(RussiaToday) – Abby Martin takes a deeper look at CISPA, and the implications it has in doing away with our 4th amendment rights online. Read the rest of this entry »

(RussiaToday) – On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to RT Web Producer, Andrew Blake, about the reintroduction of CISPA, and the implications it may have on personal privacy and net neutrality. Abby then highlights 12 year old student, Lauren Rojas, as today’s hero for successfully launching a Hello Kitty toy into space using a weather balloon, Abby then calls out Diana Medley, a special-ed teacher in Indiana as today’s villain, for pushing for a ‘Traditional’ high school prom, to exclude gays and lesbians from attending. Read the rest of this entry »

(RussiaToday) – The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced before the US House next week following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have criticized the bill for violating privacy laws. Read the rest of this entry »

(HigginsBlog) – President Obama is circulating draft legislation of CISPA legislation he will sign into law through executive order after Congress failed to pass it. Read the rest of this entry »

(RussiaToday) – Congress is debating a new cybersecurity bill that sits in the Senate waiting for a vote and has the support of the White House. Read the rest of this entry »

(HigginsBlog) – The NYPD is set to unleash an advanced ‘domestic awareness system’ that combines the city-wide surveillance system with extensive databases to track the ‘terrorists’. Read the rest of this entry »

(RussiaToday) – Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republican Representative Darrell Issa have introduce an Internet Bill of Rights aiming to limit CIPSA and preserve online anonymity. Read the rest of this entry »

(EFF) – The US Public Policy Council of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), representing ACM, came out against CISPA, the cybersecurity legislation recently passed by the US House. ACM is the world’s largest organization for computer professionals. They are joining a diverse group of individuals and organizations opposing this bill, including a wide array of digital civil liberties organizations like EFF, computer scientists like Bruce Schneier and Tim Berners-Lee, and companies like the Mozilla Foundation. Read the rest of this entry »

(HigginsBlog) – A senior US lawmaker with 30 years experience in Congress came out hard against CISPA this week, attacking the legislation’s creators for drafting a bill that erodes Internet privacy for Americans. Read the rest of this entry »

Refuses to buy stock over privacy concerns

(PaulWatson) – In an interview with CNN, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian said he would refuse to buy Facebook stock because of the company’s appalling attitude to privacy and its support for the CISPA bill. Read the rest of this entry »

Mozilla is first Silicon Valley entity to denounce bill

(PaulWatson) – Tech giant Mozilla has publicly slammed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) which passed the House last week, labeling the legislation an “alarming” threat to privacy. Read the rest of this entry »

(RussiaToday) – As the battle rages on over regulations for the Internet, one man is proposing a solution that could curb the concerns over online privacy. Legislation is being pushed in America right now that could stop online piracy, but would at the same time also infringe on the rights of many. Could all that change, though? One new Internet Service Provider will challenge the government if a user’s information is requested. Nicholas Merrill, executive director for The Calyx Institute, joins us to explain how he plans on changing the ISP landscape. Read the rest of this entry »

(NWNW) – Welcome to NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – Once again, Congress has ignored the will of the people.

For weeks it has been obvious that millions of Americans are steadfastly opposed to CISPA, the so-called cybersecurity legislation passed by the House last night that will allow the government to surveil Americans and deny them Fourth Amendment protection while on the internet. Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (PaulWatson) – CISPA Amendment Allows DHS to Intercept Tax Returns – Read More Here

Also: (PaulWatson) – White House Threat to Veto CISPA Is a Crude Stunt – Obama is once again posing as a champion of privacy rights – Read More Here

Also: (EFF) – CISPA, “National Security,” and the NSA’s Ability to Read Your Emails – Read More Here

Get ready for another NDAA-style bait and switch

(PaulWatson) – President Barack Obama simply “can’t wait” to bypass Congress and use executive privilege to advance his political agenda, but even though his administration has expressed its opposition to the draconian CISPA bill, don’t hold your breath for a veto. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – On Monday, a group of prominent engineers, professionals and academics posted an open letter to Congress stating their opposition to CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act that trashes the Fourth Amendment and privacy of internet users. Read the rest of this entry »

