(MintPress) – After thousands of websites went dark in January in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill and its counterpart, Protect IP Act (PIPA) – both restrictive Internet legislations – the bills were shelved and not revisited. After what was widely deemed a victory for the Internet community, new legislation takes aim at censoring […]
(MintPress) – After thousands of websites went dark in January in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill and its counterpart, Protect IP Act (PIPA) – both restrictive Internet legislations – the bills were shelved and not revisited. After what was widely deemed a victory for the Internet community, new legislation takes aim at censoring […]
In the small town of Bluffdale in the Utah desert, the US government is halfway to completing a gargantuan complex designed to store and trawl through billions of phone calls, emails, and other global communications. As the UK government reveals its own plans to carry out mass surveillance, a lengthy piece in May’s Wired reveals the full […]
In the small town of Bluffdale in the Utah desert, the US government is halfway to completing a gargantuan complex designed to store and trawl through billions of phone calls, emails, and other global communications. As the UK government reveals its own plans to carry out mass surveillance, a lengthy piece in May’s Wired reveals the full […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Visa Inc. has dropped the card processor involved in a massive data breach from its registry of providers that meet data security standards. Global Payments CEO Paul Garcia noted that the company continues to process Visa transactions, but that being dropped from the registry “could give our partners some pause that they’re […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Visa Inc. has dropped the card processor involved in a massive data breach from its registry of providers that meet data security standards. Global Payments CEO Paul Garcia noted that the company continues to process Visa transactions, but that being dropped from the registry “could give our partners some pause that they’re […]
(MintPress)-The anti-war movement is picking up steam in Israel, as demonstrated through recent protests in Tel Aviv and a viral people-to-people peace movement, leaving the world wondering who actually supports Netanyahu’s push for a military strike against Iran? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past few months solidifying support from Israelis as well […]
(MintPress)-The anti-war movement is picking up steam in Israel, as demonstrated through recent protests in Tel Aviv and a viral people-to-people peace movement, leaving the world wondering who actually supports Netanyahu’s push for a military strike against Iran? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past few months solidifying support from Israelis as well […]
(MintPress) – A new study commissioned by New York public relations firm Makovsky reveals that over half of Wall Street company executives believe that the Occupy movement had impacted their business and that 96 percent of executives believe their firm was responsible for negative perceptions of Wall Street. The findings reveal the impact of a movement that, at only six […]
(MintPress) – A new study commissioned by New York public relations firm Makovsky reveals that over half of Wall Street company executives believe that the Occupy movement had impacted their business and that 96 percent of executives believe their firm was responsible for negative perceptions of Wall Street. The findings reveal the impact of a movement that, at only six […]
(MintPress) – Denmark calls it the “broadest, greenest, and most long-term energy agreement” in the country’s history. It comes during a time when Japan is rethinking its commitment to nuclear energy while the United States is growing the nuclear energy platform. And so it is, Denmark aims to have 100 percent of its total energy coming from […]
(MintPress) – Denmark calls it the “broadest, greenest, and most long-term energy agreement” in the country’s history. It comes during a time when Japan is rethinking its commitment to nuclear energy while the United States is growing the nuclear energy platform. And so it is, Denmark aims to have 100 percent of its total energy coming from […]
(MintPress) – “We want to study, not go into debt!” That was the rally cry of tens of thousands of protesters in Quebec, Canada as demonstrations flared up against a 75 percent tuition increase for the province’s universities. Over the next five years, the government in Quebec plans to raise tuition by $1,625 – current tuition is […]
(MintPress) – “We want to study, not go into debt!” That was the rally cry of tens of thousands of protesters in Quebec, Canada as demonstrations flared up against a 75 percent tuition increase for the province’s universities. Over the next five years, the government in Quebec plans to raise tuition by $1,625 – current tuition is […]
