Forty local groups that represent people of color, low-income consituences and other historically marginalized communities sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on October 21, 2009, urging the Chairman to remain firm in his support for network neutrality rules. Network neutrality rules, often called "the first amendement of the Internet," would prohibit Internet Service […]
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Local civil rights groups speak up for net neutrality
Gay Reversal Advocates Say School Libraries Banning Their 'Ex-Gay' Books
"My Genes Made Me Do It!: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation�," argues that sexuality is shaped by a variety of factors, not just biological. Visit most public school libraries and you'll find an array of books that address the subject of homosexuality. Many include sexually explicit content, and some even include graphic images. But […]
Obama Seeks Power to Shut Down the Internet
Senator Democrats are attempting to pass legislation which will give President Obama the authority to shut down the Internet and seize private networks. On CNET News, Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), stated “As soon as you’re saying that the federal government is going to be exercising this kind […]
Web-monitoring software gathers data on kid chats
Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids' online activities may be unwittingly allowing the company to read their children's chat messages — and sell the marketing data gathered. Software sold under the Sentry and FamilySafe brands can read private chats conducted through Yahoo, MSN, AOL and other services, and send […]
Lithuanian President Against Gay Speech In Schools Ban
Lithuania's incoming president on Thursday criticized a bill approved by lawmakers that bans gay speech in schools, the AP reported. Dalia Grybauskaite spoke out against the bill: “I'm very much upset that such kind of laws in Lithuania are possible,” she told reporters at a news conference in Stockholm, where she appeared with Swedish Prime […]
Girl makes own library with books banned in school
Some school banned a bunch of books, so this girl took copies of them and checks them out to other classmates like you would at a real library.----Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school?Let me explain.I go to a private school that is rather strict. Recently, the principal and […]
How To Access Blocked Websites At School
Since people force you to attend school against your will, you'd think the least they could do was try to make it interesting while you're stuck there, right? But no, they insist on blocking websites so that you can't access them at school. They try to block everything they can find that might possibly be […]
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