Internet
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An ACTA of war: secret censor tool to shake up world wide web
As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21-22 January 2012
22 January 2012 — williambowles.info 012ACLU & EFF to Appeal Secrecy Ruling in Twitter/Wikileaks Case Kansas City infoZine … today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) plan to file an appeal in the legal battle over the records of several Twitter users in connection with the government’s WikiLeaks investigation.… Continue reading
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BREAKING: Copyright Lawyers Oppose SOPA … And Say It Won’t Even Work By Washington’s Blog
Many experts have said that the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are not only draconian, but that they fail to address the root problem. Continue reading
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SAY NO TO SOPA AND PIPA. What’s Happening With the Web Censorship Bills? By Washington’s Blog
In the face of massive Internet protest today, key senate and house backers of the SOPA and PIPA web censorship bills – including Senators Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt, John Cornyn, Orrin Hatch, John Boozman and Jim DeMint, and Representatives Ben Quayle and Lee Terry – have dropped their support. So have a number of other… Continue reading
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NYT, SOPA and Internet Factchecking
Remember last week’s uproar about the New York Times and factchecking? In today’s paper, we see a great example of how this works. Continue reading
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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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Stop NATO News: December 15, 2011
Stop NATO Chicago Plans ‘Extraordinary Measures’ Against Anti-NATO/G8 Protests U.S. Congress Passes $662 Billion Military Authorization Bill Congress Authorizes Pentagon To Wage Internet War Pentagon Plans Space Telescopes To Spy Anywhere On Earth Uganda: U.S. Special Forces Begin Counterinsurgency Mission Africa Partnership Station: U.S. Warship Completes Six-Month Mission Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 13-14 December 2011
14 December 2011 — williambowles.info 14 December 2011 AdvancedIO(R) Systems Responds to WikiLeaks MarketWatch (press release) VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — AdvancedIO Systems was incorrectly listed by WikiLeaks as a company that enables governments to spy on their citizens. Several news agencies have mistakenly connected the company’s … http://www.marketwatch.com/story/advancedior-systems-responds-to-wikileaks-2011-12-13 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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Wikileaks Newslinks 22 November 2011
22 November 2011 — williambowles.info December court date for Manning in WikiLeaks case PhysOrg.com Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange display photographs of Assange (C) and US serviceman Bradley Manning (R) outside the High Court in central London, in July 2011. Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of …… 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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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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Wikileaks Newslinks 11 November 2011
11 November 2011 — williambowles.info Wikileaks Backers Lose Appeal of Order on Twitter Records BusinessWeek 10 (Bloomberg) — Three Wikileaks backers lost their appeal of a federal magistrate judge’s order allowing US prosecutors to examine information on them collected from their Twitter Inc. accounts. US District Judge Liam O’Grady in Alexandria, Virginia, … http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-10/wikileaks-backers-lose-appeal-of-order-on-twitter-records.html Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 7 September 2011: UK: Internet censorship looms as government finds alternatives to flawed Digital Economy Act
Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org STATEWATCH ANALYSES 1. Statewatch Analysis: UK: Internet censorhip looms as government finds alternatives to flawed Digital Economy Act 2. Statewatch Analysis: Using false documents against “Euro-anarchists”: the exchange of Anglo-German undercover police highlights controversial police operations 3. EU: New Statewatch Analysis: Implementing the “principle of availability”: The European Criminal Records… Continue reading
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