China Misunderstands Meaning Of Freedom, Says Internet Censorship Is Key
China’s cyber chief is dismissing criticism that his country’s internet is too censored, saying that order is a means to online freedom. Lu Wei,...
Poor Laws And Abusive Corporations Are Forcing Americans To Fight For The ‘Right To Repair’
As companies continue to infuse technology into even the most mundane of household appliances there is an ever growing battle over what can and...
The FCC Just Affirmed The Right To ‘Bring Your Own’ Internet By Fining Wi-Fi Blocker $750,000
A company which had been blocking Wi-Fi access at convention centers in various parts of the United States, has agreed to pay the Federal...
New CISA Legislation Is So Flawed Even Homeland Security Is Warning Of Privacy Invasion
The proposed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (“CISA”) has supporters and opponents on both sides of the political aisle. However, in a new wrinkle, the...
How ‘Smart Cities’ Are Becoming To Ultimate Spying Tool On Innocent Americans
Widespread fear is mounting over new light bulbs being planned for installation across many cities in the U.S. The new LED light bulbs, which...
Chinese Government Caught Censoring Nearly 5 Per Cent Of All Social Media Posts
In China’s growing online community, comments on corrupt administration officials, ‘unwarranted’ mention of Chinese politics and even anti administration rumors are strictly prohibited. So...
Russian President Putin Advocates For ‘Minimal’ Internet Restrictions
At the National Education Youth Forum held Tuesday, Russian president Vladimir Putin told young IT professionals that he favored only “minimal” Internet restrictions for...
U.S. Marshals Service Joins FBI In Operating Nationwide Airborne Spying Program
New reports have emerged suggesting that large amounts of data are being harvested from American’s cell phones by yet another government agency. According to...
Netherlands Public Image Takes Huge Hit Over Domestic Spying
The Netherlands public image as one of the world’s leaders in personal freedoms has taken a bashing with news its government is seeking to...
Latest Survey Finds One In Three Americans Are Gun Owners
One in every three American adults owns a gun with Alaska having the highest rate of gun ownership at 62 percent, according to a...
Despite Political Theater, NSA Domestic Spying Program Continues Full Steam Ahead
If you thought the USA Freedom Act and the elaborate show of politics last month around the expiry of key Patriot Act provisions that...
Apple CEO Comes Out Swinging Against FBI Plan To Spy Of Civilians
The FBI has NSA envy. While the NSA gets all the hot new tools to hack iPhones, Androids and all your favorite social media...
Creator Of World Wide Web Warns About The Dangers Of Facebook’s Internet.org Scheme
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, had sharp words to say over the weekend about the future of the internet. Speaking...
Over 15,000 Websites Block Congress To Protest Patriot Act Spying
Americans are increasingly frustrated with our elected officials’ obsession with spying on innocent Americans. And while Americans may not be marching on Washington, as...
United Nations Rules Encryption And Anonymity Need To Be Protected
The United Nations released a report this week the underscored the importance of encryption and anonymity in the digital age, in order to preserve...
Scary New Law Will Allow The FBI To Start Illegally Hacking Computers On A Massive Scale
Increasingly in America when secret police agencies, like the NSA or CIA, don’t like a law they simply have it changed to ‘keep it...
“Open Administration” Obama Pushes To Keep The NSA Spying On Innocent Americans
The Patriot Act expires next week but President Obama, who was once for transparency and openness in government, is pushing hard to keep the...
Sudan Confiscates Newspapers That Report Sexual Assaults
Sudan’s brutal crackdown on freedom of speech continued this weekend as government forces confiscated issues of 10 major newspapers on Sunday, because they carried...
Facebook’s Internet.org Scheme Blasted By Rights Activists
Facebook’s thinly disguised plan to control all content on the internet, Internet.org, received more harsh criticism on Tuesday. Rights activist group The Electronic Frontier...
What The U.S. Government Isn’t Telling You About Online Drug Marketplaces
The leader of Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, was convicted in February of operating the world’s largest online drug marketplace, Silk Road, under the pseudonym...
South Korean Law Forces Spyware On Teen Mobile Phones
South Korea has adopted the highly repressive North Korean regime as its personal freedom reference point. As the North blocks sites and web pages...
Google Leaves Backdoor In Hangouts For Easy Warantless Wiretapping
Google, a known NSA collaborator, has done its very best to muddy the waters about its cooperation with the unconstitutional spy programs. While on...
Russia And China, Fearing Arab Spring, Sign Massive Censorship Agreement
Russia and China have signed a pact promising on paper to play nicely and not hack each other. The move is a clear attempt...
FCC Sides With Users, Pushes Net Neutrality Ahead
In a rare move for a U.S. regulatory body, who usually get co-opted by well financed corporations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it...
Canada Passes Sweeping Spy Bill Aimed At Citizens
While Europe comes to its senses and resoundingly rejects measures that allow governments to spy on its citizens, Canada has moved in the opposite...
China Fights Islam By Forcing Shops To Sell Beer, Cigarettes
Chinese shopkeepers in the Xinjiang region have been ordered by authorities to sell alcohol and cigarettes. The items must also be advertised with huge,...
Ron Paul Warns That ‘USA Freedom Act’ Will Result In Lost Liberty
Ron Paul has released a lengthy treatise today on the dangers of the pending USA Freedom Act, an extension of the liberty-reducing PATRIOT Act....
Facebook’s Internet.org Is A Privacy Nightmare
Facebook announced yesterday that it was opening up its Internet.org service to all sites, in response to criticism that it was playing favorites and...
Justice Department Investigating Town That Preys On Its Poor
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that it was investigating the rural Louisiana town of Ville Platte, specifically the police department and...
Indonesia Defies World Anger And Executes 8 Drug Smugglers
Eight convicted drug smugglers were executed by firing squad in Indonesia Wednesday morning. The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of...