Senators want probe on content blocking
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Two Senators on Friday called for a congressional hearing to investigate reports that phone and cable companies are unfairly stifling communications over the Internet and on cell phones.
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How else to catch child porn viewers? The US Attorney General has asked senators to pass a data retention law for telcos and ISPs. Alberto Gonzales told a Senate panel that such a law would help to prosecute child pornographers.â¦
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Continuing subscriber complaints prompt inquiry into whether the ISP is impeding traffic for BitTorrent users.
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By Tom Breen  An e-mail to state lawmakers that began "Dear Registered Sex Offender" has prompted calls for a probe into whether child pornographers are using crime fighting resources as marketing tools.  Sen.
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Internet access may be cut for people who illegally download music and videos  under government proposals.
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A U.S. senator on Thursday  introduced legislation that would allow regulators to follow  through on a new rule that says expletives uttered on broadcast  television are a violation of TV decency standards.
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As Senate prepares to consider a Net access ban extension, Democrat behind original ban warns changes to current law approved by the House of Representatives could make that so.
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A senior U.S. lawmaker said on  Wednesday he had introduced legislation designed to prevent  broadband Internet providers from unreasonable interference  with subscribers' access to content.
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Three Republican U.S. senators call on Congress to pass a permanent Internet tax ban before a moratorium expires Nov. 1.
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The FBI is assessing whether former Rep. Mark Foley broke any laws when he sent sexually explicit e-mails to a male teen-age congressional page and leaders of both parties demanded full-scale investigations into another untimely scandal for the Republicans.
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Leaders of a Senate committee have asked the Education Department to turn over records of recent years' public relations contracts, while reminding the education secretary of a federal ban on "propaganda."
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and  Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Thursday urged the  Senate to make permanent the moratorium on taxes for Internet  access and electronic commerce.
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Update Slammed for touting unavailable but unlicensed content
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Congress weighs a bill to restrict cooperation between U.S. companies and digital dictatorships.
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Â· Internet industry asked to help curb illegal materialÂ· Terror bill proposes new powers against suspects
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Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Tuesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.
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Should creators insist on copy protection and other technologies to block the unauthorized spread of their works? That's the first question in a week-long debate on Bits between Rick Cotton, the general counsel of NBC Universal, and Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School.