Internet Crossroads (*very* important!)
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.
Posted on Friday, June 9th, 2006 at 16:55.