Tag Archives: internet

The Privacy Network

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

As Facebook continues to dominate the social media sphere, new competitors emerge to challenge the weaknesses apparent in its design.  One of the most recent of this breed is the social networking site Pidder. Drawing on fears of data-mining and … Continue reading →

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Student Speech Online: Can/Should Schools Punish It?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

On Monday, June 13th 2011, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that two students who both created fake MySpace profiles parodying their school principals had been unfairly disciplined by their respective school districts. In both cases, the Court … Continue reading →

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Victory Over Transnational Libel Case Brought Against Book Review

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

In a victory for academic freedom, the Tribunal de Grand Instance de Paris has ruled against a libel case brought against Prof. Joseph Weiler for  GlobalLawBooks.org’s review of The Trial Proceedings of the International Criminal Court. ICTY and ICTR Precedents, … Continue reading →

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NCAC censored!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Censorship incidents on the web are more and more common, but it’s still rare when they happen to an anti-censorship organization like the NCAC. Network Solutions, a company providing web services, has threatened to remove TheFileroom.org, an interactive archive of … Continue reading →

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Setback for net neutrality

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court dealt a legal setback to supporters of “net neutrality.”  The court ruled (Comcast v. FCC) that the FCC does not presently have the authority to control an ISP’s network management practices and therefore cannot require … Continue reading →

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Internet freedom under threat

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

The United States has a tradition of generally broad protection of freedom of speech, which has persisted in the Internet age.  Thus American courts have struck down most laws attempting to limit content on the Internet, including provisions of the … Continue reading →

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Consequences of the Google China conflict: Hillary Clinton for an open Internet

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

In an impassioned speech at the Newseum in Washington on January 21, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attacked countries who limit the free circulation of peaceful dissent and religious ideas on the Internet and those who use the Internet for … Continue reading →

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Niche-Niche: Wikipedia refuses to remove content contrary to German lawyer’s cease and desist letters

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

The First Amendment provides American-based websites with the freedom to report on newsworthy events, including those that happen in other countries to citizens of other countries. Yet, the global nature of the Internet opens it up to legal challenges from … Continue reading →

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The FCC Favors Net Neutrality

Posted on September 23, 2009 by

On Monday, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski announced the commission’s support of net neutrality, a principle which holds that Internet Service Providers (e.g. Comcast, Verizon, Time-Warner, AT&T) should not be permitted to discriminate against specific online content or applications and privilege other content … Continue reading →

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AT&T Blocks (then Unblocks) img.4chan.org

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

This morning NCAC woke up to a mailbox full of hundreds of complaints against AT&T’s blocking access to img.4chan.org. The mass outrage over AT&T’s action had by that time also reached the company and led to the rapid unblocking of … Continue reading →

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