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Columnist Calls for Internet “Quality Control” to Quash Dissent | Print |  
Written by Michael Tennant   
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 10:50

Do you think anthropogenic global warming is a hoax? Are you unconvinced that your ancestors had more in common with Cheetah than with Tarzan? Have you any doubts about the official version of how 9/11 went down? Then you, according to Evgeny Morozov, are part of a “kooky” “fringe movement” whose growth must be checked by forcing you to read “authoritative” content whenever you go looking for information on such topics on the Internet.

 
Hackers Take Down DOJ and FBI Sites After Piracy Arrests | Print |  
Written by Alex Newman   
Friday, 20 January 2012 09:31

A coalition of hacker activists known as “Anonymous” — styling itself a “hacktivist” collective that fights for Internet freedom — took credit for bringing down websites belonging to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Copyright Office, and multiple heavy-hitting industry association sites. Most of the websites were back online by Friday morning.

 
Is SOPA on the Ropes? | Print |  
Written by Michael Tennant   
Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:00

On Wednesday Internet users got a taste of what opponents of an intellectual property bill currently before Congress say the web could look like if the bill becomes law. Popular websites such as Wikipedia, Craigslist, Reddit, Google, and Wired “went dark” or otherwise modified their usual appearances to protest the House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s corresponding Protect IP [Intellectual Property] Act (PIPA). Both bills are scheduled for major actions in the coming weeks.

 
SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Are Working | Print |  
Written by Bob Adelmann   
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:20

BlackAfter months of discussion between and among 1,800 contributors to Wikipedia, the online information source, it decided to “go black" on Wednesday to protest the dangers in two bills that threaten the freedom of the Internet. Many other websites are also participating in today's protest.

 
Homeland Security Is Reading and Recording Every Keystroke | Print |  
Written by Joe Wolverton, II   
Friday, 13 January 2012 16:50
With so many of our most essential liberties under attack from the oligarchy on the Potomac, it is little wonder that the freedom of the press and speech are next on the government guillotine.
 
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