Neowin News Feed for: Seizure

Mozilla defies Department of Homeland Security's request to pull extension

Denis Wong — Fri, 06 May 2011 07:54:04 +0000

In the last year, the United States government has seized approximately 120 domains suspected of harbouring piracy activities. Who requested the takedowns? The media industries of the United States of course - the RIAA and... Read more...

US government wrongfully seizes 84K websites in an effort to stop child porn

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:05:35 +0000

As part of an initiative by the American Department of Homeland Security’s ICE project, multiple web domains were taken down this week that are accused of hosting child pornography and counterfeit goods or linking to... Read more...

Gizmodo editor Jason Chen gets house raided, assets seized

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:10:02 +0000

Jason Chen, Editor of Gizmodo.com, came home Friday night to a surprise visit from California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, according to Gizmodo. Following the issuing of a warrant from the Judge of the Superior... Read more...