Entertainment Consumers Association

Type: Organization
Name: Entertainment Consumers Association
First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation

86 groups send letter to Congress demanding surveillance change

Washington - A coalition of 86 civil liberties organizations and Internet companies are demanding immediate action from Congress including a committee to investigate the issue and legislation to legally reign in the scope of the surveillance, Among the ... [Published Digital Journal - Jun 14 2013]
First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports
US National Security Agency
US National Security Agency

NSA Update: Groups Create Anti-Surveillance Coalition

As details surface regarding an unprecedented leak of classified information about National Security Agency surveillance efforts, a number of advocacy groups and associations have formed a coalition demanding an  investigation into those programs.It’s ... [Published Associations Now - Jun 12 2013]
First reported Jan 30 2013 - Updated Jan 30 2013 - 1 reports
Entertainment Consumers Association
Entertainment Consumers Association

Anti-Censorship Group Scolds Massachusetts Over Arcade Game Removals

Gamers have good reason for feeling beat up as the American conversation on gun violence seems to lurch inevitably toward scary scary video games as a scapegoat. The Entertainment Consumers Association—the voice of the gamers—went to Washington ... [Published Kotaku - Jan 30 2013]
First reported Jan 24 2013 - Updated Jan 25 2013 - 1 reports
Joseph Biden
Joseph Biden

Biden reiterates need to do research on effects of violent video games

Vice President Joe Biden held a web meeting today on reducing gun violence in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. school massacre. In a Google Hangout, Biden said he met with 228 groups, including video game company executives, physicians, researchers, ... [Published Venturebeat - Jan 24 2013]

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...As the letter notes, data collected by NSA from Verizon included " every call made, the time of the call, the duration of the call, and other "identifying information" for millions of Verizon customers, including entirely domestic calls, regardless of whether those customers have ever been suspected of a crime" . The Wall Street Journal reports that other carriers such as AT&T and Sprint were also subject to similar secret orders...
86 groups send letter to Congress demanding surveillance change [Published Digital Journal - Jun 14 2013]
Facebook: Supports enhancing "the ability of companies like Facebook to address cyber threats" and feels the bill would not make the company share any more of its own data than is currently required
CISPA: Who's For It And Who's Against It [Published ReadWriteWeb - Mar 11 2013]
...And that was all before Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) opened that hole in the front of his face and a noise came forth that sounded like "video games is a bigger problem than guns ." More
Anti-Censorship Group Scolds Massachusetts Over Arcade Game Removals [Published Kotaku - Jan 30 2013]

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Firedoglake Joins 100+ Civil Liberties Groups, ... [Published Firedoglake - 14 hours ago]
86 groups send letter to Congress demanding sur... [Published Digital Journal - Jun 14 2013]
NSA Update: Groups Create Anti-Surveillance Coa... [Published Associations Now - Jun 12 2013]
Stop Watching Us brings 85 organizations togeth... [Published Venturebeat - Jun 11 2013]
CISPA: Who's For It And Who's Against It [Published ReadWriteWeb - Mar 11 2013]
Anti-Censorship Group Scolds Massachusetts Over... [Published Kotaku - Jan 30 2013]
Biden reiterates need to do research on effects... [Published Venturebeat - Jan 24 2013]
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Firedoglake Joins 100+ Civil Liberties Groups, ... [Published Firedoglake - 14 hours ago]
NSA (via the Electronic Frontier Foundation) The world has spent the last two weeks digesting Edward Snowden’s disclosures illustrating top secret US domestic communications surveillance and cyber warfare programs. Even though the pundit classes ...
Stop Watching Us brings 85 organizations togeth... [Published Venturebeat - Jun 11 2013]
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now A brand-new organization composed almost at light speed to oppose the broad surveillance activities of the NSA’s PRISM program is calling on Congress to stop spying on Americans and ...
CISPA: Who's For It And Who's Against It [Published ReadWriteWeb - Mar 11 2013]
What if all of your online communication could be monitored and shared without a warrant? That's what's at stake if the latest version of  CISPA , the controversial  Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act , is approved by Congress. After CISPA ...
Anti-Censorship Group Scolds Massachusetts Over... [Published Kotaku - Jan 30 2013]
Gamers have good reason for feeling beat up as the American conversation on gun violence seems to lurch inevitably toward scary scary video games as a scapegoat. The Entertainment Consumers Association—the voice of the gamers—went to Washington ...
Biden reiterates need to do research on effects... [Published Venturebeat - Jan 24 2013]
Vice President Joe Biden held a web meeting today on reducing gun violence in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. school massacre. In a Google Hangout, Biden said he met with 228 groups, including video game company executives, physicians, researchers, ...
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