Plans to force internet providers to block sites carrying pirated music and films 'threaten freedom of speech and the open internet', says internet and telecom companies
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FT on 9th Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
The principles of Internet freedom are the tenets of the Framers: free speech, free markets, and innovation.
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PajamasMedia on 29th Dec 2008 (via pajamasmedia.com)
No, really, censorship of the internet really isn’t a free speech issue. The Culture Secretary says so. “There is content that should just not be available to be viewed. That is my view. Absolutely categorical. This is not a campaign against free speech, far from it; it is simply there
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TimWorstall on 27th Dec 2008 (via timworstall.com)
A longish one today, which was intended to be shortish but grew. Words of J Mark Brewer "Thank goodness that we have this one, last bastion of free speech? the Internet. The internet, in particular, is the only truly free "press" we still have." I kid you not. Yay ! Rock-on, Mark. Live free or die trying! Long live the First Amendment - gift of the USA to the world. Er ... hmmm.
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TheWardmanWire on 29th Jul 2008 (via mattwardman.com)
NHS Blog Doctor: £5 to save freedom of speech on the internet.I am not sure that paying a blogger's legal costs to defend a libel claim is quite going to "save freedom of speech on the internet," but secure in...
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TheLastDitch on 3rd Dec 2008 (via lastditch.typepad.com)
This site provides free access to a report by the Pew Internet and American Life project which was published in April 2009. The 92 page report presents the results of a survey of the American electorate. Its findings contain information on the use of the Internet by American voters during the 2008 presidential election campaigns.Topics covered include the extent and nature of use of the Internet, ...
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Intute on 6th May 2009 (via intute.ac.uk)
Prime Minister Gordon BrownÂ’s keynote speech at the Labour Party conference today recognised that many schoolchildren do not have internet access and as such do not have the necessary skills to get good jobs.
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PublicTechnology on 24th Sep 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
Why are internet service providers above the law? Why do we assume the internet is above and beyond the law? The world wide web should be as much subject to the laws of the land as any other form of communication. Yet it’s still the “wild west web” where lawlessness is rife and politicians wring their hands claiming there is nothing they can do. The truth is that the internet ser...
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NigelHastilow on 11th Jun 2009 (via nigelhastilow.blogspot.com)
There is a good comment piece in the Guardian’s CIF site criticising government plans to censor the internet. First they wantred to record everything we do, emails sent and sites visited, so every time we are on the internet we must imagine Jacqui Smith looking over our shoulders, worried to click a link in case we
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TheSecretPerson on 2nd Nov 2008 (via secretperson.wordpress.com)
Whilst searching for something techy at work today via the Internet, I stumbled across a fascinating site for CIX. It is the Cork Internet Exchange and they have blogged their planning and development for their new facility over the last two years. Cork Internet eXchange is Cork city’s first professional quality, debt-free data centre… It strikes me as
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ShadesOfGrey on 19th Dec 2008 (via iangrey.org)
It’s a simple issue. Freedom of speech on the internet. Free thinking bloggers have open comments with no comment moderation. If there are a lot of comments it is not feasible to check them all before publication. Alex Hilton set up LabourHome a couple of years ago to provide a forum for Labour supporters and, indeed, for anyone to discuss important political matters. A comment came in that was ...
