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Senator Franken Defends Censoring The Internet Because He Doesn’t Think Hollywood Should Have To Change Biz Models?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 5 Comments

Source: TechDirt We were a bit surprised late last year to see that Senator Al Franken was supporting censoring the internet via COICA (which, yes, is about censoring the internet). After all, Franken has positioned himself as the “internet freedom”…

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Consumer Advice, Not Censorship

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 4 Comments

↑ Grab this Headline Animator Source: Khaleej Times Online – By Ashish Sharma Don’t walk into Sudhir Mishra’s film currently showing in a theatre near you unless you are prepared to suffer a relentless aural assault of the full spectrum…

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The Real Internet Censors: Unaccountable ISPs?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Source: ars technica – By Matthew Lasar According to a new report, the Internet police are coming… and they’re not wearing badges. Instead, governments are devolving enforcement powers on the ‘Net to ISPs.Here at Ars Technica, we regularly report on…

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Internet Censorship Is Rampant Around the World

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 4 Comments

Source: fastcodesign – By John Pavlus Egypt’s Internet may be back on, but that country’s weeklong web blackout was a wake-up call to the rest of the world about just how fragile the intertubes really are. Ars Technica has a…

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Amazon Censoring Ebooks – Kindle

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Source: Fudzilla.com By Nick Farrell After years of saying that it was not going to censor books, online eTailer Amazon has starting purging its Kindle store of titles. More Information about Kindle devices: Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6″…