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The Guardian view on censoring the internet: necessary, but not easy
The Guardian view on censoring the internet: necessary, but not easy Who should protect us online? And who will guard us from these guards? Personal abuse, when it is not accompanied by threats of violence or worse, should not be the domain of the government Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Among the more absurd things ever said […]
A Dire Warning – ‘Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet’
A Dire Warning – ‘Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet’ When Bruce Schneier writes a post titled, Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet, you better listen. Read his post below and share widely: Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces […]
UN Plots War On Free Speech To Stop “Extremism” Online
UN Plots War On Free Speech To Stop “Extremism” Online The United Nations Security Council wants a global “framework” for censoring the Internet, as well as for using government propaganda to “counter” what its apparatchiks call “online propaganda,” “hateful ideologies,” and “digital terrorism.” To that end, the UN Security Council this week ordered the UN […]
Starhawking the Privilege Game
Starhawking the Privilege Game The last two posts here on The Archdruid Report, with their focus on America’s class system and the dysfunctional narratives that support it, fielded an intriguing response from readers. I expected a fair number to be uncomfortable with the subject I was discussing; I didn’t expect them to post comments and emails […]
Dirt Cheap: The Best Frugal Gardening Ideas on the Internet
Dirt Cheap: The Best Frugal Gardening Ideas on the Internet With the price of healthful groceries going no place but up, lots of thrifty folks are starting a garden to save money on their bills this year. But what about the money to start a garden? It can be a very expensive undertaking, especially if […]
The Dutch referendum shows how the internet is taking back power from our Europhile elites
The Dutch referendum shows how the internet is taking back power from our Europhile elites Dutch member of the Socialist Party (SP) Harry van Bommel hands out flyers against a referendum on the association treaty with Ukraine CREDIT: BART MAAT Today’s Dutch referendum on the EU’s expansionist agreement with Ukraine really is the people’s referendum. It wasn’t triggered by […]
How To Hack A Presidential Election
How To Hack A Presidential Election There is a growing recognition of the increasing tail wagging the dog nature of the internet’s control over election outcomes. We recently detailed “the hidden persuaders” at work showing how the internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do. Confirming all of […]
The New Mind Control
The New Mind Control The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do March 02, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “Aeon” – Over the past century, more than a few great writers have expressed concern about humanity’s future. In The Iron Heel (1908), the American writer […]
The new mind control
The new mind control The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do Photo by Corbis Are search engines and social media sites manipulating the important decisions we make every day? Over the past century, more than a few great writers have expressed concern […]
Bringing WiFi Connectivity To Your Off Grid Home: “We Can Do It Ourselves”
Bringing WiFi Connectivity To Your Off Grid Home: “We Can Do It Ourselves” This off grid couple faced a dilemma – their hard earned sustainable life is supported by income earned from the Internet, yet they worked so hard to get away from it all. Until they figured out this solution, they were driving back […]
Post Paris, Are Canada’s Internet Privacy Laws at Risk?
Post Paris, Are Canada’s Internet Privacy Laws at Risk? Attacks may renew calls to go beyond Bill C-51 and restrict encryption technologies. The Paris attacks have also escalated calls to reconsider plans to reform Canadian privacy and surveillance law, a key election promise from the Trudeau government. Photo by Garry Knight, Creative Commons licensed. As […]
It is Time to Knock off the Bullshit About Surveillance for Terrorism
It is Time to Knock off the Bullshit About Surveillance for Terrorism The worldwide collection of phone calls, emails, text messages and our total loss of privacy is all about taxes – NOT terrorism. With all this power and the demand that encryption be outlawed, not any of this surveillance has stopped one terrorist act. […]
U.K. Police ‘to Be Given Powers to View Everyone’s Entire Internet History’
U.K. Police ‘to Be Given Powers to View Everyone’s Entire Internet History’ Ministerio TIC Colombia / CC BY 2.0 British police are to be given the power to view the entire Internet history of everyone in the U.K. in a new surveillance bill to be published next week, reports say. Under the proposed plan, telecoms and Internet […]
The TPP: An Attack on the Internet
The TPP: An Attack on the Internet The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, initialed by the delegations of the 12 participating countries in early October, is one of the most talked-about mysteries of our time. The moment the treaty was announced, there was a tidal wave of commentary and criticism: most of it based on previous versions, […]
Snowden leaks reveal harmfulness of US monopoly on internet – Russian minister
Snowden leaks reveal harmfulness of US monopoly on internet – Russian minister Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov © Vitaliy Belousov / RIA Novosti The NSA’s mass surveillance would not be possible if the internet wasn’t controlled by just a few major US companies, Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s communications minister, […]
