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FROM THE ARCHIVEWhy Immunity Matters: What Could Be Behind AT&T's Bizarre Proposal to Filter the Internet

Posted 01/18/08 at 12:07:05 PM by Erin Simon

Filtering its network for copyright infringement could expose AT&T to enormous liability. Why would the telecom be proposing to do just that?

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copyright, Privacy, law, immunity, surveillance, wiretapping, filtering, at&t, telecom, common carrier, dmca
FROM THE ARCHIVEImmunity for Telecom Compliance in Warrantless Spying ?

Posted 11/08/07 at 10:04:54 PM by Erin Simon

The Senate debates whether to grant retroactive immunity to the phone and internet service providers who allegedly illegally turned over massive amounts of customer data to the NSA.

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law, immunity, congress, bill, surveillance, fisa, patriot act, at&t, telecoms, eff, senate judiciary committee
FROM THE ARCHIVEBetter Know A Statute: 47 U.S.C. § 230

Posted 07/05/07 at 11:48:20 PM by Erin Simon

The inaugural part of our Better Know A Statute series welcomes the esteemed Communications Decency Act Section 230, granting immunity since 1996.

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