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How one law student is making Facebook get serious about privacy
Aurich Lawson The world’s largest legal battle against Facebook began with a class assignment. Student Max Schrems still hasn’t turned in his university paper on the topic, due well over a year ago,...Portugal Declares Personal File-Sharing Legal
We’re not used with good news when it comes to file-sharing, but this article makes the exception. ACAPOR – one of Portugal’s advocacy groups – sent the IP addresses of about 2.000 alleged pirates...Internet Defense League creates "cat signal" to save Web from next SOPA
When the Internet is in danger, the cat signal will appear. Internet Defense League You've heard of the bat signal—now get ready for the cat signal. A diverse crew of Internet businesses, advocacy...WikiLeaks calls for donations, dares Visa/MasterCard to shut them down
Early Wednesday morning, WikiLeaks announced via its Twitter feed that it had opened a “ path through the banking siege .” Less than a week ago, an Icelandic court ruled that the merchant...Ron Paul group launches campaign against Internet regulation
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Gage Skidmore The Campaign for Liberty, a libertarian advocacy group founded by congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX), is gearing up for an "Internet freedom" project that focuses...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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