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The Global Network Initiative Has Made The Request to The 21 Governments
Sep 20, 2013Countries that have pledged to support Internet freedom should allow technology vendors to report the number of electronic surveillance requests they receive, a tech advocacy group said Thursday. The Global Network Initiative, whose ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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White House Wants More Protection for The Privacy of Citizens in The Latest Redraft
Apr 19, 2013The White House wants more protection for the privacy of citizens in the latest redraft of the controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). CISPA, which has been pushed forward by the House Permanent Select ...
Tags: Computer Products, CISPA
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The House Has Voted to Approve a Bill to Promote Internet "Free From Government Control"
Apr 15, 2013A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to approve a bill that would make it official U.S. policy to promote an Internet "free from government control," with promises that the Republican majority would work with critics of ...
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New Legislation in Congress Would Establish a Government Task Force
Mar 7, 2013New legislation in Congress would establish a government task force to monitor domestic and overseas policy proposals that could threaten Internet freedom. The Global Free Internet Act, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and three ...
Tags: Internet freedom, legislation, US
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US Federal Reserve Has Confirmed Its Computer Systems Were Accessed by Hackers
Feb 18, 2013The US Federal Reserve has confirmed its computer systems were accessed by hackers but said the incident did not affect the central bank's "critical operations". The acknowledgement came days after the hacker group known as Anonymous ...
Tags: computer systems, Internet, computer
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Countries Will Not Quit After a Partial Victory at an Itu Meeting in December
Feb 17, 2013Countries pushing for international regulation of the Internet through the U.N. International Telecommunication Union will not quit after a partial victory at an ITU meeting in December, some Internet government experts told U.S. lawmakers. ...
Tags: U.N.International Telecommunication Union, ITU meeting, Internet
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U.S. Lawmakers Pledged to Rewrite an Antihacking Law
Feb 6, 2013Online activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January U.S. lawmakers recently pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz. ...
Tags: US, Politicians, Hacking Law
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Anonymous Disabled US Sentencing Commission's Website for Death of Aaron Swartz
Jan 28, 2013Hacker group Anonymous said it had disabled the US Sentencing Commission's website in revenge for the death of internet freedom advocate Aaron Swartz, and vowed to release government data. The website of the commission, an independent ...
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The Most Controversial Tech Issue Taken up by The Outgoing Congress Was The SOPA
Jan 5, 2013The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This legislation drew a humongous public outcry that prompted a wholesale retreat by its supporters. But thanks to the ...
Tags: SOPA, legislation, controversial tech, outgoing Congress
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Obama Made a Brief Virtual Appearance on Reddit
Jan 4, 2013IDG News Service-President Barack Obama,currently on the campaign trail ahead of the upcoming November elections,c,a popular online discussion site,on Wednesday. The president appeared on a forum entitled"I am Barack Obama,President of ...
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The Supreme Court Restrained The Government From Enforcing a New Controversial Cyber Law
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - The Supreme Court in the Philippines has temporarily restrained the government from enforcing a new controversial cyber law, in response to petitions from civil rights and journalists groups in the country. In a ...
Tags: cyber law, cybercrime, cyber security, Internet
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Residents of Estonia Have The Most Freedom to Do What They Want on The Internet
Dec 25, 2012Residents of Estonia have the most freedom to do what they want on the Internet, with the U.S. ranking second among 47 countries examined by a group that pushes for democratic freedoms worldwide. However, residents of several countries ...
Tags: Estonia, Internet study, US, Internet freedom
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US President Barack Obama Promised to Fight for a Free Internet
Dec 21, 2012US President Barack Obama has promised to fight for a free internet, during a question and answer session on social networking site Reddit. Barack Obama posted an “ask me anything” invitation on Reddit about an hour before ...
Tags: Barack Obam, free internet, social networking, Reddit
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Pakistan Will Block Access Within The Country to a Youtube Film Trailer
Dec 20, 2012Pakistan will block access within the country to a YouTube film trailer that mocks the Prophet Muhammad and sparked protests at U.S. embassies this week in Libya and Egypt earlier this week, and in Yemen on Thursday, a spokesman for the ...
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Middle East Countries Experience The Least Internet Freedom
Dec 20, 2012Middle East countries experience the least Internet freedom, according to a new study. Residents of Estonia have the most freedom, with the U.S. ranking second among 47 countries examined by a group that pushes for democratic freedoms ...
Tags: Freedom, Government study, internet, internet freedom