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America’s Internet Freedom Rating Dropped Due to the Repeal of Net Neutrality
Freedom House, a US-based pro-democracy think tank, releases an annual report that analyzes the amount of internet freedom in countries around the world, and assigns a score to each country. While America still has a high level of internet freedom, the loss of net neutrality protections, privacy laws, and the merging of major telecom companies caused its rating to drop in 2018. “It is depressing but not unexpected,” said Josh Tabish, the Ford/MDF Technology Exchange Fellow at Fight for the Future.
We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them. (Vice)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 15:30
FCC Falsely Claims Community Broadband an 'Ominous Threat to The First Amendment'
In a speech Oct 24, Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly insinuated, without evidence, that community owned and operated broadband networks would naturally result in local governments aggressively limiting American free speech rights.
Facing Tomorrow's High-Tech School Surveillance (Vice)
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Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 11:56Google spinoff Sidewalk Labs wants to put Toronto's Quayside "smart city" data into a third party 'civic data trust' (Vice)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 15:21Wikipedia Bans Breitbart as a Source for Facts (Vice)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 10:455G Wireless Rekindles Decades-Old Fight Over Cellular Health Risks
Mill Valley (CA), a city just outside of San Francisco, has unanimously voted to ban fifth-generation (5G) cellular towers, claiming that they pose a significant threat to public health. In an urgency ordinance, Mill Valley city council voted earlier in Sept to block deployments of 5G towers and small cells (smaller, lower powered cellular radios used to expand cellular coverage) in residential areas.