IFAction Round Up July 1-15, 2012
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Privacy
Five Ways Wireless Carriers Could Rein In The Government’s Surveillance Of Your Phone
That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker.
Facebook scans chats and posts for criminal activity
Privacy Trumps Cybersecurity, Poll Shows
How Many Millions of Cellphones Are Police Watching?
Franken plans hearing on facial recognition technology
Google and F.T.C. Set to Settle Safari Privacy Charge
WSJ.com – Your E-Book Is Reading You*
Three NSA whistleblowers back lawsuit over government’s massive surveillance program
Censorship
Speech
Under the First Amendment, religious freedom favors none, protects all
Press
Congress considers prosecutions of reporters over leaked information
‘Internet Freedom’
‘Internet freedom’ becomes hot cause for politicians across political spectrum
U.N. Human Rights Council Backs Internet Freedom