See also: Network Access (kill switch); Security (privacy, anonymity); Media (copyright)

Internationalization, Different Abilities

internationalization and localization, web accessible by all abilities/disabilities; internet standards
The dominant language of the internet is about to become Chinese
Show’s Title, in Symbols, Defies DVRs ("$#*! My Dad Says")

Why Is A Treaty For Letting The Blind Have Access To Books Too Difficult, But ACTA Is Fine?
Government wants to update ADA for cyberspace
Those with disabilities are underserved by technology
Obama signs technology access bill for disabled
New Communications Law Mandates Closed Captioning on Internet
Bill seeks to make electronics accessible to blind, deaf
Congress helping the blind online
Kiss ME Device For Kiss Communication
HSW: How Internet Odors Will Work

Censorship, Decency, Freedom of Speech

• "It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics." ~Robert A. Heinlein, Postscript to Revolt in 2100
  
  
• "Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime." ~Potter Stewart
  
  
• "As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends." ~Jeremy Bentham
  
  
• "If it's there and you can see it -- it's real.
  If it's not there and you can see it -- it's virtual.
  If it's there and you can't see it -- it's transparent.
  If it's not there and you can't see it -- you erased it!"" ~Anonymous
  
  

censorship, decency, NSFW: Not Suitable/safe For Work, hate sites, content control software, internet filter, freedom of expression, hacktivism, internet democracy
Child Online Protection Act; Communications Decency Act

Cameroon Bans Twitter
Turkey Overreacts Yet Again: Bans All Of Blogspot Because Of Copyright Infringement On A Few Blogs
North Korea’s Digital Underground
World Freedom Atlas
Anonymous hacks (Westboro Baptist) church Web site during live interview
Cheating, Incorporated (at Ashley Madison's website for "dating," the infidelity economy is alive, well, and profitable)
Iran: Jailed blogger, Hossein Derakhshan (”Hoder”) may face death penalty
Freedom and Anonymity: Keeping the Internet Open (Fear of cyberattacks should not lead us to destroy what makes the Internet special)
After Twitter, LinkedIn Now Also Blocked In China
Russia blames Google for stirring Egypt unrest
Smart Dictators Don't Quash the Internet
China Blocks Microblogs for 'Jasmine Revolution'
Father of China's Great Firewall discusses being persona non grata, admits to skirting the censorship he built
As Violence Escalates, Libya Cuts off the Internet
Libyan dictator warns against use of Facebook
Message to the Westboro Baptist Church, the Media, and Anonymous as a whole (Anonymous delivers ultimatum to Westboro Baptist Church hoax?)
(UK ISP) Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children
Art School Runs Afoul of Facebook’s Nudity Police
Sometimes 'Piracy' And Freedom Look Remarkably Similar
France The Latest Country To Approve Internet Censorship
The Geek-Kings of Smut
No "Gay" or "Sex" In Yahoo! Clues: The Emergent Trend of Filtered Results
What Does Google's Subtle Censorship Say About Us? (bittorrent but not other illegal activities)
The seamy underbelly of craigslist vs. eBay, wrapped in a family-friendly package
Craigslist Blocks Access to ‘Adult Services’ Pages
Craigslist Says It Has Shut Its Section for Sex Ads
Thoughts From a Former Craigslist Sex Worker
How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags
EFF Asks Court to Protect Craigslist from Defamation Suit
Policing the Web’s Lurid Precincts
Indonesia Finds Banning Pornography Is Difficult
Is US prudishness ruining the internet? Censorship, Anglo-Saxon values and boring economics

Green Dam (China) filter
Wary of Egypt Unrest, China Censors Web
Google bows to China's censorship demands
China blanks Nobel Peace prize (& Liu Xiaobo) searches
Google Search Engine Is Blocked in China
Vast Hacking by a China Fearful of the Web (via Wikileaks cables)
A Walled Wide Web for Nervous Autocrats: Beijing and Moscow see American information technology as a threat; they want systems of their own
Rights groups denounce arrest of Thai webmaster
Thailand: Webmaster's Court Case Tests Freedom of Speech
Australia's proposed mandatory internet filter

