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In a recent report by Eugene Volokh, which was commissioned by Google, he claims that Google Search results deserve the same free speech rights as articles that appear in newspapers and news websites, for example the New York Times.
It wasn’t a good day for the file sharing site The Pirate Bay. According to the BBC, The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK Internet Service Providers from a ruling by the High Court in the United Kingdom.
Last night after hours the House decided to vote on CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act which has been widely criticized for privacy rights violations because the government and private companies can monitor your private information (emails for example) and pass that information to government agencies completely bypassing Internet privacy laws with little to no probable cause needed.
I asked on a recent post of mine, after learning about CISPA, which followed ACTA and SOPA, what could be nexta? In a joking manner, I really didn’t think, at least I didn’t hope there would be something I would be writing about days later that could be answering that question. The answer may end up being MAP-21.
As opposition mounts on the newest piece of legislation that Congress is trying to put through which may violate Internet users rights; one of it’s biggest supporters, Facebook, is speaking out on why they support CISPA.
I’m kind of at a loss of words on this. Here is yet another piece of legislation that is trying to be passed by Congress that violates our basic rights as Internet users. Congress seems hell bent on getting something passed as of late, where some ulterior motive is behind it, which usually means someone other than the congress person is pushing for the legislation because they have a hidden agenda.
Not only did Kanye West like Megaupload, so did the U.S. Military and the U.S. Government. They loved it so much, that the founder of Megaupload is now talking about it trying to clear his name saying that they had well over 15,000 accounts on the site that was taken down in January on a huge copyright indictment from the federal government.
The Emergency Alert & Personal Protection app (eAPP) is an app that is being developed based on a new demand. The app is being created due to new laws across the country and has a simple but important concept, which can be applied to various situations. The concept is to be able to open the app on your mobile device and with one swipe, notify contacts that you are being arrested or in some emergency situation where you won’t be able to communicate.
The entertainment industry are some sneaky bastards - yeah, I am looking at you RIAA. So, remember the whole SOPA thing where we came together as one Internet to stop the evils of Hollywood bribing lawmakers to track our online activities and shut down sites like Tumblr, Reddit and YouTube?
The online privacy debate has been ongoing since the dawn of the Internet. One thing that can be agreed on through the test of time is that our privacy should not be taken lightly and is important so that we can protect our freedoms and liberties online. The U.S. Bill of Rights contains no express right to privacy, however can be construed in many ways that privacy is a protected right but just not expressly provided in the Bill of Rights.
Piracy is a big problem. So much so that recent times on the web have become turbulent from national online strikes to combat legislation that impedes innovation and Internet freedoms in the name of protecting copyright laws, to the shut down of websites that contribute to piracy and many others closing their virtual doors in fear of what may happen to them.
Hawaii may be known as the “Big Island” and the go-to place for the best vacations around, but if you plan on visiting Hawaii and are bringing your laptop or mobile device, you may want to think again. It will be worse for residents of Hawaii if state officials get their way with a new proposed Internet bill which will make living in the Aloha state tougher for Internet users.
What the heck is happening to the Internet? It seems lately that it’s going to hell in a hand basket. Sure the Internet has always been a place where volatile things can happen, but it could be avoided on an individual basis. Now it appears the places that we come together as a community to interact and socialize in places that have become sacred is evolving and changing at a rapid pace and is veering out of control.
The FBI is expanding their plans for their social media tracking program. The bureau has published a Request For Information from application developers/companies for information on how the FBI can build a flexible program to map out and analyze social media in real-time. No longer does the FBI want to waste their time doing this by hand, they want to automate it, naturally.
It’s no secret that President Obama approves of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), since the U.S. has signed the agreement along with several other countries in 2011. If you aren’t familiar with ACTA, you need to get familiar with it, fast. The premise of ACTA is to combat piracy and counterfiet goods, however with all the undermining issues with the agreement it’s hard to think that such an agreement would ever be signed on by Obama and the U.S.
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