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They don't get it -Finally!

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:56:15 -0400

The most exciting thing about the current Presidential election cycle is not the prospect of a Bush-free white house, although that certainly has its charms. Rather what edifies the soul lately is the rapidly diminishing role the mainstream media is playing in dictating the discussion. Time and again we have seen how the bloviators, pundits and talking heads have gotten it wrong – from Hilary’s New Hampshire upset, to Obama’s certain demise at the hands of his Pastor, to Giu...

SavetheInternet.com Cheers Internet Freedom Preservation Act

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:50:34 -0500

http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=336

SavetheInternet.com Cheers Internet Freedom Preservation Act

House bill would protect Net Neutrality, spur public discussion of Internet issues

WASHINGTON — Members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition voiced strong support for the bipartisan “Internet Freedom Preservation Act 2008” expected to be introduced today by Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.). This landmark bill would protect Net N...

Online Censorship is About to Affect You

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:38:49 -0500

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getting-ready-to-filter/

At a panel discussion held at the 2008 Consumer Electronics show by NBC, Microsoft, AT&T, and several digital filtering companies said â€œthe time was right to start filtering copyrighted content at the network level.â€

See the NYTimes blog for the full story and chilling news on your ability to post and access unfiltered information online.

Cable Giants want our Internet and they are Willing to Cheat to Get it!

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:08:15 -0500

One of things I really hate in this world is evil, malicious, and predatory people and institutions who work tirelessly to strip away our basic rights and privileges pretending to be forward thinking progressive and pro-human. Nowhere are these malevolent forces found more plentiful then in the area of corporate media and its attendant efforts to shut down our ability to communicate in a free and critical exchange of ideas and information.

Aided by their obedient lapdog, the FCC, these super-mega media giants have ended all reasonable and necessary pr...

1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media

2 Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran

3 Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger

4 Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US

5 High-Tech Genocide in Congo

6 Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy

7 US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq

8 Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act

9 The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall

10 Expanded Air War in Iraq K...

Alliance Accepted! - Katy

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:48:50 -0500

Internet Trolling on the Rise

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:55:55 -0400

BY FERRIS O’LEARY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

Liz Forrest is a working mother with a familar problem: After working all day in a real estate office, and participating heavily in her daughter’s swimming team, she struggles to connect with people socially.

And, she says, it’s her own fault. “It takes time to build lasting relationships with people. And I don’t have the kind of time I need to go to bars or the library. That’s why I’m glad I have the internet.”

Forrest is...

First Access Information Devices from Commondreams.org

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:30:31 -0400

Please see the attached word file for a comprehensive list of links that every activist should have.

Search Engine Corp. Partners with The Mountain Fund to Generate Donations for Mountain Communities

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:43:22 -0400

MountainSearch.org will donate half its advertising revenue to The Mountain Fund

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/—Mountain communities in developing countries are expected to receive significant supplemental funding each year from MountainSearch.org, a new search engine launched today through a strategic partnership between http://www.SearchEngineCorp.com, a custom search engine developer and The Mountain Fund, a non-profit organization devoted to eliminating the causes and symptoms of poverty in mountain cultures around the world.

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Net Neutrality Explained

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:48:23 -0400

Network neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet. The Internet has operated according to this neutrality principle since its earliest days. Indeed, it is this neutrality that has allowed many companies, including Google, to launch, grow, and innovate. Fundamentally, net neutrality is about equal access to the Internet. In our view, the broadband carriers should not be permitted to use their market power to discriminate against competing applications or content. Just as telephone companies...