tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35267862008-03-31T16:00:54.104-07:00Free Speech ... under attackLorenzoBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-22285058202478426192008-03-31T15:56:00.000-07:002008-03-31T16:00:54.143-07:00PrivacyFinder.org: Search, but with Privacy
(Peter Eckersley, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 25, 2008)
The level of privacy offered by search engines is generally woeful. Last year, the three big players (Google, Yahoo! and MSN) made some improvements by limiting the duration for full retention of logs about who has searched and what they've searched for. That means that after a year Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1153942222094396882006-07-26T12:12:00.000-07:002006-07-26T12:30:22.113-07:00Pentagon Censors Internet Combat Videos
(Oliver Poole, The Telegraph, 26 July 2006)
The Pentagon is asking US soldiers in Iraq to stop posting private combat videos on to the internet amid fears that they could be regarded as anti-Arab. . . . Many of the digital clips feature explosions, gunfire and even dead bodies, [COMMENT by Lorenzo: Hey, it's a fucking WAR. What they expect to see in these Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1153922411503471532006-07-26T06:53:00.000-07:002006-07-26T07:00:11.523-07:00Hundreds of Iraq War Videos Online at YouTube.com
In case you missed the announcement, that evil bastard Rumsfeld is doing his best to keep cameras away from the front lines of the Bush Crime Family's attack on the civilian population of Iraq. But if you go to YouTube.com and search on "Iraq combat" (no quotes) you'll find hundreds of videos posted by U.S. troops.
Here is one clip that shows howLorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1153351561379590652006-07-19T16:21:00.000-07:002006-07-19T16:26:01.566-07:00India bloggers angry at net ban
(BBC News, 19 July 2006)
India's burgeoning blogging community is up in arms against a government directive that they say has led to the blocking of their web logs. . . . The country's 153 internet service providers (ISP) have blocked 17 websites since last week on federal government orders. . . . Some of these sites belong to Google's Blogspot, a leading Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1150071789338798122006-06-11T17:11:00.000-07:002006-06-11T17:23:09.496-07:00Hacktivists mount counter-offensive to Internet censorship
(Nestor E. Arellano, ITWorld Canada, 08 Jun 2006)
The arms race over Internet censorship is escalating. . . . A new weapon is being developed to help dissidents gain free access to the Web. . . . A team of Toronto-based "hacktivists" – hackers with a commitment to social responsibility – is beta-testing software that can circumvent Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1149004195624013492006-05-30T08:46:00.000-07:002006-05-30T08:49:55.640-07:00Bush Caught Planting Fake News Stories
(Andrew Buncombe, The Independent, 29 May 2006)
Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products. Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1146936074476807652006-05-06T10:17:00.000-07:002006-05-06T10:21:14.490-07:00Judges Challenge Internet Wiretap Rules
(Ted Bridis, Associated Press, May 5, 2006)
A U.S. appeals panel sharply challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. A judge said the government's courtroom arguments were "gobbledygook." . . . The skepticism expressed so openly toward the administration's case encouraged Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1144963498804221552006-04-13T14:19:00.000-07:002006-04-13T14:24:58.816-07:00Bush junta attempts to destroy evidence of its crimes
(Christopher Lee, Washington Post, April 12, 2006)
The National Archives helped keep secret a multi-year effort by the Air Force, the CIA and other federal agencies to withdraw thousands of historical documents from public access on Archives shelves, even though the records had been declassified. . . . In a 2002 memorandum, obtained through a Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1144784105624776242006-04-11T12:19:00.000-07:002006-04-11T12:35:05.703-07:00Internet telephones threaten NSA's ability to spy on Americans
(Shane Harris, National Journal, April 10, 2006)
Among the threats facing the National Security Agency are Al Qaeda, the Iraqi insurgency, and eBay. . . . Yes, eBay, the online auction house. Not because its members sell state secrets, but because of a company that eBay purchased last year -- Skype. . . . Skype is an online service Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1144592230836274762006-04-09T07:17:00.000-07:002006-04-09T07:17:10.850-07:00Federal Jury Indicts Mentally Ill Patient For Threatening Bush
(Yvonne Lee, All Headline News, April 7, 2006)
East St. Louis, IL (AHN) - A Palestinian mental health patient has been indicted on two felony counts of "knowingly and willfully" threatening to harm President George W. Bush. . . . The Associated Press reports federal grand jurors indicted Arafat Nijmeh on March 23. But it was only madeLorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1134670728557267392005-12-15T10:18:00.000-08:002005-12-15T10:18:48.613-08:00U.S. Joins Cuba, Uzbekistan, and Myanmar in Jailing Journalists
(Dharam Shourie, December 14, 2005)
China, Cuba, Eritrea, and Ethiopia were the world's leading jailers of journalists in 2005, together accounting for two-thirds of the 125 editors, writers, and photo journalists imprisoned around the world, while US was for the first time listed among the top 10, the Committee to Protect Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1134554727493135632005-12-14T02:05:00.000-08:002005-12-14T02:05:27.540-08:00NOT GUILTY of 51 criminal counts - Free Speech Prevails
(Eric Lichtblau, Washington Post, December 7, 2005)
In a major defeat for law enforcement officials, a jury in Florida failed to return guilty verdicts Tuesday on any of 51 criminal counts against a former Florida professor and three co-defendants accused of operating a North American front for Palestinian terrorists. . . . The former Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1132530212690993072005-11-20T15:36:00.000-08:002005-11-20T15:44:36.606-08:00Help EFF Bust the Clear Channel Patent
