Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet. The Senate voted 69 to 27 Monday to pass a bill that empowers states to collect sales taxes from Internet purchases

A Senior Google and Twitter Lawyer Will Become the First Chief Privacy Officer of the White HouseCNET reported today that the White House has selected Nicole Wong to be the first ever Chief Privacy Officer. Wong, who has a strong reputation of standing up for liberty and free expression on the Internet, has worked as a senior lawyer at both Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Twitter

“The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic . . . The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr