FCC Proposal Would End Net Neutrality as We Know It Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai The FCC has announced that it will propose Internet regulations that would allow online content providers to negotiate for preferential treatment from Internet service providers, potentially undermining the principles of net neutrality. Brazilian Congress passes Internet bill of rights Brazil’s Senate unanimously approved groundbreaking legislation … Read more
EFF Resigns from Global Network Initiative Citing Concerns Over NSA?s Impact on Corporate Members, EFF Leaves Industry Group San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today withdrew from the Global Network Initiative (GNI), citing a fundamental breakdown in confidence that the group’s corporate members are able to speak freely about their own internal privacy … Read more
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WikiLeaks Timeline: Key moments in WikiLeaks history GlobalPost Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to demonstrators from the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral in central London on Oct. 15, 2011. … May 2010: US Army soldier Bradley Manning is arrested on suspicion of providing WikiLeaks with classified material. Ecuadorians weigh in on Assange ‘Colonial times are … Read more
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