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Senate Moves to Retract Bush's Authority Over Fed Prosecutors
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Mar 22, 2014, 6:13am
An obscure portion of the Patriot Act that allows the attorney general to appoint U.S. attorneys without Senate confirmation has come under fire recently, with the Senate passing legislation that would restore the independence of federal prosecutors.
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ACLU to Debate ADF on Porn Prosecution
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Mar 21, 2014, 4:32am
Mike Johnson, a senior attorney for the right-wing Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), will debate Nadine Strossen, the president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and author of "Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women's Rights" on Wednesday over federal regulation of pornography.
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Tennessee Senator Withdraws Porn Tax Bill
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Mar 21, 2014, 4:30am
Senator Dewayne Bunch (R-Cleveland) has temporarily withdrawn a proposed bill to cut food taxes by creating a hefty tax on pornography, the Associated Press reports.
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Italy Bans Adult Content Over TV Airwaves
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Mar 20, 2014, 7:56am
Italy�s permissive porn rules have been thrown out as regulators issued a permanent ban on over-the-air broadcast of adult content.
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More Fallout Over U.S. Attorney Dismissals
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Mar 17, 2014, 6:11am
Reasons surrounding the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys last year may still remain unclear as the House Judiciary Committee continues to investigate, but court documents reveal that one of the ousted prosecutors, Arizona U.S Attorney Paul Charlton, may have been put on the chopping block because of the JM Productions obscenity trial.
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AdWords Plug Antiporn Products on Sex Sites
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Mar 17, 2014, 5:54am
Sex writer Violet Blue has a warning for sexually-oriented websites using Google AdWords: The service frequently generates antiporn ads next to a site�s sexually explicit content.
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Study: Online Censorship On the Rise Worldwide
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Mar 17, 2014, 5:53am
Leading a team of international academics, researchers at Harvard Law School have issued a warning calling attention to what they say is a spike in online censorship around the globe.
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ICM Registry Attempts to Push .XXX Forward
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Mar 16, 2014, 4:35am
ICM Registry, sponsors of the proposed .XXX top-level domain, has sent a memorandum to the ICANN board of directors asserting its compliance with the sponsorship criteria set forward by the body for adopting sTLDs.
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White House May Have Tried to Purge All U.S. Attorneys, Obscenity an Issue
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Mar 16, 2014, 4:32am
A Congressional investigation into the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys last year has revealed that at least one prosecutor may have been discharged because he disagreed with the Bush administration on the issue of obscenity, and that the White House had looked into replacing all U.S. attorneys to drastically redefine the policies of the Justice Department.
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Domain Name System In Danger - WIPO
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Mar 16, 2014, 4:31am
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has publicly warned that the latest movement in registering top-level domains could undermine the very foundation of how domain names are registered.
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