In a victory for privacy advocates, Germany’s highest court on Tuesday knocked down an anti-terrorism law that allows authorities to store all phone and internet records of private citizens. via Court rules anti-terror data storage illegal – The Local.
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Breakdown of the Blogosphere
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Verizon vs. 4Chan – I’ve Heard This One Before
There are few websites that can accurately be described as “dangerous,” and Verizon just fucked with one of them. For reasons that are sure to become clear in the next few days, Verizon’s decided to block 4chan. If you’re unfamiliar, 4chan’s the digital cesspool responsible, in equal parts, for the proliferation of LOLcats and childContinue reading “Verizon vs. 4Chan – I’ve Heard This One Before”
Battlefields may change but propaganda remains constant
On the one hand, in wartime the news media serve the government by passing along its message; on the other hand, the media need to tell people what’s really going on and what wars are about. Author Susan Brewer focuses on that dual role, and offers a line of questioning to help cut through theContinue reading “Battlefields may change but propaganda remains constant”
