Internet
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“The PirateBox”: WiFi + USB Drive = Your Own Mini-Internet (Freedom) By Tony Cartalucci
Worried about draconian Internet laws? Creeping surveillance? The inability to share with others without being criminalized? The Internet is still a tool of tremendous power, but a deep rot has set in. We have caught it early and we are fighting to stop this rot, but there are other options we can begin exploring to… Continue reading
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“The PirateBox”: WiFi + USB Drive = Your Own Mini-Internet (Freedom) By Tony Cartalucci
Worried about draconian Internet laws? Creeping surveillance? The inability to share with others without being criminalized? The Internet is still a tool of tremendous power, but a deep rot has set in. We have caught it early and we are fighting to stop this rot, but there are other options we can begin exploring to… Continue reading
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Internet Freedom and Copyright Reform: Aaron Swartz’s Suspicious Death By Stephen Lendman
He was an Internet folk hero. He supported online freedom and copyright reform. He advocated free and open web files. He championed a vital cause. He worked tirelessly for what’s right. Continue reading
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Aaron’s Death: Product Of A Criminal Justice System Rife With Intimidation
Aaron Swartz, the internet activist was an advocate for open society. And, Aaron faced an abusive prosecution from a government. Aaron killed himself a month before going on trial for what his family calls ‘an alleged crime that had no victims’. Continue reading
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We Are All Aaron Swartz! Fighting Back Against the “Intellectual Property” Racket By Tony Cartalucci
Aaron Swartz’ passing becomes even more tragic if we do not recognize what he spent his life fighting for, and realize that no matter where we think we stand on the issue of Internet freedom, the interests driving the debate from Wall Street and Washington, do not have any of our best interests in mind. Continue reading
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Cuba, Socialism and Cybernetics By Ivet González
“It is not an option for our future development, it’s an imperative of our time,” economist Ricardo Torres told IPS. “Without the mass application of the New Information and Communications Technologies (NICT), to production processes and social life, there are no contemporary possibilities of development.” Continue reading
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Ireland copyright battle: Newspapers demand $400 for sharing links
The body representing Ireland’s main newspapers is demanding a minimum of $400 for third parties to directly link their articles, sparking an unprecedented copyright row which strikes at the very heart of sharing content on the World Wide Web. Continue reading
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Technological Servitude By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high tech devices, while driving, while walking, while shopping, while in groups of friends, while in restaurants, while waiting in doctor offices and hospitals, while sitting in toilets – everywhere. While connected electronically, they are inattentive to and disconnected in physical reality. Continue reading
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On the Cusp of Ending Big Pharma: Gene Therapy threatens to Disrupt Big Pharma’s Profiteering By Tony Cartalucci
Imagine being diagnosed with cancer, a genetic disease, or even age-related deterioration in the morning, given a single injection in the evening, and beginning your recovery the next day. No prescriptions, no lengthy treatments, no difficult decisions between finances and getting better. Continue reading
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Video: North Korean Documentary Exposes Western Propaganda
“This is a film about psychological warfare. A specific type of warfare designed to distract, misinform, and anesthetize the brain.” Continue reading
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Global split over telecom treaty By Kevin Reed
The 2012 World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT-12) in Dubai collapsed on Friday, December 14 after the United States delegation walked out and refused to sign the new International Telecommunications Union (ITU) treaty. Western allies including the UK, France, Germany, Australia and Canada joined the US. Continue reading
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Google starts watching what you do off the Internet too
The most powerful company on the Internet just got a whole lot creepier: a new service from Google merges offline consumer info with online intelligence, allowing advertisers to target users based on what they do at the keyboard and at the mall. Continue reading
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Speak2Tweet: Google & Twitter Partner Up with US State Dept. to Monopolise Information Flow Out of Syria By Martin Iqbal
Amid Internet and telephone network outages in Syria, US-trained opposition activists use US-supplied satellite phones to contact Google & Twitter’s ‘Speak2Tweet‘ service. Despite these efforts, the service seems so far to be a resounding failure. Continue reading
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Orwellian “Eavesdropping on a Worldwide Scale”: United Nations asks for Control over the World’s Internet
Members of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have agreed to work towards implementing a standard for the Internet that would allow for eavesdropping on a worldwide scale. Continue reading
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Orwellian “Eavesdropping on a Worldwide Scale”: United Nations asks for Control over the World’s Internet
Members of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have agreed to work towards implementing a standard for the Internet that would allow for eavesdropping on a worldwide scale. Continue reading
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CIA-Sponsored Trolls Monitor Internet & Interact With Users to Discredit Factual Information by Susanne Posel
In July of this year it became apparent through a flood of mainstream media reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) was “desperate to hire new hacking talent to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure” yet the NSA is notorious for its surveillance programs on American digital activity. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 1 December 2012
012 Guards testify about confinement at Quantico brig of suspect in WikiLeaks case Washington Post FORT MEADE, Md. — Some former guards at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., are testifying against an Army private charged with sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the secret-spilling WikiLeaks website. The guards are … http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/guards-testify-about-confinement-at-quantico-brig-of-suspect-in-wikileaks-case/2012/12/01/f65724ee-3b8e-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html Continue reading
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“American “Free Press”: A Press Free to Lie for the Government but Not to Tell the Truth” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The interview was sensational. The alleged “mastermind” of 9/11 said that he and al Qaeda had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack. The British Broadcasting Corporation’s World Monitoring Service had the interview translated into English and made public on September 29, 2001. Continue reading
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