Internet
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Curb the surveillance state! Email your MP!
On Wednesday, Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to introduce new ‘snooping’ laws. But she knows she’ll only get them through if enough MPs support them. A growing number of MPs from all political parties are starting to speak out against her plans. If enough of us email our MPs in the next 24 hours,… Continue reading
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US: Fast Track — tomorrow’s vote could be the last
Tomorrow may be the Senate’s final vote on Fast Track, and there are just 8 swing senators who will determine whether or not it passes. This process has dragged on for too long already — take action now and help us put down Fast Track for good. Continue reading
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Treasure Map: The NSA and GCHQ Campaign Against German Satellite Companies
“Fuck!” That is the word that comes to the mind of Christian Steffen, the CEO of German satellite communications company Stellar PCS. He is looking at classified documents laying out the scope of something called Treasure Map, a top secret NSA program. Steffen’s firm provides internet access to remote portions of the globe via satellite,… Continue reading
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ISPs haul GCHQ into COURT over dragnet interwebs snooping By Kelly Fiveash
Britain’s eavesdropping nerve centre GCHQ has been accused of unlawfully accessing the private communications of potentially millions of people – and angry internet service providers are dragging the snooping agency to court. Continue reading
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TOR is ’90 per cent of the net’ claims City of London Police Commish – and he’s dead wrong By Richard Chirgwin
I can’t tell you whether Leppard said “BitTorrent” and was mis-transcribed, or whether he slipped, but I’d like to address the assertion that TOR – The Onion Router – is “90 per cent of the Internet”. It’s a piece of silly scare-mongering, and would be laughable except that numbers like this are being used to… Continue reading
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Video: John Oliver on net neutrality—must watch!
The corporate attack on the Internet, a creeping takeover by businesses with the tacit support of the government, threatens to destroy the Net as we know it. We all know what business values are, and what they signify when they run amuck in society. Continue reading
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Here’s how we Reset the Net
Yesterday was unbelievable. Together, we as everyday Internet users harnessed the power of the largest websites on earth and launched the biggest effort in human history to shut down mass surveillance on the web. Continue reading
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Reset the Net! Update 5 June 2014
Just today, we received a very special message from Edward Snowden himself. All of us at Fight for the Future are humbled, knowing that our huge victories this year mobilizing against government surveillance would not have been possible without him risking everything to expose the abuses of the worlds’ most powerful governments. Continue reading
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Reset the Net!
In just two days, we will Reset the Net and take the first steps toward blocking illegitimate government surveillance from the web. Momentum is growing — just today Google, Mozilla, CloudFlare, and dozens of other major sites announced they’ll be joining our effort to secure the web. Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: Activists are on the ground in DC camping out for net neutrality!
It’s happening. A group of dedicated net neutrality activists are gathering right now outside the FCC’s headquarters in Washington DC. They brought, banners, signs and… sleeping bags. Continue reading
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State Dept-funded program installs alternative networks abroad
Since last June, revelations about the US National Security Agency and how it goes about getting intelligence from foreign suspects have continued to surface, in turn rekindling all too routinely allegations about how the internet has been practically obliterated by the NSA. Continue reading
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Reddit Censors Big Story About Government Manipulation and Disruption of the Internet
The moderators at the giant r/news reddit (with over 2 million subscribed readers) repeatedly killed the Greenwald/Snowden story on government manipulation and disruption of the Internet … widely acknowledged to be one of the most important stories ever leaked by Snowden. Continue reading
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Linking to free stuff is not piracy, EU rules
Managing a site with links to freely available copyrighted content does not amount to online piracy, an EU court has ruled. The justices advised their Swedish colleagues, who are reviewing a journalists’ lawsuit against a link-hosting website. Continue reading
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‘The day we fight back’: 6,000 websites protest surveillance, honor Aaron Swartz
More than 6,000 websites, including Reddit, Tumblr, Mozilla, are taking part in an online protest against government surveillance. The action marks two years since website blackouts against SOPA and PIPA and commemorates Aaron Swartz’s death. Continue reading
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Privatizing the Internet: US telecoms seek to make internet enhanced form of cable TV’
On Tuesday, January 14, the DC Court of Appeals struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “net neutrality” rules. This is one of the fundamental principles of the internet, meaning equal access to everything online. The initiative was pushed by Verizon, the largest mobile phone operator among telecom providers, which demanded that high-speed broadband providers… Continue reading
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UK ISPs need to be sued over censorship
Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom have started censoring the Internet wholesale by default. This is a horrible transgression against the free exchange of ideas, cheered on by authoritarian politicians. However, there is an important weapon built into the legal framework against this kind of censorship, and it’s high time to use it in… Continue reading
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Copyright Maximalists Harm Authors
Copyright maximalists want all sorts of new laws to “help authors get paid”. Well, I’m a published author, and all their efforts to “help” cost me money. Even if we strictly limit the argument to printed books, copyright maximalists still only succeed in harming authors and publishers. This is how. Continue reading
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UK government moves to clamp down on Internet, citing child pornography By Julie Hyland
A new clampdown on the internet has been authorised by the British government under the guise of the fight against child pornography. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 