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> **Snooper’s Charter:** Revised [‘Investigatory Powers Bill’](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/investigatory-powers-bill) introduced by the British government: [text of bill](http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/investigatorypowers.html), [codes of practice](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigatory-powers-bill-codes-of-practice), and [additional documents](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigatory-powers-bill-overarching-documents)

> **Privacy Shield:** [Restoring Trust in Transatlantic Data Flows Through Strong Safeguards: European Commission Presents EU-U.S. Privacy Shield](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-433_en.htm) – European Commission press release with links to the various related documents; see also [E.U. and U.S. Release Details on Trans-Atlantic Data Transfer Deal](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/technology/eu-us-trans-atlantic-data-transfer-deal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1) – New York Times

> **Fight Against Terrorism:** [Inside The Obama Administration’s Attempt To Bring Tech Companies Into The Fight Against ISIS](http://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/inside-the-obama-administrations-attempt-to-bring-tech-compa#.vdXbBXYB4) – BuzzFeed

> **Encryption:** [A Worldwide Survey of Encryption Products](https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2016/encryption_survey) – Berkman Center Research Publication (Bruce Schneier, Kathleen Seidel, and Saranya Vijayakumar) (pdf at this [link](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2731160); 24 pages)

> **CyberWarfare and Hacking:**

>> [These Are the Cyberweapons Used to Hack Sony](http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/sony-hack-cyberweapons-report) – MotherBoard

>> [U.S. Had Cyberattack Plan if Iran Nuclear Dispute Led to Conflict](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/world/middleeast/us-had-cyberattack-planned-if-iran-nuclear-negotiations-failed.html) – New York Times

> **New Chinese Media Restrictions:** [Beijing is Banning all Foreign Media from Publishing Online in China](http://qz.com/620076/beijing-is-banning-all-foreign-media-from-publishing-online-in-china/) – Quartz

> **Facebook Free Basics:** [Nothing Is Free, Not Even Facebook Free Basics](http://om.co/2016/02/08/nothing-is-free-not-even-facebook-free-basics/) – Om Malik; see also [India Just Banned Facebook’s Controversial Free Internet Plan](http://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/india-ruling-trai-free-basics#.vmPLyRVyW) – BuzzFeed

> **FISA Amendments Act:** [Trends and Predictions in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance: The FISA Amendments Act and Beyond](https://www.lawfareblog.com/trends-and-predictions-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-faa-and-beyond) – David Kris at LawFare

> **NSA Reorganization:** [National Security Agency Plans Major Reorganization](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-agency-plans-major-reorganization/2016/02/02/2a66555e-c960-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html) – Washington Post; related: [Opinion: How NSA Reorganization Could Squander Remaining Trust](http://m.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/Passcode-Voices/2016/0204/Opinion-How-NSA-reorganization-could-squander-remaining-trust) – Jason Healey at CSM’s Passcode; and [NSA Reorganizing](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/02/nsa_reorganizin.html) – Bruce Schneier; and [Good Defense is Good Offense: NSA Myths and the Merger](https://www.lawfareblog.com/good-defense-good-offense-nsa-myths-and-merger) – Susan Hennessey at LawFare

> **Internet Law:** [Surveying Ten Years Of Top Internet Law Developments ](http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/02/surveying-ten-years-of-top-internet-law-developments-forbes-cross-post.htm) – law professor Eric Goldman at his Technology & Marketing Law Blog

> **Future Computing and Emerging Technologies:**

>> [What’s Next in Computing?](https://medium.com/@cdixon/what-s-next-in-computing-e54b870b80cc#.z6hscijjq) (February 21, 2016) – venture capitalist Chris Dixon

>> [Ten Breakthrough Technologies: 2016](https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2016/) – MIT Technology Review

> **Copyright Reform:** [White Paper on Remixes, First Sale, and Statutory Damages](http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/copyrightwhitepaper.pdf) (pdf; 117 pages) – Commerce Department’s internet policy task force; see also: [Repairing Damages: The Commerce Department’s Copyright White Paper](https://cdt.org/blog/repairing-damages-the-commerce-departments-copyright-white-paper/) – CDT

> **Startups:**

>> [Tech Policy for Startups](https://cdt.org/campaign/tech-policy-for-startups/) – CDT’s suite of resources on tech policy for start-ups and entrepreneurs

>> [Fixing the Inequity of Startup Equity](https://data.triplebyte.com/fixing-the-inequity-of-startup-equity-469793baad1e#.xlbjz7kh0) – TripleByte

> #### General Interest