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Father of ISIS-murdered daughter sues Google, Facebook and Twitter

  Reynoldo Gonzalez, whose daughter Nohemi was among the 130 people murdered by Islamist terrorists in Paris last November, is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, saying that the companies gave "material support" to extremists in violation of the law. Mr....

Huge hack of Japanese travel agency shows network perils

  JTB Corp., Japan’s largest travel agency, has suffered a huge hack, perhaps by Chinese and/or North Korean government hackers. The government-backed company says that the hackers might have gotten the passport details and other personal information of almost 8...

Apple trying to get more information on user behavior

  The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple Inc. is using new technology “to garner insight into user behavior, in an effort to keep pace with rivals’ insights without violating its privacy pledges.’’ The WSJ reports that “Apple’s short-term ambitions for the...

Russian spies break into Democrats’ database

Russian spies break into Democrats’ database

(June 21st, 2016) The Democratic National Committee has disclosed that Russian government hackers penetrated the DNC’s computer network to get into the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. DNC officials and security...

Obama’s ‘Internet surrender’ to despots is denounced

  L. Gordon Crovitz writes in The Wall Street Journal in a column headlined "The Battle Over Obama's Internet Surrender'': “It’s make or break for the Internet as we know it. Unless Congress acts this summer, the Obama administration will end U.S. protection of...

Merkel: Implementing Minsk Agreement would end sanctions against Russia

Merkel: Implementing Minsk Agreement would end sanctions against Russia

(June 13th, 2016) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on June 10 that implementing the Minsk Agreement to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine would end sanctions imposed against Russia  for  its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine and its ongoing attacks on the...