsier

"The revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance apparatus, if true, represent a stunning abuse of our basic rights," the organization's open letter reads. "We demand the U.S. Congress reveal the full extent of the NSA's spying programs."

Congress finally introduces a smartphone unlocking bill that doesn’t stink

May 9, 2013 1:20 PM Ricardo Bilton

Ricardo Bilton

After a number of so-called "Band-Aid" solutions, Congress has introduced the smartphone legalization bill of activists' dreams.

Copyright, DMCA, and public interest: House Judiciary Committee to conduct ‘comprehensive review’ of U.S. copyright law

April 24, 2013 4:17 PM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

"The DMCA's unintended consequences on our rights to modify and repair the electronics we buy, and to remix and make fair use of copyright content could easily be fixed as part of a larger Copyright reform act."

The quest to legalize smartphone unlocking pushes forward — only without Google

March 28, 2013 1:03 PM Ricardo Bilton

Ricardo Bilton

Lots of companies are throwing their weight behind the effort to keep smartphone unlocking legal. But big corporations like Microsoft and Google aren't joining the fray.