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ACTA 2.0 – The EU’s New Intellectual Property Law Threatens Fundamental Internet Freedom

Freedom of expression is a thorn in the side of EU technocrats. A new intellectual property law adopted by the European Parliament in September threatens our fundamental rights.

November 14th, 2018

By Gefira

ACTA 2.0 – The EU’s New Intellectual Property Law Threatens Fundamental Internet Freedom

Internet means freedom. Still. We can (still) freely retrieve content with our search engines. We can (still) freely and without further ado access the sources in a text. This will soon change. Article 13 of the controversial law says that website operators and Internet providers will be held accountable for the content of their customers and

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UN Intervenes: Ecuador Restores Julian Assange’s Internet, Phone And Visitation Privileges

While Assange’s communications have been partially restored, he will still be restricted from expressing controversial opinions under threat of expulsion.

October 17th, 2018

By ZeroHedge.com

UN Intervenes: Ecuador Restores Julian Assange’s Internet, Phone And Visitation Privileges

Ecuador has partially restored Julian Assange’s communications in their London Embassy after UN officials met with Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno on Friday, reports the Belfast Telegraph. Assange, who

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As Net Neutrality Officially Ends, Internet Defenders Gear up for a Fight

Trump-appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, “a former Verizon lawyer, bucked the law, ignored public opinion and twisted the facts to kill Net Neutrality.

June 11th, 2018

By Jessica Corbett

As Net Neutrality Officially Ends, Internet Defenders Gear up for a Fight

As the FCC's rollback of net neutrality protections officially took effect on Monday, a broad coalition of free press and digital rights campaigners vowed to maintain pressure on members of Congress to either restore the federal rules "or prepare to face our wrath" in the

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The Next Stage of the Net Neutrality Fight has Begun

Polls show widespread support for net neutrality making The FCC’s net neutrality rules run counter to the national consensus. If members of Congress want support from Internet users, they need to reverse the FCC’s rule.

February 26th, 2018

By Kevin Zeese @PopResistance and
Margaret Flowers @PopResistance

The Next Stage of the Net Neutrality Fight has Begun

On Thursday, the FCC’s net neutrality rule was published in the Federal Register. This was the official start of the next phase of the campaign to protect the open Internet as a common carrier with equal access for all and

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Kevin Zeese

Kevin Zeese is a lawyer, advocate & activist Organize with Popular Resistance, he co-directs ItsOurEconomy.US and Clearing the FOG.

Margaret Flowers

Margaret Flowers is a pediatrician, advocate for single payer health care and justice. She co-directs Popular Resistance and co-hosts Clearing the FOG.

Nationwide Protests Planned Ahead of FCC Vote to Kill Net Neutrality

Open internet supporters are demanding that lawmakers answer a simple question: “Do you stand for your constituents’ ability to communicate and connect, or do you stand for Verizon’s bottom line?”

December 05th, 2017

By Jake Anderson

Nationwide Protests Planned Ahead of FCC Vote to Kill Net Neutrality

With the FCC set to vote on chairman Ajit Pai's plan to kill neutrality in just over a week, a diverse coalition—ranging from

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Demystifying the Concept of Net Neutrality

The mass hysteria surrounding net neutrality has become a kind of ill-informed circus with many fearing that online free speech is now endangered-which is very much is, but not for the reasons generally being proffered.

November 22nd, 2017

By Adam Garrie

Demystifying the Concept of Net Neutrality

The Trump administration is making moves to repeal Obama era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules on so-called “net-neutrality”. Straight away, social media became a kind of ill-informed circus with many fearing that online free speech is now endangered-which is very much is, but not for the reasons generally being

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Technofascism: The Censorship of David Icke is Digital Book Burning in a Totalitarian Age

This is how freedom dies.

ACTA 2.0 – The EU’s New Intellectual Property Law Threatens Fundamental Internet Freedom