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It has been one year since the European Court of Justice ruled that people could petition Google to remove links from search engine results.Â (Photo Illustration by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)

Google vs. the academics

Jimmy Soni · May 18, 2015 9:00 am

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the warrantless mass collection of American phone records. (AP Photo)

A key case in the debate over liberty and privacy

Jimmy Soni · May 11, 2015 9:00 am

In the matter of the Google antitrust case in Europe, the political and media battle matters as much as the strictly legal one. (iStock)

Google vs. Europe antitrust case pulls in media and politics

Jimmy Soni · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

This screen shot shows the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission after it was hijacked by the hacker-activist group Anonymous, early Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. (AP Photo)

Aaron’s Law back on the docket

Jimmy Soni · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

Remember these names Ã¢â¬" and look for them to shape our politics in the years to come. (AP Photo)

New Voices for 2015

Jimmy Soni · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

EU lawsuit against Google just a distraction from economic woes

EU lawsuit against Google just a distraction from economic woes

Jimmy Soni · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

"These [bomb-making] documents are not, in my view, protected by the First Amendment and should be removed from the Internet." (AP File Photo)

Dianne Feinstein’s Quixotic suggestion to scrub the Internet

Jimmy Soni · April 13, 2015 9:00 am

More than a dozen people were reportedly arrested and questioned for online posts criticizing Prime Minister-elect Modi. (AP Photo)

India takes a step in the right direction on Internet free speech

Jimmy Soni · March 30, 2015 9:00 am

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A gift at the start of the nutty season

Jimmy Soni · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

Facebook, as its critics are quick to point out, is far from a perfect actor on matters of free speech and censorship.Â (Sipa via AP Images)

Facebook and censorship in France

Jimmy Soni · March 16, 2015 9:00 am

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, right, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Trey Gowdy during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Patent reform back on the docket — but should it be?

Jimmy Soni · March 9, 2015 9:00 am

Last week, NSA Director Mike Rogers stumbled at a conference on cybersecurity hosted by the New America Foundation. Rogers was challenged by Yahoo's Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos on the building of backdoor access to users' information.

The NSA struggles with its ABCs

Jimmy Soni · March 2, 2015 10:00 am