36 days ago by Kizzie

Sudanese security officials on Sunday evening confiscated Monday copies of Rai Al Shab,the third newspaper to be suspended in recent months by the government. Rai Al Shab (The People's Opinion) is published by the Popular Congress Party (PCP), one of Sudan's largest opposition parties. Known for its ...

36 days ago by lgstarr

Happy New Year, but we still need to kill SOPA

36 days ago by Invisible Mikey

If you don’t think there’s a right time and place and purpose for every word, you and I have a serious disagreement. Curse words, sexual colloquialisms and racial epithets all have interesting, researchable histories. If they had no power or … Continue reading →

36 days ago by Neil Stevens

I’m back. I ended up taking an extended Christmas break because well, I liked having a break, plus there wasn’t a whole lot going on anyway. But, back to work! Lamar Smith and Chris Dodd still want to censor the Internet, by pushing the SOPA bill that we need to defeat. Why is it bad? Victims get no ...

36 days ago by Dan

East Carolina University officials have fired Paul Isom, ECU’s student media director, without warning or much explanation. The sudden termination has prompted speculation among the college media community that it was related to the The East Carolinian‘s infamous ‘streaker’ photo published in Novemb ...

36 days ago by bbishop

Time Weekly looks at id5 (北京国政通科技有限公司), a company that verifies real names in China and may the prime beneficiary of the real name requirement for microblogs such as Sina ( $SINA) and Tencent’s Weibos– 微博实名制背后有利益驱动？ – 科技 – 时代周报. The article reports a rumor that the verification fee will be 2 RMB/acc ...

37 days ago by J.D. Fielder

Been reading and writing my @$$ off to get my dissertation prospectus done! Hope to defend the prospectus ~17 January. Anyways, have an interesting video for you, courtesy of one of my professors: "Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? In this new RSA Animate adapted from a ta ...

37 days ago

www.youtube.com Click above to watch Assassin’s Creed 2: Ten FTW (Top 10 Ways To Assassinate People) S1E13! Assassin’s Creed 2: Ten FTW (Unnecessary Censorship) S1E14 Unnecessary censorship strikes again. This week: Assassin’s Creed 2! FOR MORE MACHINIMA GOTO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Assassin’s Creed ...

37 days ago by Brad

I believe a hardy "HACK THE PLANET!" is in order. Reshared post from + Ian Wall The Internet is an amazing place. The innovation is spawns is amazing. DIY satellites, ya we got that … #liberty #SOPA #censorship Embedded Link Hackers plot DIY Sputniks for Internet freedom (PhysOrg.com) — Hackers at t ...

37 days ago by Sean

Burma is marking the 64th anniversary of its independence from Britain Wednesday, amid criticism that the government’s recent clemency program is not doing enough for political prisoners. President Thein Sein, in a statement commemorating independence day, praised the military’s role in bringing abo ...