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The US Plans To Hand Over Internet Oversight Role

An already-tangled internet governance system looks to be getting more complicated, and some fear without US oversight the internet, and its censorship, could fall into authoritarian hands.

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By Angus West

The United States government in March proposed a handing over of the key oversight role it holds in global internet governance — a role that currently grants it ultimate authority over many critical parts of internet function. The proposition initially raised some concerns about the transition of this role, including the possibility that

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Net Neutrality And The First Amendment: FCC Decides Who Has Free Speech

It’s been one month since the FCC voted on a proposal critics say would kill net neutrality. With just one month left until comment period ends, both sides of the debate are demanding First Amendment rights.

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By Angus West
f Global Call to FCC to Preserve Net Neutrality

It’s been one month since the Federal Communications Commission voted to push forward a proposal that critics have said would kill net neutrality, leaving just one more month for US citizens to file comments about the legislation to the FCC’s database, before the first comment period ends on July 15. The move threw the principle of equal access

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Scots Push For Independence

The “Tartan Army” confronted their Auld Enemy in London, a year ahead of a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom.

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By Angus West

Twenty-five thousand Scots descended on London this week to support their national soccer team in the first match between Scotland and England in fourteen years. It may be the last time the two nations meet as part of the same country. Or not — a referendum a year from now will decide whether Scotland decides to breaks its 300 year-old union

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