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Censorship in America: 34 Civil Liberties Groups Speak Out Against CISPA in Lead Up to Hearings

Stop CISPA

Written by Mark M. Jaycox – Re-Published from eff.org (Creative Commons) On Monday, EFF and over 30 other Internet rights organizations sent a letter to members of Congress demanding they vote no on the “cybersecurity” bill known as CISPA. The

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Posted in Censorship, Internet Censorship, Privacy

Censorship in America: Who Owns The News?

Daytona 500 - 2013

It went bad at the very end, and started with the #7 car. On the last lap of last Saturday’s NASCAR qualifying heat in Daytona Beach, Florida, the race cars were bunched so tightly together they appeared to be touching.

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Posted in Censorship, Corporate Censorship, Media Censorship

The CISPA Government Access Loophole

Written by Kurt Opsahl – Re-Published from eff.org (Creative Commons) The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act—CIPSA, the so-called “cybersecurity” bill—is back in Congress. As we’ve written before, the bill is plagued with privacy problems and we’re urging concerned users to email their Representatives to

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Posted in Internet Censorship, Privacy

Internet Censorship: Raising Global Awareness of the Plight of Syrian Bloggers

The number of citizen journalists killed or arrested in Syria rises daily.  While some, such as Razan Ghazzawi—who won Frontline Defenders’ award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk—have received ample international attention for their plight, many others have gone largely

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Posted in Censorship, Government Control, Human Rights, Internet Censorship

Censorship 2012: New Year’s Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own

| By Seth Schoen | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | The New Year is upon us, and you might be partaking in the tradition of making a resolution for the coming year. This year, why not make a resolution to protect

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Censorship: 2011 in Review – Internet Freedom in the Wake of the Arab Spring

| By Jillian C. York | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for

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Posted in Government Control, Human Rights, Internet Censorship

Censorship: 2011 in Review – Four Cases That Promoted Transparency in 2011

| By Jennifer Lynch and Mark Rumold | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the

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Posted in Censorship, Corporate Censorship

Censorship: 2011 in Review – Patents Misused to Stifle Innovation

| By Julie Samuels | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a

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Posted in Censorship, Corporate Censorship

Censorship: 2011 in Review – Ever-Clearer Vulnerabilities in Certificate Authority System

| By Dan Auerbach | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for

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Posted in Censorship, Internet Censorship

Censorship: 2011 in Review – Defending Location Privacy in Courts and Congress

| By Kevin Bankston | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for

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Posted in Censorship, Internet Censorship

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