Ulbricht's lawyer claims corruption on part of investigators, bad evidentiary decisions, Fourth Amendment violations, and grossly unreasonable sentencing demand reversal, new trial, or resentencing.
The exiled whistleblower on Apple's privacy fight, the presidential election, and whether he's ever coming home
Drug Policy Alliance and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, others, speak out against Silk Road founder's absurd life sentence without parole.
The national security whistleblower talks to the Free State Project from an undisclosed location in Russia.
The national security whistleblower talks to the Free State Project from an undisclosed location in Russia.
The investigative journalism outfit launches hidden service website on the encrypted Tor Browser.
The defense team files an appeal.
Defense insists Ulbricht's trial denied him a fair defense of his theory of other potential Dread Pirate Roberts', and that his life sentence was unjustified and unconscionable.
Prices of the cryptocurrency are expected to reach a record high next year.
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A new Showtime series sounds pretty alarmist about everything that makes the Internet great.
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
An economist thinks about how online drug sales post-Silk Road will, and won't, change the illegal drug market.
Nathaniel Popper answers in his new book, Digital Gold.
Do not let this massive violation of sexual liberty slide.
Anonymous sites do $500,000 per day in deals that make the powers-that-be twitch
Breaking the rules can lead to innovations.
Q&A with Nathaniel Popper on his new book, Digital Gold.
Q&A with Nathaniel Popper on his new book, Digital Gold.
Q&A with Deep Web director Alex Winter.
Q&A with Deep Web director Alex Winter.
Deep Web Director Alex Winter calls the sentencing an "injustice" that's "tantamount to torture."
Deep Web Director Alex Winter calls the sentencing an "injustice" that's "tantamount to torture."
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
The Hacking Team sold many governments-including ours-products to directly target journalists, software developers, and activists for surveillance.
Q&A with Popehat.com's Ken White
Popehat.com's Ken White on how he broke the subpoena story and what government overreach means for open expression online.
Popehat.com's Ken White on how he broke the subpoena story and what government overreach means for open expression online.
Carl Mark Force had also inked a $240,000 movie deal about tracking down "Dread Pirate Roberts."
"Feds menace free speech as Reason magazine ordered to identify commenters and remain mum."
Yes, the feds can compel magazines and websites to cough up user information about obviously non-threatening trolls, while barring them from even acknowledging it.
Does Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht deserve a life sentence? And how exactly did the government prove its case?
And read the prosecution's sentencing letter to get a sense of how revolutionary Silk Road was.
Hints at appeals strategy and that untried murder for hire accusations shaped the absurdly excessive life sentence.
Reporting from outside the courthouse, Kurt Loder caught up with Ross' mother, Lyn, and filmmaker Alex Winter.
Reporting from outside the courthouse, Kurt Loder caught up with Ross' mother, Lyn, and filmmaker Alex Winter.
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