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Internet freedoms restrained - SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ACTA/CETA/PrECISE-related updates
40hz:
1. As soon as a court can rule against an unpopular and unjust law protecting powerful and well-connected financial interests, a new law will be drafted.
2. As soon as an unpopular and unjust new law can be drafted, people will quickly decide to defy or evade it.
3. As soon as people start defying or evading an unpopular and unjust new law, they will find themselves in court.
4. As soon as.... ;) 8)
Tinman57:
Congress Will Battle Over Internet Privacy in 2013
Last year, we saw more battles in Congress over Internet freedom than we have in many years as user protests stopped two dangerous bills: the censorship-oriented SOPA, and the privacy-invasive Cybersecurity Act of 2012. In 2013, Congress will tackle several bills--both good and bad--that could shape Internet privacy for the next decade. Here's what's ahead in the upcoming Congress.
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/congress-will-battle-over-internet-privacy-2013
IainB:
Saw this post at reason.com:
(Copied below with main embedded hyperlinks.)
Defense Firm Develops Software That Tracks People on Social Media
February 11, 2013
A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people's movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites.
A video obtained by the Guardian reveals how an "extreme-scale analytics" system created by Raytheon, the world's fifth largest defence contractor, can gather vast amounts of information about people from websites including Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare.
Source: The Guardian. Read full article. (link)
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Curiously, the link to the video from the reason post gets a 404 (page not found), as does the same link from the source Guardian post...
cmpm:
Probably the new agenda of drone attacks '404ing' at will.
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/04/16843014-justice-department-memo-reveals-legal-case-for-drone-strikes-on-americans?lite
IainB:
Sorry, duplication: I didn't realise that here was a separate post about this Raytheon software, on DCF: Rapid Information Overlay Technology (Riot) - Tracks Users from SNSes
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