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Moroccan government sues authors of report accusing it of spying: state news agency

May 9, 2015 creative 40-page-report, action, action-follows, are-regularly, condemn-curbs, intelligence, lawsuit, map, morocco, publication, rights-groups, state, state-or-king

By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) – The Moroccan Interior Ministry has filed a lawsuit against a group behind a report that allegedly accuses the intelligence services of spying on rights activists and journalists, according to the state news agency MAP. International rights groups condemn curbs on freedom of speech and information in Morocco, where journalists and activists are regularly prosecuted under laws that criminalize defamation of the state or king. MAP did not identify the group in question, nor did it give details of the lawsuit, but the action follows the publication last week of a 40-page report on government surveillance in Morocco, compiled by the UK-based Privacy International.

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Former U.S. government employee attempted to steal nuclear weapons secrets: Justice Department

May 9, 2015 publisher action-follows, condemn-curbs, department, energy, federal, former-employee, from-the-nrc, investigation, lawsuit, morocco, rights-groups, state

The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former employee of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for allegedly attempting an email attack on government employees to extract sensitive information on nuclear weapons.

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Two charged with conspiracy, fraud for Photobucket.com breach

May 9, 2015 publisher california, charged-two, colorado, condemn-curbs, denver-based, energy, former-employee, from-the-nrc, investigation, lawsuit, morocco, photobucket, rights-groups, the-computer

Federal prosecutors charged two men on Friday with conspiracy and fraud after they allegedly breached the computer systems of Denver-based Photobucket and sold passwords and access to private information on the giant photo-sharing website. Brandon Bourret, 39, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Athanasios Andrianakis, 26, of Sunnyvale, California, were arrested at their homes, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

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AOL revenue beats estimates on strong ad sales

May 8, 2015 creative aol, california, charged-two, energy, from-dial-up, investigation, lawsuit, news-website, other-digital, place-video, rights-groups, such-as-adap

(Reuters) – AOL Inc reported quarterly revenue above analysts' expectations, boosted by demand for its real-time bidding platform that helps advertisers place video and display ads on other digital properties. Shares of the company, whose businesses include the Huffington Post news website and the TechCrunch blog, were up 4 percent in premarket trading on Friday. Advertising has become a major revenue stream for AOL as the company moves away from dial-up subscription service, helped by acquisition of automated advertising platforms such as Adap.tv

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Alibaba has a new CEO, but it’s still Jack’s house

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By John Ruwitch SHANGHAI (Reuters) – When Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's eccentric founder Jack Ma stepped down as CEO two years ago, he declared “the Internet belongs to young people,” and promised that most of the company's leaders born in the 1960s would soon retreat from management. On Thursday, that transition at the e-commerce behemoth appeared complete as Ma trumpeted the appointment of a fresh chief executive, Daniel Zhang, born in 1972, as part of a broader reshuffle.

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Zynga must face U.S. lawsuit alleging fraud tied to IPO

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Zynga Inc must face a lawsuit that accuses the gaming company known for its “FarmVille” game of defrauding shareholders about its prospects before and after its December 2011 initial public offering.

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EU antitrust regulators to investigate ecommerce

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By Foo Yun Chee and Rene Wagner BERLIN (Reuters) – European Union regulators plan to investigate ecommerce to help remove barriers to cross-border trade in the 28-nation bloc, the EU's antitrust chief said, a move that may lead to action against companies which deliberately block online sales. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she decided to launch the year-long inquiry because such hurdles were hampering the growth of online sales. According to the European Commission, while one in two EU consumers shopped online last year, just 15 percent bought a product online in another EU country because of restrictions such as language, different laws and anti-competitive behavior, “It is high time to remove remaining barriers to ecommerce, which is a vital part of a true Digital Single Market in Europe,” Vestager told reporters at a conference organized by the German competition authority on Thursday

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Facebook must face lawsuit over scanning of users’ messages: judge

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating its users' privacy by scanning the content of messages they send to other users for advertising purposes, a U.S. judge has ruled. U.S