Tag Archives: 'censorship'

Dead on arrival? Dutch Parliament kills ACTA before EU vote
30 May 2012

Lawmakers in Holland have voted to strike down the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), slammed by many as a free speech and information access choker. Dutch MPs have also ruled the government will never [...]

E-Batmen to the rescue: Craigslist, Reddit onboard Internet Defense League
29 May 2012

Inspired by fruitful virtual protests against the SOPA and PIPA online piracy bills, Internet activists have united their forces and formed an organization to protect the web from “bad laws and monopolies.” The idea [...]

New York wants to ban anonymous speech online
27 May 2012

Lawmakers in New York State are proposing a new legislation that involves the Web, and no, it’s not SOPA-esque or another CISPA-like spy-bill. Politicians in the Empire State want to outlaw anonymous speech on [...]

Anonymous: ‘We have access to every classified database in the US’
16 May 2012

Businesses have suggested it. The government has all but confirmed it. And according to one alleged member, they both might very well be right. A hacker tied to Anonymous says the loose-knit collective may [...]

CISPA vs. The Pirate Bay: who will win the future of information sharing?
11 May 2012

by Noah Bonn, Contributor In case you haven’t looked up from your cave in a while, the biggest, messiest clash of titans so far in 2012 is currently being fought on the world stage. I’m referring [...]

Where have all the heroes gone?
07 May 2012

  by Ken Hildebrand Host of the Information Nation on Orion Talk Radio and contributing writer for End the Lie When we were children we all had heroes: the Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Superman, the Green Lantern, [...]

Copyright Claims Shut Down Websites With No Proof or Due Process
05 May 2012

by Eric Blair Who needs SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) or the international ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) when companies can have websites or YouTube channels removed simply by claiming their content has been infringed? That [...]

Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA
03 May 2012

Silicon Valley’s Mozilla Corporation has tasked themselves with extinguishing a fire, and no, it’s not what you have in mind. Mozilla, the Mountain View, California-based developers responsible for creating the hugely successful Firefox Web [...]

IRL action: Anonymous takes to the streets to protest CISPA
28 April 2012

Anonymous is taking its battle against CISPA to the streets. A video titled “Operation Defense. Phase II” calls on Americans to organize protests at the local offices of companies that supported the controversial bill [...]

800+ major corporations and U.S. Chamber of Commerce support internet freedom-crushing CISPA
18 April 2012

by Madison Ruppert It’s quite sad for me to say that over 3 million businesses in the United States represented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, not to mention 800+ other major corporations (see below list), all have shown [...]