Staff / TruthdigApr 6, 2006
Frank Figueroa, a Dept. of Homeland Security agent, is scheduled to stand trial today on a charge that he exposed himself to a girl in a mall. Figueroa used to run the department's "Operation Predator," a program to fight sex crimes against children.
This comes on the heels of the arrest of DHS officer Brian J. Doyle, who was picked up for allegedly trying to prey on a child via the Web.
What the hell is going on at DHS? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 24, 2006
The Supreme Court has decided to leave it up to individual communities to decide whether something constitutes pornography. But in the borderless Internet age, what really constitutes a community? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2006
A federal judge says he will require the search engine company to provide the government with some search-query data in connection with the Justice Dept.'s attempts to revive an online child pornography law. It's unclear what kind of and how much data the judge will order turned over.
That strange shifting underneath your feet? It's the slippery slope we're all sliding down, toward an Orwellian future.
Truthdig's Google expert Mark Malseed has the skinny on the implications of this battle. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigJan 25, 2006
In case someone in the Justice Department is reading this, let me hasten to explain why I just clicked on the Victoria's Secret online catalog photo featuring a certain "Very Sexy Lace & Mesh Garter Belt." AOL made me do it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2006
The Bush administration wants to know how often porn turns up in searches. Google is fighting the subpoena. At a time when companies like Yahoo are turning over records to the Chinese government, bully for Google for standing firm. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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