(FoxNews) – Self-driving Cadillacs coming mid-decade – Read More Here

(TargetFreedom) – Combine FBI Terrorist suspicious activity guidelines with NDAA – Read More Here

(ActivistPost) – University of Texas researchers design chip allowing mobile devices to see through walls – Read More Here

(Yahoo) – Video: Demographic Data Mining in Bars – Cool or Creepy? – View Here

(EFF) – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Including Your Location – Read More Here

(Guardian) – Wayne Rooney launches phone-hacking claim – Read More Here

(TenthAmendmentCenter) – Virginia will not cooperate with NDAA detention – Read More Here

(Reuters) – Ted Nugent Cleared by Secret Service – Infowars Editor’s note: It was political speech protected by the First Amendment after all. – Read More Here

(King5) – Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July – Read More Here

(OccupyCorporation) – IRS Ban on Travel Masks Fed’s Takeover of America – Read More Here

(WSJ) – Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front

With little public attention, dozens of universities and law-enforcement agencies have been given approval by federal aviation regulators to use unmanned aircraft known as drones, according to documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests by an advocacy group. Read More Here

(FT) – Fleeing judge accuses Chávez of abuses

A Venezuelan former supreme court judge who this week fled to the US has accused president Hugo Chávez and other top officials of manipulating the justice system and keeping political prisoners. Read More Here

(EFF) – Electronic Freedom Foundation opposes CISPA on Hackers and Founders Panel – Read More Here

(CBCNews) – Violent Montreal student protest nets 10 arrests

Friday’s action is the latest in Quebec’s escalating student movement against planned tuition-fee increases. Read More Here

(DailyMail) – Data on millions of UK passengers to be held by US intelligence for 15 years under EU deal – Read More Here

(HuffingtonPost) – New Air Passenger Data Deal Approved By Europeans – Read More Here

(EFF) – This Week in Censorship: News from Iran, India, Vietnam, and China – Iran: Authorities Seeking Information on Censorship Tools – Read More Here

(FoxNews) – New federal agency Office of Financial Research stirs ‘Orwellian’ fears

It is the most powerful federal agency you’ve never heard of — and lawmakers from both parties on Thursday vowed to keep abreast of its astonishing growth and rein it in, if necessary. Read More Here

Video

(DemocracyNow) – Jacob Appelbaum on Being Target of Widespread Gov’t Surveillance

“We Don’t Live in a Free Country”

We speak with Jacob Appelbaum, a computer researcher who has faced a stream of interrogations and electronic surveillance since he volunteered with the whistleblowing website, WikiLeaks. He describes being detained more than a dozen times at the airport and interrogated by federal agents who asked about his political views and confiscated his cell phone and laptop. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, is picking up sponsors and it looks like the legislation will make it to the House floor for a vote next week. CISPA emerged from the House Intelligence Committee with an overwhelming vote of 17-1. Read the rest of this entry »

(AJC) – A coalition of advocacy groups has begun a week of intensive protests against the latest attack on the free and open internet, The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). The draconian legislation would force companies to ignore existing privacy laws and share information with the federal government.

(TheHill) – In an attempt to re-create the backlash that killed anti-piracy legislation earlier this year, activists are planning a “week of action” beginning on Monday to protest the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).

Many of the groups leading the protest are veterans of the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, Free Press, Fight for the Future and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (Technolog) – Cops can request a copy of your complete Facebook activity – Read More Here

(DaisyLuther) – Once upon a time there was a bill called SOPA.  Some evil trolls who worked and conducted meetings in a big domed building in Washington DC tried to make a wicked law to allow them to close people’s internet-based businesses and websites whenever they wanted, for the silliest of reasons, much to the delight of the head ogre who lived in a big White House.  Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (ActivistPost) – Keeping the Slaves on the Plantation: Senate Says No Passport if You Owe Taxes – Read More Here

(GreenPirate) – Due process? Probable Cause? Screw that. Some US legislators are intent on being able to monitor all of your online activity, lurking in your internets like pedobear at a playground. The bill H.R. 3523, or Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), appears to be the next brewing threat to internet privacy and freedom. Read the rest of this entry »