As many of you know, EFF has gone into the Patent Busting business. We're closing in on our first target -- the Clear Channel Live Recording patent, but we need your help. We've written up a description of the killer prior art needed to take this patent down; now you need to help us find it. Take a look at the description and send it around to any friendsLorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1131326102654486442005-11-06T17:15:00.000-08:002005-11-06T17:16:35.120-08:00EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers
[NOTE: If you are a fan of bloging and aren't already connected with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), you owe it to yourself to take a look at the section of their Web site devoted specifically to blogs. There is a wealth of trustworthy information there. EFF is our first line of defense in the battle to retain freedom in cyberspace. . . . Lorenzo]
EFF's Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1131313615701189752005-11-06T13:46:00.000-08:002005-11-06T13:46:55.756-08:00Sony music CD's install a tracking virus on your PC
(John Borland, CNET News.com, November 1, 2005)
Mark Russinovich was doing a routine test this week of computer security software he'd co-written, when he made a surprising discovery: Something new was hiding itself deep inside his PC's guts. . . . It took some time for Russinovich, an experienced programmer who has written a book on the Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1131123330125060932005-11-04T08:55:00.000-08:002005-11-04T08:57:31.560-08:00Fascist propaganda chief quits public broadcasting board
(Reuters, November 4, 2005)
Kenneth Tomlinson, the former board chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting [COMMENT by Lorenzo: This is PBS, the Propaganda Broadcasting System.] accused by critics of trying to politicize public television and radio, has resigned from the board, it said on Thursday. . . . Tomlinson, a Republican, Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1129302393044141682005-10-14T08:06:00.000-07:002005-10-14T08:06:33.110-07:00Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged
(Deb Riechmann, Associated, Oct 13, 2005)
It was billed as a conversation with U.S. troops, but the questions President Bush asked on a teleconference call Thursday were choreographed to match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday's vote on a new Iraqi constitution. . . . "This is an important time," Allison Barber, deputy assistant defense Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1128970964436692152005-10-10T12:02:00.000-07:002005-10-10T12:03:11.936-07:00AOL Time-Warner Censors Liberal Websites
(Prison Planet, October 5, 2005)
We were first alerted to this problem early this morning when several locals in Austin reported that they were unable to access Infowars.com, PrisonPlanet.com or Prison Planet.tv. . . . Austin Time Warner had previously shut down access to our websites on a whim, claiming they were 'hate material' but in all cases had Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1128035970640154582005-09-29T16:19:00.000-07:002005-09-29T16:19:30.693-07:00US forces 'out of control', says Reuters chief
(Julia Day, Guardian Unlimited, September 28, 2005)
Reuters has told the US government that American forces' conduct towards journalists in Iraq is "spiralling out of control" and preventing full coverage of the war reaching the public. . . . The detention and accidental shootings of journalists is limiting how journalists can operate, wrote David Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1124655565390765732005-08-21T13:19:00.000-07:002005-08-21T17:56:16.153-07:00Barnes and Noble uses Nazi-like tactics to squelch opinion
(Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, August 19, 2005)
She wanted to see Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who was promoting his book, "It Takes a Family." . . . The event was billed as a "book signing and discussion," Shaffer says. . . . But discussion was the last thing that the Senator's people wanted. . . . Shaffer, her friends, andLorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1123270433958166512005-08-05T12:28:00.000-07:002005-08-05T12:33:53.963-07:00Rackspace hosting works with FBI to censor Internet sites
[NOTE: This is an update on the government's attempt to silence the IndyMedia Web sites. See U.S. Fascists Close Down Independent Media for the original story.]
Secret Documents About Indymedia Server Disappearance Unsealed
Government Order Demanded Only Logs; Web Host Rackspace Handed Over Server . . . The Electronic Frontier FoundationLorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1120333533330840732005-07-02T12:45:00.000-07:002005-07-02T12:45:33.400-07:00Source Confirms Karl Rove as Plame Leaker
(Greg Mitchell, Editor and Publisher, July 02, 2005)
Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source. Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, now claims that at least two sources Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1120091991874562032005-06-29T17:39:00.000-07:002005-06-29T17:39:51.906-07:00What is Alan Dershowitz Afraid Of?
(Jon Wiener, The Nation, 23 June 2005)
What do you do when somebody wants to publish a book that says you're completely wrong? If you're Alan Dershowitz, the prominent Harvard law professor, and the book is Norman Finkelstein's Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, you write the governor of California and suggest that he Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1119911791128561392005-06-27T15:36:00.000-07:002005-06-27T15:40:51.690-07:00Supreme Court Ruling is Bad News for P2P
(freepress.net, 27 June 2005)
The Supreme Court today ruled on two critical cases, NCTA v. Brand X and MGM v. Grokster, both of which could have a profound impact on future of the Internet. Free Press joined amici curiae briefs in both cases. . . . Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, issued the following statement: The Supreme Court handed down two Lorenzotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526786.post-1119303530893211402005-06-20T14:38:00.000-07:002005-06-20T14:38:50.923-07:00EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers
Whether you're a newly minted blogger or a relative old-timer, you've been seeing more and more stories pop up every day about bloggers getting in trouble for what they post.
Like all journalists and publishers, bloggers sometimes publish information that other people don't want published. You might, for example, publish something that someone considers Lorenzo