Opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, has reached a boiling point. Millions of activists, hundreds of startups, social media sites like Tumblr, Reddit and Twitter and even big companies like Google, Yahoo! and eBay have joined with Free Press and other Internet advocacy groups against it.
Corie Wright, December 22, 2011 On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules that would further weaken media ownership limits for local newspapers and broadcast stations. The agency’s proposal is strikingly similar to one adopted in 2007 under former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. Those rules were met with overwhelming public opposition from across...
alltop.com Dec 18th, 2011 If you spend any time on the Internet, you’ve likely run across some form of protest against SOPA and/or PROTECT IP, bills before Congress that supporters claim are necessary to protect copyrights and opponents say will destroy the Internet as...
Early Tuesday morning, the New York Police Department forcibly evacuated Zuccotti Park, home of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The move provoked a clash not only with protesters but...
November 16, 2011 A report in The New York Times suggests that the “Super Committee” in Congress—which has the power to fast-track it’s recommendations to reduce the deficit—is close...
The Consumerist November 10, 2011 By Chris Morran Discarded plastic bottles account for around 30% of trash at the Grand Canyon, so in an effort to reduce the amount...
Mail Online 8th November 2011 By Associated Press China is dumping counterfeit electronic parts into the Pentagon’s supply chain, two senior lawmakers alleged on Monday. Two Senators, John McCain,...
Uploaded by TheRealJaceHall on Nov 1, 2011 A Texas Judge, Judge William Adams took a belt to his own teenage daughter as punishment for using the internet to acquire...
‘I had heard and seen battle injured soldiers before but this screaming raised the hair on my neck” – Dr. Phil Leveque, reference to using GOMCO clamp to circumcise...
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