Commentary: Shifting the balance

Source: The Washington Post

In the digital age, Internet security is a growing concern among Web users not only domestically, but on a worldwide scale. Since its inception, the Internet itself has remained free of international censors ...
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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Source: Techdirt

And yet it never occurs to them to ask why viewers are so very eager to skip commercials. They don't see consumers. They see revenue. Of course, that revenue may be short term because of that. Coming in second was jupiterkansas with a nice comment o ...
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The Internet Is Getting A 'Cat Signal'

Source: The Atlantic

The Internet has a new line of defense against laws like SOPA and PIPA that threaten the web's free-flow of information: The Internet Defense League. The roster of websites that have already signed up reads like the Internet's own version of ...
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Who controls the World Wide Web?

Source: The Hindu

The techno-political debate is bitterly polarised, with many arguing for status quo Earlier this week, at the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development, held in Geneva, India reiterated its proposal to create a Committee ...
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Now cat signal Internet Defense League formed to fight for online freedom

Source: Albequerque Express

A non profit group in the U.S. that was behind the protest against anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA has now formed a new coalition aimed at fighting for Internet freedom. The group has formed the Internet Defense Le ...
Full article at: Albequerque Express  More like this  14 hours ago, 4:13am CDT

Online Activists Team Up To Create Internet 'Bat Signal'

Source: RedOrbit

The founder of the social news website Reddit and the online advocacy group Fight for the Future are teaming up to create a new warning and call-to-action system that will mobilize the computer community against Internet-unfriendly ...
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The Internet Defense League

Source: Nerdcore

Alexis Ohanian von Reddit und die Orga Fight for the Future haben die gegründet, ein “Bat Signal for the Internet”, was nichts anderes als ein halb-automatisierter Online-Protest wird, falls Politiker mal wieder legislativ k ...
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WordPress, Reddit, Cheezburger and Others Join New "Internet Defense League"

Source: All Things Digital

In the hopes that the online enthusiasm and organizing that helped fend off anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA in U.S. Congress this year be captured and redeployed, online activists are now founding an “Internet Defense League.” Members sign up to receive ...
Full article at: All Things Digital  More like this  22 hours ago, 8:15pm CDT

The Internet Defense League will let anyone with a web presence become a digital activist

Source: The Verge

Earlier this year a number of high-profile websites went dark as a form of digital protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA was eventually scuttled, but its not the only internet-related legislation on the horizon, and a group c ...
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