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Let's kill CISPA, America's universal surveillance law
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Boingboing: [54]Let's kill CISPA, America's universal surveillance law
By [55]Cory Doctorow at 9:07 am Wednesday, May 23
Tiffiniy from Fight for the Future (standard-bearers in the fight
against SOPA) sez,
Congressional hero of the SOPA wars, Senator Wyden, said about cyber
security legislation (CISPA and Lieberman-Collins) that is expected... more »
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EFF: This Week in Internet Censorship: India, Iran, Brazil, Russia, and More
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May 15, 2012 | By [17]Eva Galperin
This Week in Internet Censorship: India, Iran, Brazil, Russia, and More
Iran Continues March Towards “Halal Internet”
This past weekend, Iran’s minister of telecommunications announced that... more »
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Entrapment: Inventing Terrorists
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How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing 'Terrorists' - and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook
By Rick Perlstein
Rolling Stone
May 15, 2012
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This past October, at an Occupy encampment in Cleveland,... more »
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Judge Rules NDAA Unconstitutional
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Judge Rules NDAA Unconstitutional
by Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
Reader Supported News (RSN)
May 17, 2012
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A judge on Wednesday struck down a portion of a law giving
the government wide powers to regulate the detention,... more »
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Daily Beast: Phone Jamming for NATO in Chicago
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On the Eve of the NATO Summit, Is Phone Jamming Coming to Chicago?
May 16, 2012 4:45 AM EDT
Tony Dokoupil reports on the little-known rules the government can use to
shut down phone networks.
With Chicago hosting the NATO summit this weekend, protesters and
police are braced for confrontation. Eight people have [26]already been... more »
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US Expands Censorship in Australian Colony
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[22]The Lengthening Arm of Uncle Sam's `Pirate' Justice
* [23]Myles Peterson
* May 6, 2012
File-sharing was firmly on the agenda when the head of the US
Department of Homeland Security touched down in the Australian capital
last week. The four new agreements - promptly signed before Secretary... more »
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Who owns the cloud? Not you.
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Friday, May 4, 2012 12:15 PM UTC
[54]Who owns the cloud?
Google claims users retain intellectual property rights, but the terms of
service tell a more complex story
By [55]David Sirota
When you hear the phrase “property rights,” you probably think of
farmers fighting environmental regulators and homeowners arguing with... more »
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