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The U.S. and 20 Other Countries Oppose UN Telecommunications Treaty
It’s been almost a year since SOPA and PIPA had been stopped dead in the legislative water, mostly from the uproar it caused by threatening free speech. The movement seemed to have made people realize how
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Dutch Parliament unanimously rejects ACTA
Dutch lawmakers have voted unanimously against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), an international bill with severe repercussions against both free speech and information access. Although the EU’s vote is not scheduled until June, Holland’s
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Anonymous Will Attempt to Shut Down the Internet with Operation Blackout on March 31st
The hacktivist organization known as Anonymous has announced its plans to disable the internet this Saturday, March 31st. The group has been known to bring down websites, large ones at that, but has
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ACTA: Bulgaria and The Netherlands Withdraw Support In Response To Weekend Protests
Today Bulgarian and Dutch officials announced their withdrawal of support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA. The move comes in response to massive protests that took place in almost 200 European
Read More »Thousands Rally against big brother Anti-Piracy agreement ACTA
Tens of thousands of people marched in coordinated protests in more than a dozen European cities Saturday against a controversial anti-online piracy trader agreement that could limit Internet freedom. Significant marches were held in
Read More »ACTA: Worse Than SOPA/PIPA
The small victory the internet community and civil liberty supporters celebrated at the demise of SOPA/PIPA due to the mass online protests gave big media the opportunity to draw attention away from a far
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SOPA and PIPA dropped by Congress in wake of largest online protest in history
After a long week of raising the stakes it seems that the anti SOPA/PIPA activists have won the day. On Friday January 20th, Congress dropped the bills in the wake of the largest online
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Anonymous Retaliates to Megauploads Takedown and Arrests, Shuts Down DOJ, FBI, Universal Music, MPAA and RIAA Websites
Only minutes after the U.S. Department of Justice repossessed the domains of Megauploads and its affiliate sites on Wednesday, the hacker collective knows as Anonymous quickly declared their intent to retaliate. As one Anonymous
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Megaupload Taken Down By Feds On Charges Of Piracy
Megaupload, the file hosting and transfer service incorporated in Hong Kong, was taken down today by U.S. Justice Department and FBI today on charges of copyright infringement and conspiracy. The timing of the federal
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SOPA/PIPA Bills still threaten Internet Freedom, Internet blackout planned
It seems that while I and many of my fellow writers here at pnosker.com were enjoying our time at CES, there have been a great many new developments surrounding the controversial bills SOPA and
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