Google, Twitter build Speak to Tweet for Egyptians
'If there was no social networks, this (Egypt) would never have been sparked.' ~Wael Ghonim
History's Longest Imprisoned Blogger, Kareem Amer, is Free (Egypt)
Gaddafi warns against use of Facebook, activists arrested
Revolutionary Arab Geeks (vs. “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom”)
Dubai’s dubious internet “censorship”
Internet technology a tool for political change in Arab world
BlackBerry censorship is Internet censorship (Lebanon)
The Internet Freedom Fallacy and the Arab Digital activism
Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts
Saudi Arabians Will Soon Need A License To Blog
Iran sentences blogger to 19 years in prison
The Myth of the Boy Wizard (Haystack creator); Newsweek: Needles in a Haystack
Were Haystack's Iranian testers at risk? ('Internet's equivalent of the Bay of Pigs Invasion')
Iran Activists Disable Privacy Tool (Haystack) After Security Holes Exposed
The First Rule Of Defeating Web Censorship Is You Do Not Talk About Defeating Web Censorship (Haystack)

Cuban government unblocks critical sites
Cuba unblocks access to controversial blog
Cuba Tries To Create Its Own Wikipedia, But Might Have Difficulty Seeing It As It Blocks Internet Access
Fidel Castro: Loves The Internet... Even As Cubans Are Blocked From Using Most Of It
No Safe Harbors in Argentina
Venezuela regulation

Four Factors Needed To Make Technology A 'Liberation' Technology
Governments Go Online in Fight Against Terrorism
Online autocrats: It turns out that the enemies of free expression are adept at the Internet, too.
A Look At Internet Censorship Around The World (infographics)
Hillary Clinton's speech: Shades of hypocrisy (Wikileaks) on internet freedom
U.S. Policy to Address Internet Freedom
Facebook Officials Keep Quiet on Its Role in Revolts
Decentralizing the Internet So Big Brother Can’t Find You (Freedom Box Foundation)
US (State Dept) Internet censorship fight falling short: report
A (Koch) Conglomerate’s Tack to Quash a Parody Site
No Changes Now in Rules for Web Access in Europe (11/2010)
Facebook Wrestles With Free Speech and Civility (“hate and harassment team”)
No Quick Fixes for Internet Freedom (free speech)
UK Government Wants to Make ISPs Responsible for Third Party Content Online
Government urges removal of extremist web videos
Censorship Circumvention Tools Aren't Widely Used: Users in authoritarian regimes either don't know about them or aren't interested.
Rackspace Pulls The Plug On ‘Burn A Koran Day’ Church’s Web Site
From Samizdat to Twitter: How Technology Is Making Censorship Irrelevant
Google releases censorship tools
Googling the Censors
Employees Have Free Speech on Facebook
Microsoft Moves to Help Nonprofits Avoid Piracy-Linked Crackdowns
Should 'bad' hotel guests get blacklisted? Privacy activists say no way
Apple is number one danger to Internet freedom, says Columbia professor
T-Mobile Claims Right to Censor Text Messages
LH: Top 10 Ways to Access Blocked Stuff on The Web
5 ways around the filter in 2 minutes [video, 2:39]
HSW: How Internet Censorship Works

WikiLeaks

• "Wikileaks' silencing was sought by antidemocratic governments worldwide -- including China, whose censors work mightily to block all access to the site. Wikileaks' plug was pulled, ironically, (not in China) but by a federal judge in San Francisco." ~Peter Scheer
  
