Proposed FCC Rule Would Exempt Colleges From Costly Eavesdropping Requirement

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

WASHINGTON

Colleges will not have to re-engineer their computer networks to permit federal agents to eavesdrop on Internet-based voice conversations, according to a tentative decision this week by the Federal Communications Commission.

College groups have expressed concern that the commission would require such re-engineering,...

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