Internet Crossroads (*very* important!)
Posted on Friday, June 9th, 2006 at 16:55.
Today seemed like a giant April Fool’s Joke played on the American people by the federal government.
- The US House of Representatives voted down an amendment to protect net neutrality. (More…)
- An appeals court ruled that the FCC has the power to order broadband internet companies to make their networks wiretap friendly for law enforcement. (More…)
- The NSA is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that people post about themselves on social networks. (More…)
If you haven’t already, now might be a good time to send a donation to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They’re fighting the battles that protect the liberating balance of the internet.
Who Voted For And Against Neutrality (or “Who to be sure not to vote for in the next election”)