In case you did not know it, SOPA in everyday English is Stop Online Piracy Act. Its main supporters are in Hollywood, TV, big music, and other major entertainment. Its opponents are the largest Web companies and the legions of naïve people who believe the passage of such an act would impede their right to [...]
The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA) if passed would create a “legal” tool for censoring websites. Just like others coercive and repressive legislation such as the Patriot Act and more recently the NDAA, it contains vague provisions, open to interpretations, which could be used to silence dissent, free speech and the freedom of the [...]
by Kenneth Lipp A cross-section of America has gathered in New York City to demand an end to the deference given to corporations and greed over people and needs. “We are here to kill war.” Bukowsi Photographs from the first 5 days of Occupy Wall Street. Photos by Joanne Stocker I watched a young man [...]
Feature image from Techpil.com By Ron Steinman Recently, Spain, a member of the European Union that has strict privacy laws, told Google to stop cataloging information about 90 of its citizens who filed complaints against the search engine giant. These 90 people are suing Google for what they call an invasion of privacy. Why is [...]
An article published today in Computer World reports on a relatively unusual bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center warning financial institutions about risks of attack, surrounding the planned September 17th protest “Occupy Wall Street.” The article author claims that “Anonymous” has been using twitter to solicit assistance from [...]
