U.S. Demands Files From ISPs, Tech Firms - Yahoo! News

Link: U.S. Demands Files From ISPs, Tech Firms - Yahoo! News. Recently, I posted about the battle between Google and the U.S. Government over the Government's subpoena of search data from Google. In this battle between the right to Internet privacy and a Government that is already snooping on its citizens in the name of national security and combating terrorism, the Government is saying it seeks the information to enforce statutes against child pornography in its defense of the 1996 Child Online Protection Act. The U.S. Supreme Act has already issued preliminary injunctions against the Act asserting it is probably unconstitutionally overbroad. Now, the Government has added dozens of other Internet Service Providers and Online companies to the list of subpoena recipients. The companies are scrambling either to comply or to resist; some say that the Government should be spending its money on giving software to parents to protect children. This is a tough one. I have children, and I want them protected. However, I also love freedom, and it is disquieting to watch as the most basic of freedoms, the freedoms of speech and privacy, seem to be under attack. It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court, with two new members, reacts to this lawsuit when it finally and inevitably reaches D.C.