By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It was outright war in the cyberworld this week. The feds on Thursday announced that they had shut down an incredibly popular website Mequapload, only to see hackers retaliate by blocking access to multiple web sites including the Justice Department and Universal Music. The Justice Department said that seven people and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It is a fundamentally American right to criticize one’s government, to speak out against wrongful policies–a patriotic act, some would say. But how much dissent is possible if one’s job is to enforce existing laws, whether one agrees with them or not? Legislative change is reserved for political channels, after all–not…
The Internet remains the wild west. Federal law enforcement is still trying to figure out exactly where the boundaries are for freedom of speech. Over the past few years, it’s been pretty much hit and miss. By Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writer CHICAGO — Internet radio host Hal Turner disliked how three federal judges…
