Internet
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Video: SOPA Sledgehammer Could Smash Any Site on Web By grtv
John Davies, the Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK – the umbrella foundation in charge of Wikipedia – said the site’s unprecedented blackout was a tough decision to make, but a necessary one in the bid to raise global awareness. Continue reading
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Blackout – Save the Internet today
The US Congress was poised to pass a law allowing officials to censor access to any website around the world. But after we delivered our 1.25 million strong petition to the White House, it came out against the bill and with public pressure at a boiling point even some bill backers are switching sides. Now,… Continue reading
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Why is the Internet on strike today?
Today, Mozilla is joining the virtual strike against Internet censorship – along with others like Wikipedia and Google – to raise awareness of US Congress legislation that could fundamentally alter the Internet we know and love. Continue reading
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Wikipedia, Reddit to Shut Down Sites Wednesday to Protest Proposed Stop Online Piracy Act
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world, will join websites like the content aggregator Reddit to “go dark” on Wednesday in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which are currently being debated in Congress. Continue reading
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Video: Gil Scott-Heron 'Work for Peace'
“The military and the monetary / Get together whenever it’s necessary / Turning our brothers and sisters into mercenaries / They are turning the planet into a cemetery.” — Gil Scott-Heron, ‘Work for Peace’ from the album ‘Spirits’. 1994 Continue reading
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The SOPA Scoop: Anti-Piracy Bills Enrage Web Freedom Groups, Divide Congress
Imagine that the US government granted itself sweeping legal authority to shut down alleged pirate sites and intervene when web sites host any kind of content that infringes a copyright. Continue reading
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Video: 'Protect IP Act' Breaks the Internet
Right now, the United States Congress is holding hearings on legislation that will have disastrous effects on free speech and the Internet. This video gives a good overview: Continue reading
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Video: ‘Protect IP Act’ Breaks the Internet
Right now, the United States Congress is holding hearings on legislation that will have disastrous effects on free speech and the Internet. This video gives a good overview: Continue reading
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Pentagon could bomb enemy hackers — RT
A US Department of Defense report has outlined how the American military plans to respond to foreign hacker attacks. We’re talking all-out retaliation, both in cyberspace, and in real life. Continue reading
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US wants to Censor the Web
Under the new law, the US could force Internet providers to block any website on suspicion of violating copyright or trademark legislation, or even failing to sufficiently police their users’ activities. And, because so much of the Internet’s hosts and hardware are located in the US, their blacklist would clamp down on the free web… Continue reading
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‘Anonymous threat’ plot to undermine Wall Street protest a false flag operation?
‘Operation Invade Wall Street is bullshit! It is a fake planted operation by law enforcement and cyber crime agencies in order to get you to undermine the Occupy Wall Street movement,’ the new statement said. Continue reading
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Pentagon Ramps-Up Cyberwar Plans By Tom Burghardt
As the Obama administration expands Bush-era surveillance programs over the nation’s electronic communications’ infrastructure, recent media reports provide tantalizing hints of Pentagon plans for waging cyberwar against imperialism’s geopolitical rivals. Continue reading
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U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors By JAMES GLANZ and JOHN MARKOFF
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks. Continue reading
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Video: What is the Internet hiding from you? By Eli Pariser
The internet is increasingly becoming an echo chamber in which websites tailor information according to the preferences they detect in each viewer. When some users search the word “Egypt,” they may get the latest news about the revolution, others might only see search results about Egyptian vacations. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks, the Internet and Democracy
21 January, 2011 — Democracy Now! Panel moderated by Paul Jay including Daniel Ellsberg, Clay Shirky, Neville Roy Singham, Peter Thiel and Jonathan Zittrain http://www.youtube.com/e/zqPQp3no9Qo WikiLeaks, the Internet and Democracy Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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FCC net neutrality rules to hinder Internet freedom — RT
‘What the FCC did today, while they’ll call it net neutrality, wasn’t net neutrality,’ said Rosenbaum. ‘For the first time in history the US government has said it’s ok for corporations to discriminate online and to censor online, and that’s a real unfortunate thing.’ Continue reading
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Amazon take down of Wikileaks – Is the free internet dead?
8 December, 2010 — The Real News Network Amazon take down of Wikileaks – Is the free internet dead? Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading