Quasi-Governmental Entities AT&T and Verizon Blocking Wikileaks Sites

By: emptywheel Wednesday December 15, 2010 7:07 am

We know the government is blocking Wikileaks sites: the Air Force, the Library of Congress, the Department of Education, as well as orders from the State Department that its employees should not read the leaked cables. Which is why I find it so interesting that AT&T and Verizon are blocking Wikileaks sites internally, too. From [...]

The Quantico Circuit

By: emptywheel Friday March 7, 2008 9:55 am

A whistleblower has come forward detailing how Verizon has provided the government a back door to all its wireless communications. Which is just one more reason why we shouldn’t pass retroactive immunity.

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