Senators Unconcerned About Massive Unintended Consequences Of Criminalizing People For Embedding YouTube Videos

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from TechDirt This is really no surprise, but the same Senate Judiciary Committee that unanimously approved the PROTECT IP Act, despite worries from internet experts and major media about how it would break the internet, has now also unanimously approved the anti-internet streaming bill that makes it a felony to stream certain videos online — potentially putting people in… [Continue Reading]

Alleged Cyber Attacks Are Setting The Stage For More Authoritarian Internet Controls

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by Lee Rogers, RogueGovernment The number of alleged cyber attacks on high profile government, military and corporate entities is getting increasingly out of control. Although we could question if some of these so-called cyber attacks are real or fake all day long, what we do know is that these claims are being used to justify… [Continue Reading]

Bill Clinton Calls For Internet ‘Ministry of Truth’

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Despite couching his idea in fluffy, friendly, democratic rhetoric, Clinton is advocating the creation of a Communist Chinese-style state run media outlet by Paul Joseph Watson, PrisonPlanet Mr Bill “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” Clinton, a man who knowingly lied to the nation on live television at the height of the… [Continue Reading]

Verizon, Google Make Net Neutrality Pact

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August 5, 2010 The Washington Post by Cecilia Kang Google and Verizon have come to an agreement on how network operators can manage Web traffic, according to two sources briefed on their negotiations. The agreement, expected to be announced within days, comes as the Federal Communications Commission tries to get major Internet content firms and… [Continue Reading]