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Activists protest Backpage's adult services section.

Google-Backed Groups Claim Backpage’s Child Sex Ads Are Free Speech

The Center for Democracy and Technology and the Electronic Frontier Foundation support Section 230 and digital civil liberties.
By John Bonazzo
In this picture taken on July 22, 2012, Afghan women use computers at the Young Women For Change internet cafe, Afghanistan's first women-only net cafe, in Kabul. Ten years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned modern technology as un-Islamic, social media in Afghanistan are booming as politicians, warlords -- even the militants themselves -- rush to get their message across.

Wikipedia Is Not Free in Nepal Because of a Cellphone Company

It just became free for some subscribers in Afghanistan, though.
By Brady Dale
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 20: A Troll on top of the Embassy Theatre, just one of the characters from the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy awaits the cast, crew and celebrities to the premiere of the Lord Of the Rings in the newly renamed Wellington, Middle Earth, tonight, Wednesday.

Senator Jeff Flake Condemned Patent Trolls in Congress Last Night

"There is an ever-increasing problem of frivolous patent lawsuits brought by non-practicing entities, also known as patent trolls," Sen. Jeff Flake said.
By Brady Dale
BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 18: A model poses during a bondage demonstration at the 2012 Venus Erotic Fair at Messe Berlin on October 18, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The trade fair for the adult entertainment industry will be open from October 18 through 21.

Thumbzilla, a major adult site, has gone secure. Pornhub Premium will soon.

By Brady Dale
Ball and chain, earlier models. (Photo: @lazylikewally / Flickr)

Talking GPS Trackers on Wisconsin Ex-Con Works Much Like a Real Ball-And-Chain

By Brady Dale
US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks to European officials via videoconference during a parliamentary hearing on improving the protection of whistleblowers, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 24, 2014. (Photo: FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

The White House Asks the Public What It Thinks About Encryption

By Brady Dale
Police in California get some new direction on accountability for collection of public data from the legislature. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

License Plates Photographed for California Police Can’t Be Sold to Businesses

By Brady Dale
French Research and Intervention Brigades (BRI - Brigade de recherche et d'intervention) policemen officers use a drone during a training exercice at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris, on June 23, 2015 as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the BRI. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Civilian Oversight Boards Should Ask Police These Questions

By Brady Dale
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 25: A downtown driver carries a child's toy car on his roof on April 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. The nation's second largest city, Los Angeles, has again been ranked the worst in the nation for ozone pollution and fourth for particulates by the American Lung Association in it's annual air quality report card. Ozone is a component of smog that forms when sunlight reacts with hydrocarbon and nitrous oxide emissions. Particulates pollution includes substances like dust and soot. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

No Sunshine in California—Courts to Revisit Cop Technology and Open Records Law

By Brady Dale
Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (C), a Democrat from California, speaks to reporters about the committee's report on CIA interrogations at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 9, 2014. The CIA's interrogation of Al-Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged and did not produce useful intelligence, a damning and long-delayed US Senate report said Tuesday. The Central Intelligence Agency also misled the White House and Congress with inaccurate claims about the program's usefulness in thwarting attacks, the Senate Intelligence Committee said. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Leaked Legislation Fails to End Bulk Data Collection

By Brady Dale

Legal Hawk Cindy Cohn Takes the Helm of the EFF

By Jack Smith IV

Sandy’s Aftermath Turns Wifi Into Water in a Digital Desert

By Steve Huff
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