Moves by several European countries to tighten laws against computer hacking worry security professionals, who often use the same tools as hackers but for legitimate purposes. The U.K. and Germany are ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Criminal laws in most countries have not been extended into cyberspace yet, potentially making prosecution difficult on computer-related crimes such as hacking and distributing viruses ...

A computer is a witness as to the date, time and place that defendants promoted and possessed child pornography, and corroborative evidence they committed a crime. Working with investigators who know ...

This month, police officers in Marion, Kan., crashed into the newsroom of the Marion County Record, a weekly newspaper, and the home of its publisher to seize computers, cellphones and documents.

A proposal in Congress to strengthen the penalties in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a “giant leap in the wrong direction” for digital rights activists calling for changes in the law after the ...

Caitlin Vogus is the deputy director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation and a First Amendment lawyer. Jennifer Stisa Granick is the surveillance and ...

UPDATE: On March 27, 2020, a federal court ruled that research aimed at uncovering whether online algorithms result in racial, gender, or other discrimination does not violate the Computer Fraud and ...