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• Obama gives FCC political cover to regulate broadband

  The president's call for reclassification of broadband under telephone-style regulations helps nudge the FCC in that direction

• NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say

  The agency's work against encryption will lead to a loss of trust in the government and US companies, some say

• Civil liberties advocates call for more oversight of NSA surveillance

  NSA surveillance programs need more transparency, critics say

• Google's director of public policy quits at critical time

  Alan Davidson is leaving the company later this month

• Senators: New smartphone tracking law needed

  Two lawmakers call on Congress to pass laws limiting the collection of data by carriers and websites

• Senator questions Google on Wi-Fi snooping

  Google has destroyed some of the information it collected