Court upholds ruling requiring Internet phone providers to offer wiretapping capabilities to law enforcement agencies.
Grant Gross, IDG News Service
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruling requiring VoIP providers to give law enforcement agencies wiretapping capabilities is legal, a court ruled today.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the FCC's August 2004 ruling saying interconnected VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) providers must allow wiretapping by May 14, 2007.
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