Sentences with phrase «many civil liberties groups»

Now, however, Silicon Valley's reduced involvement frustrates civil liberties groups because of a widely held view that Section 702 poses a far greater threat to privacy than the telephone program, which did not harvest actual content.

Liability issues raised by companies and privacy concerns of civil liberties groups contributed to the failure to implement such laws.

The following year, Facebook outraged civil liberties groups with a new privacy policy that gave people less control over their what they could do with their data and made sensitive information like profile pictures, locations, and friend lists publicly available.

(Reuters)- A Muslim civil liberties group said on Wednesday it wants a review of the death of a Chechen immigrant linked to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who was shot and killed by an FBI agent in Florida.

They have joined civil liberties groups in demanding more transparency and insisting that information is turned over to the government only when required by law, often in the form of a court order.

After this story was initially published, David Rocah, an attorney at the ACLU of Maryland, said the civil liberties group also would seek a copy of the proposal.

A number of Protestant, Catholic and civil liberties groups challenged this special nod to one faith, declaring that such recognition jeopardizes the rights of other churches (and of individual Catholics) by creating a direct government link with the Vatican.

The ACFC works closely with pro-family and civil liberties groups throughout the country in an effort to promote equal rights for both parents in family courts throughout the U.S..

Civil liberties groups started to adopt a more critical tone, despite general satisfaction at the «proportionate» government response to the disorder so far.

The figures will provide succour to civil liberties groups who argue that terror laws are being over-used.

The Liberal Democrats said today's figures highlighted the need to use intercepot eivdence in court - a key proposal of civil liberty group Liberty.

An online poll by civil liberties group Big Brother Watch also suggested that as few as 12 % of people thought the bill would represent good value for money at a cost of nearly # 2 billion over ten years.

Today, civil liberties group Liberty sent a van around the capital attacking the Home Office for the «dog whistle» nature of the campaign.

Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch called on ministers to scrap existing proposals altogether, however.

The immigration bill has caused outrage among civil liberties groups with its demand for driving instructors, private landlords, GPs and others to check people's immigration status.

While outraging civil liberties groups, control orders have also proved ineffective in curbing terrorism.

The move will be a massive relief to civil liberties groups and privacy campaigners, who had long opposed plans to hand details of users» internet use to intelligence agencies and police.

Civil liberties groups have expressed deep concern about the proposals, which could see relatives, juries and the press excluded.

The home secretary was forced to deny the idea after civil liberties groups found a clause in the upcoming immigration bill expanding powers previously only active at entry points to the UK.

«Britain has a policing model much admired around the world and the police's political independence is as important as that of the courts,» civil liberties group Liberty's director of policy Isabella Sankey said.

Mr Clarke, whose strong connections to civil liberties groups have been severely tested during the row, said the proposal would subject security agencies behaviour to judicial scrutiny.

Police had brought in Liberty, the civil liberty group, to watch over its operations on the streets and in the control room, in a bid to counter criticism of heavy - handed policing.

Civil liberties groups pointed out that evidence from intelligence and security agencies will be presented to court but not the individuals seeking damages or making a complaint, meaning they would be unable to challenge it.

Civil liberties group Liberty's Sara Ogilvie, who has written for us on the attack today, puts it like this:

VanBlarcum halted the warrant checks in November after civil liberties groups wrote a letter protesting the practice and county lawmakers threatened to turn over security services at the DSS center to a private firm.

A Muslim civil liberties group demanded an apology from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long over a series of tweets she sent about a former Catholic church in Syracuse that was converted into a mosque.

The fact Don't Spy On Us, which includes basically every privacy and civil liberties group worth knowing, is launching such a high profile billboard, print and online advertising campaign tells you something crucial though: the bill is still defeatable.

Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil liberties group Liberty, said: «The spooks» hunger for our personal information knows no bounds.

CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, encouraged Muslims to report any bias incidents to police and to CAIR's civil rights department at 202-742-6420.

The public legal defense system in Onondaga County is being highlighted by a civil liberties group on the eve of a lawsuit against the state to change it.

Last year he drew howls of protest from civil liberties groups and advocates for the poor when he instituted routine warrant checks at a security post manned by deputies inside Ulster County's Department of Social Services.

Online services are a battleground between civil liberties groups and the government, because the legal status of the services is still unclear.

The result will likely be welcomed in the biotech industry, which has already patented 4000 human genes, but civil liberties groups are less than impressed.

Civil liberties groups charge that the system will deepen monitoring of the citizenry, especially if combined with the Chinese state's growing biometrics capabilities.

Civil liberties groups are concerned that the system could be adapted or combined with other technologies to produce a device for tracking people.

Unlike last year's Stop Online Piracy Act outcry, in which Internet users and civil liberties groups allied with technology companies against Hollywood, no broad alliance exists this time.

Civil liberties groups are arguing the Obama administration may have gone too far by killing Awlaki far away from the battlefield.

Arizona's special education voucher law was struck down by the state courts after a challenge from the teachers union and civil liberties groups, which claimed that the law violated a state constitutional provision barring any public funds from flowing to religious institutions.

The law has been strongly supported by a broad coalition of religious, education, and civil liberties groups, including those representing Christian schools and home - schooling parents.

Three Arizona parents, backed by civil liberties groups, are suing to block two new state voucher programs aimed at children with disabilities and those in foster care.

Congress added the provision, which was opposed by some national education and civil liberties groups, in the controversy that flared after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 upheld the right of the Boy Scouts to exclude homosexuals as adult leaders.

«Officials with the civil liberties group said they could ask the Legislature for help but they are not confident state lawmakers would support the changes.

In April, civil liberties groups in Colorado asked the Colorado Supreme Court to strike down a pilot program that provides public education funds to religious schools.

EFF, together with 41 national, state, and local civil rights and civil liberties groups, sent a letter today urging the ethics board of police technology and weapons developer Axon to hold the company accountable to the communities its products impact — and to itself.

Google's ambitious book scanning project, already facing anti-trust scrutiny and awaiting court approval, is also raising concerns among privacy advocates and civil liberties groups.

Major announcement this morning from a broad and loose coalition of public - interest oriented organizations and privacy and civil liberties groups.

In fact, CCLA and other Canadian civil liberties groups have pointed out that the Criminal Code is an effective counter-terrorism tool that already allows police to properly pursue, investigate, disrupt, and successfully prosecute terrorism - related crimes.

Civil liberties groups and educators challenged this government initiative, and at the end of August 2011, a Missouri court granted a temporary injunction against the law's enforcement, insofar as it affected teacher - student communications.

Most of the civil liberties associations born in the thirties and forties were defunct by the late 1950s, and a new coterie of civil liberties groups emerged in the sixties beginning with the BCCLA.

In addition, the bar also says that violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — an anti-hacking law bolstered by the USA Patriot Act, a piece of legislation that many civil liberties groups (and presumably, many DC Bar members) opposed.