  
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Ex-UK spy boss says WikiLeaks sparked Egyptian revolution
Alleged WikiLeaker (Pfc. Bradley Manning) could face death penalty
DreamWorks (Spielberg) lines up WikiLeaks film based on Guardian book (WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy)
PayPal Statement on 'Courage to Resist' (couragetoresist.org) Situation (US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning)
Lawmaker reintroduces WikiLeaks prosecution bill (Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination: SHIELD)
Hackers Reveal Offers to Spy on Corporate Rivals
WikiLeaked: Three Lessons From the Cat in the Bag
Secret plan to kill Wikileaks with FUD leaked
Former WikiLeaks Colleagues Forming New Web Site, OpenLeaks
Anonymous Takes Revenge On Security Firm For Trying To Sell Supporters’ Details To FBI
Secrets and Transparency: what is Wikileaks, and what is its future?
Dealing With Julian Assange and the Secrets He Spilled
WikiLeaks Founder Praised by Pentagon Papers Exposer
Why WikiLeaks is unlike the Pentagon Papers
Congressional Research Service Notes That There Are Serious Challenges To Charging Assange
Julian Assange: Neocon Tool?
Amid criticism, WikiLeaks shifts focus
WikiLeaks Faces New Competition
MPAA Wants To Know If ACTA Can Be Used To Block Wikileaks?
Leaked: US government strategy to prevent leaks
NY Times considers creating an ‘EZ Pass lane for leakers’
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: The Hilariously Over-The-Top, Strange Animated Video
WikiLeaks and the Perils of Oversharing
Hundreds of WikiLeaks Mirror Sites Appear
WikiLeaks Task Force -- or WTF for short
WTF? OMG, LOL! CIA gives WikiLeaks taskforce naughty name
Banks and WikiLeaks
Ex-Banker Gives Data on Taxes to WikiLeaks
Facing Threat From WikiLeaks, Bank (BofA) Plays Defense
Want To Know Why Visa & Mastercard Cut Off Wikileaks? Because Its Latest Leak Was About Them...
Wikileaks ISP Anonymizes All Customer Traffic To Beat Spying
Bruce Sterling on Wikileaks and the future of dissidents
How To Plug a Leak: Don’t
Congress Hears WikiLeaks Is ‘Fundamentally Different’ From Media
Let’s Be Careful About Calling This a Cyber-War
Air Force Blocks Media Sites
Why the Library of Congress Is Blocking Wikileaks
The US's Reaction To Wikileaks Is Doing A Lot More Harm Than The Leaks Themselves
Keeping Secrets WikiSafe
WikiLeaks Attacks Illegal Says Internet Society
Cyber Rumble
Justice Department Studies WikiLeaks Prosecution (espionage; conspiracy; stolen property)
Someone Should Tell The State Dept That The State Dept Is Hosting World Press Freedom Day
Hillary Clinton: Then And Now On Internet Freedoms And Censorship
New Obstacles for WikiLeaks and Founder (PayPal)
Why Wikileaks Will Never Be Closed Or Blocked
WikiLeaks' new home is in a former bomb shelter
The next generation of WikiLeaks (OpenLeaks)
New Competition For Wikileaks Shows Up -- Say Hello To OpenLeaks
Does the World Need a Data Haven for WikiLeaks Info?
Pentagon braces for huge WikiLeaks dump on Iraq war
Gates: Leaked documents don't reveal key intel, but risks remain
Will 400,000 Secret Iraq War Documents Restore WikiLeaks’ Sheen?
WikiLeaks says funding has been blocked after government blacklisting
Latest Attempt To Create Federal Journalism Shield Law May Carve Wikileaks Out Of The Protections
Pentagon to Troops: Taliban Can Read WikiLeaks, You Can’t
Federal Workers Limited In Social Media Activities
WikiLeaks must be stopped
Gates Assails WikiLeaks Over Release of Reports; bomb making
What to do about WikiLeaks? Not much can be done
Cyberwar Against Wikileaks? Good Luck With That
Did a 1975 novel predict the Wikileaks controversy? (Brunner's Shockwave Rider)
Why Wouldn't Google Mirror Wikileaks?
Lieberman Introduces Anti-WikiLeaks Legislation
Saudi king urged U.S. to attack Iran: WikiLeaks
The Iraq Archive: The Strands of a War
Anonymous
WikiLeaks (wikileaks.org) Struggles to Stay Online After Cyberattacks (everydns.net; wikileaks.ch)
Defenders of WikiLeaks Swarmed Wrong Target (easydns.net instead of everydns.net)
Wikileaks Hacked By “Very Skilled” Attackers Prior To Iraq Doc Release
The Revolution Will Be Distributed: Wikileaks, Anonymous And How Little The Old Guard Realizes What's Going On
What It's Like to Participate in Anonymous' Actions

COICA

• COICA target: any domain name "dedicated to infringing activities"
• Pro: Motion Picture Assoc. of America (MPAA), US Chamber of Commerce, Screen Actors Guild, Viacom, and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the US
• Con: Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Distributed Computing Industry Assoc.
• Issues: freedom of speech; due process ('assumed guilty'); black lists

COICA: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act
Ron Wyden Speaks Out Against COICA: We Shouldn't Toss Out The First Amendment Just To Go After A Few Bad Actors
Senators explore new website seizure options
Senator Wyden Asks WTF Is Up With Homeland Security Domain Seizures
(ex-Sen.) Dodd on verge of becoming MPAA chairman
Even Without COICA, White House Asking Registrars To Voluntarily Censor 'Infringing' Sites
MasterCard’s Support for COICA Threatens A Free And Open Internet
Oregon Senator Wyden effectively kills Internet censorship bill
The Companies Who Support Censoring The Internet
The 19 Senators Who Voted To Censor The Internet (COICA)
Senate panel passes bill against piracy websites (COICA)
Why Voting For COICA Is A Vote For Censorship
A Censorship-Resistant Web
How The Attempted Censorship Of File Sharing Sites Avoids Due Process
Censorship of the Internet Takes Center Stage in "Online Infringement" Bill
Stop the (US) Internet Blacklist
Internet pioneers protest Senate anti-piracy bill
RIAA Claims That If COICA Isn't Passed, Americans Are 'Put At Risk'
Censorship of the Internet Takes Center Stage in "Online Infringement" Bill
Obama Comes Out Against Censoring The Internet; Will He Veto Leahy/Hatch Censorship Bill?
A Look At The Technologies & Industries Senators Leahy & Hatch Would Have Banned In The Past

