A look at various apps aimed at overseas domestic workers, which can help them find jobs, facilitate money transfers, and report labor abuse
a real risk for many of these already quite vulnerable workers. Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : There are people like Myrna Padilla, once a domestic worker herself, trying to find tech solutions to interv...
Senate Intelligence Committee drops efforts to force social media companies to report postings by suspected terrorists
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Senate advances USA Freedom Act, but vote on bill likely won't come for several days, causing temporary shutdown of some Patriot Act powers
For Now — Senate to Vote on USA FREEDOM Act on Tuesday Eric Geller / The Daily Dot : Patriot Act spy powers to expire as Rand Paul blocks USA Freedom Act vote Reuters : Senate lets NSA spy program l...
House Committee passes USA Freedom Act, but kills amendment to prohibit NSA's internet mass surveillance and forced backdoors in devices
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Unnamed Internet firm and telecom firm represented by EFF file amicus brief in support of Twitter's lawsuit over NSL gag orders
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FCC draft proposal will target state laws in TN, NC that prevent municipalities from building and operating their own broadband services
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Obama backs call for tech backdoors
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ICANN e-mail accounts, zone database breached in spearphishing attack
ICANN—the organization that looks … Kieren McCarthy / The Register : ICANN HACKED: Intruders poke around global DNS innards Paul Mutton / Netcraft : ICANN hit by successful spear phishing attack Bill ...