Internet War

Internet Ideology War: Google’s Spat with China Could Reshape Traditional Online Freedoms

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How the Internet giant could use its might in closed societies
Late last year a series of sophisticated Internet attacks emanating from China burrowed deep into the computer systems of some two dozen U.S. corporations, among them Northrop Grumman, Dow Chemical and Yahoo. One fought back. After revealing that the attacks [...]

Tags: chinese human rights, human rights activists, information technology policy, interactive journalism, internet attacks, rebecca mackinnon
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The (good and bad) future of the Internet

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“We know even now that we are at some fundamental limits of what the Internet can handle,” warned University of California, San Diego processor kc claffy [sic capitalization] at the beginning of her talk at the American Association for the Advancement of Science [...]

Tags: addressing system, fundamental limits, internet protocol, IPv6, structure of the internet
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Universities protest against government wi-fi plans

Libraries and universities are protesting about plans to make them police users of wireless networks.
The government’s Digital Economy Bill includes plans to make them responsible for what is done over free wi-fi.
The plans imply that libraries, universities and cafes offering free wireless will be responsible if people use it to [...]

Tags: digital economy, free wi fi, pirate, wifi, wireless networks
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Wikileaks and Iceland MPs propose ‘journalism haven’

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Wikileaks has provoked the dream of Iceland becoming a haven for whistle-blowing
Iceland could become a “journalism haven” if a proposal put forward by some Icelandic MPs aided by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks succeeds.
The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI), calls on the country’s government to adopt laws protecting journalists and [...]

Tags: free speech, investigative journalism, investigative journalists, journalist, julian assange, start-ups
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ISP cleared of copyright infringement

In the first case of its kind, an Australian court has ruled that an internet service provider cannot be responsible for illegal downloading.
iiNet, Australia’s third largest ISP, was taken to court by a group of 34 movie production houses.
The group included the Australian divisions of Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers and [...]

Tags: australia, bittorrents, copyright infringement, downloads, film companies, films, illegal downloading, Internet service provider, isp, landmark, production houses, safe harbor, warner brothers
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