Internet - Part 7

Microsoft turns 180 degrees about CISPA
CISPA has just lost a powerful backer, with Microsoft withdrawing its support for the controversial cyber security bill saying any law must allow them ...[Read more]
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Stallman: CISPA ‘nearly abolishes’ the right not to be unreasonably searched
Software freedom activist Richard Stallman says Internet users should beware, as the government is a much bigger threat than any individual hacker. ...[Read more]
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From private emails to financial records - US Internet companies could soon legally share private user information with the American government. The highly-controversial cyber security act, known as CISPA, is now a step closer to becoming law, following i ...[Read more]
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US Journalists Targeted By Pentagon Propaganda Contractors
"While conducting investigative reporting on civilian contractors in the Pentagon's "InfoOps" Internet propaganda operations, two reporters found themselves the subject of a highly targeted, professional media manipulation effort. Reporter Tom Vanden Br ...[Read more]
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Internet to give lawmaking powers to every Russian
"In Soviet Russia, YOU make the law ..." Vladimir Putin has said that any Russian will be able to submit his or her own bills for parliamentary consideration after collecting 100,000 signatures in its support. With this move, Russia is now second after ...[Read more]
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Whistleblower: The NSA is Lying
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Creator of World Wide Web : The World Wide Web Doesn’t Revolve Around You, Music Industry
The person who has invented World wide web, leading to the internet as we know it today, Tim Berners Lee, has spoken against music industry's behavior like a spoiled, self-centered 5 year old - "World wide web doesnt revolve around you, music industry ... ...[Read more]
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Why I’m suing the US government to protect internet freedom
Freedom for most people is something sacred, and many have been willing to sacrifice their lives for it. It is not just another word, for we measure the health of our democracies by the standard of freedom. We use it to measure our happiness and prosperit ...[Read more]
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‘ACTA is a web police project’ – MEP who wants to kill the censorship bill
ACTA is aiming high, but its loose wording would make internet service providers an unintended police force of the web, David Martin, the MEP rapporteur on the controversial agreement told RT in an exclusive interview. The trade agreement needs the conse ...[Read more]
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Google’s Sergei Brin says Governments, Entertainment Industry, and sites like Facebook are biggest threats to internet freedom
The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned there were "ver ...[Read more]
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