U.S. Supreme Court restricts scope of computer fraud law

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(Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the type of conduct that can be prosecuted under a federal computer fraud law, overturning a former Georgia police officer’s conviction for misusing a government database to investigate whether a purported local stripper was an undercover cop. The justices, in a 6-3 decision authored by conservative […]

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