Network Neutrality

• Summary: network neutrality is the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.
  Internet service providers should not be allowed to block, degrade, or charge extra for legal content and applications (vs. user tiered access (overall bandwidth))
• Pro (by content providers (Google, Amazon,...); non-profit orgs (advocacy, religious, ...)): Control of data; Digital rights and freedoms; Competition and innovation; Preventing pseudo-services; End-to-end principle
• Con (by telecom companies and cable providers): Innovation and investment; Counterweight to server-side non-neutrality; Bandwidth availability; Opposition to legislation
  
  
• "How do you think they're going to get to customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them. Now what they would like to do is use my pipes free, but I ain't going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return on it. So there's going to have to be some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?" ~Edward Whitacre, AT&T CEO 11/07/05 (and a few months later...)
• "Any provider that blocks access to content is inviting customers to find another provider. And that's just bad business." ~Edward Whitacre, AT&T CEO 3/21/06

network neutrality [HSW]; end-to-end principle; data discrimination; Quality of Service (QoS); traffic shaping; peer-to-peer (P2P); file sharing

House subcommittee votes to kill net neutrality
Keep the Internet Fair (The government's net neutrality compromise fell flat. Here's a simple fix)
FCC Net Neutrality is a Regulatory ‘Trojan Horse,’ EFF Says
House Passes Defunding of Net Neutrality Rules
The skinny on Net neutrality (FAQ)
FAQ: Net Neutrality and Why You Should Care
Pro: Net Neutrality absolutely vital to assuring progressive free speech
Con: Current competition among Internet companies is best path for consumers
Engadget explains net neutrality (video interview)
GOP Attacks Internet Rules
New ACLU Report Calls On FCC To Take Action To Protect Openness On The Internet
A History Lesson For Those Advocating Network Neutrality Laws
Victory: Internet Censorship Bill is Delayed, For Now
Waxman says net neutrality bill dead, FCC should assert regulatory authority
Do ISPs pay minorities to oppose Net neutrality?
TalkTalk, BT: we'd put iPlayer in the slow lane
And now we present loopholes just as massive as our biceps
The Struggle for What We Already Have
Google and Verizon Near Deal on Web Pay Tiers
Google denies deal (with Verizon) to end net neutrality
OK Go on net neutrality: A lesson from the music industry
FCC Urged To Act On Net Neutrality
The Case Against Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality Protesters Call for Google to Stand Tall
AT&T Crying Over Net Neutrality And Wiping Their Eyes With Piles Of Money
AT&T: Net rules must allow 'paid prioritization'
RIAA: Google/Verizon deal needs yet another gaping loophole
Web Plan From Google and Verizon Is Criticized
No, The Fifth Amendment Does Not Complicate Net Neutrality
Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
Comcast’s NBC-U Dreams May Be Online Video’s Nightmare
If the FCC Had Regulated the Internet: A counterfactual history of cyberspace
Net Neutrality?: U.S. Weighs Options for Turbo-Boosting Nation's Broadband into the 21st Century
Network Neutrality and Protocol Discrimination
What's next for the FCC and net neutrality?
What's in the FCC's new net neutrality rules?
New 'net neutrality' rules don't go far enough
Theopeninter.net, A Visual Guide To Net Neutrality
'Internet Freedom Act' Tries To Stop FCC Neutrality Rules
F.C.C. Is Set to Regulate Net Access fixed-line vs. wireless)
The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom
Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time (net neutrality)
If Net Neutrality Is Coming, So Is The End Of All-You-Can-Eat Internet Access
F.C.C. Chairman Outlines Broadband Framework
Mixed Reaction to F.C.C. Internet Plan
Level 3 outbid Akamai on Netflix by reselling stolen bandwidth (transit & peering agreements)
What Level 3 v. Comcast Says About the FCC’s Obsolescence
The Real Story Behind the Comcast-Level 3 Battle
Forget Net Neutrality, Comcast Might Break the Web (vs. Level3 CDN)
Verizon proposes wholesale rewrite of US telecom law
FCC member condemns Google and Verizon over net neutrality plans
'Net Pioneers: Open Internet Should Be Separate
Republican victory in US election dooms 'net neutrality'