Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Internet Freedom Day – Martin Luther King
Internet Freedom Day – Martin Luther King

Internet Freedom Day, the anniversary of the largest internet protest (against SOPA) is being celebrated around the world wide web with an act of civil disobedience to simultaneously honour Aaron Swartz. If SOPA had been passed I could go to jail for posting this video. It is copyrighted – even though it is a record […]

Declaration Of Internet Freedom
Declaration Of Internet Freedom

You should stop what you are doing right now and go read and then sign the Internet Declaration Of Freedom. DECLARATION We stand for a free and open Internet. We support transparent and participatory processes for making Internet policy and the establishment of five basic principles: Expression: Don’t censor the Internet. Access: Promote universal access […]

Breaking The Internet
Breaking The Internet

There has been a lot of noise recently about various legal and quasi-legal attempts to hand control of the internet over to corporate interests all in the loudly proclaimed causes of protecting intellectual property and saving the children. This is, of course, pure horseshit. I’ve embedded here two different documents for you to peruse at […]

CISPA Infographic
CISPA Infographic

Nicely done infographic that neatly summarizes all that is wrong with the U.S. “Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act” or CISPA. President Obama has promised to veto this bill when it crosses his desk – if he doesn’t then he’s just as big of a schmuck as the knobheads who already support it. Infographic designed […]