13 November 2005
Google Expresses Concern about US Telecom Legislation
Several members of the American Energy and Commerce Committee are attempting to force a draft legislation that would make it easier for telephone companies to move in to the internet video industry.
12 October 2005
Liberals Propose Stronger Wiretapping Laws
Sources indicate that the government of Canada is pushing the telecommunications industry to integrate a higher level of wiretapping technology into their networks, allowing for round-the-clock surveillance of all telephone and (for the first time) email use of up to 8,000 people at once.
28 September 2005
FCC VoIP Wiretapping Laws Complicated and Unclear
US federal regulators have decided that VoIP providers have until the spring of 2007 to begin following a new set of complex rules, designed to make it easier for police to listen in on broadband phone and internet telephony conversations.
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