The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has passed the House Intelligence Committee on a vote of 18-2. It is expected to reach the floor of the House for a general vote next week. According to The Hill’s Jennifer Martinez, amendments passed includ a move to require the removal of personally identifiable information from data sent from…
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has a new video out that documents his attempts to reach one of several technology leaders in Silicon Valley. His aim? To get Google’s Larry Page, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter’s Dick Costolo to take a stance on Internet privacy and say that their privacy policies matter. The purpose: To protest…
Google-Mitbegrnder Sergey Brin sieht die Freiheit im Netz bedroht. Daran sind seiner Ansicht nach nicht nur Politik der Unterhaltungsindustrie und Lnder wie China und Iran schuld – sondern auch die Konkurrenz von Facebook und Apple.Sergey Brin sieht die Prinzipien des offenen Internets durch autoritre Staaten wie China, Saudi-Arabien und Iran bedroht. Aber nicht nur das…
While the US government getting involved in Internet affairs is nothing new, it has only been three months since SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) kicked up dust and called attention to some potential threats to our civil liberties. CISPA, which has been called “the new SOPA” by Demand Progress, is now just starting to rear its ugly…
While the US government getting involved in Internet affairs is nothing new, it has only been three months since SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) kicked up dust and called attention to some potential threats to our civil liberties. While SOPA wasn’t “new”, it took quite a bit of time for all of us to realize…
The Media Access Project (MAP) will close on the 1st of May, 2012. The group noted a harsh fundraising environment and quantity of other ‘progressive’ organizations in its explanation of why it would cease operating. However, it wasn’t competition that choked off MAP’s funding, but a more general issue: “The problem isn’t that there are…
This is a somewhat special post, as it covers a very interesting collision of technology, social media, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and, of course, Reddit. We recently spoke with Andy Posterick, the founder of TestPAC, a unique and innovative political action committee (PAC). You’ve probably heard of PACs in the political media. We had a chat with Mr.…
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is preparing itself for a new fight in its ongoing battle against Internet piracy. The organisation’s supremo Dana White has been vocal in his stance, but his organisation is taking its efforts to the next level with plans to sue individual Internet users that watched its content illegally. As part…
If you can think all the way back to the high times of SOPA, you have to admit that it was a fun exercise. A comically bad bill, backed by the usual foes of digital freedom, fronted by a newly minted, seemingly nefarious ex-politician, up against a rising wave of technology bravado and swagger. Technology companies,…
Less than two months ago, the Internet was embroiled in a heated battle to stop acts like SOPA and PIPA. At the time, the loyal users of Wikipedia urged the foundation behind the site to shut down for 24 hours in protest. As we all know, it did just that. Following up on another promise,…
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