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Internet firms urged to remove extremist content
Internet service providers should do more to fight violent extremism in Britain by clamping down on its online havens, MPs said Monday in a report that also urged broad vigilance on the threat from the far right. The web is a more significant vehicle for promoting radicalism than prisons, universities…
Maddow: Wednesday ‘going to be a very different day’ because of blackout
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said that Wednesday would be a strange day for people who spend a lot of time browsing the Internet. In an unprecedented move, an estimated 7,000 websites plan to shut down for the day in protest of the House’s Stop Online Privacy Act and the Senate’s…
SOPA sponsors drop ‘break the Internet’ provision from bill
The most controversial provision of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has now been pulled from both the House and Senate versions of the bill. The provision in question would have required internet service providers to block the domain names of overseas websites accused of hosting content that was in…
EU court rules against web filters to block file sharing
LUXEMBOURG — Internet service providers cannot be forced to install filters aimed at preventing people from illegally downloading music and other files, the EU’s top court ruled Thursday. The decision by the European Union Court of Justice is a defeat for backers of web filters, including artists and the enterainment…
Sen. Franken delivers impassioned defense of ‘Net Neutrality’
In a U.S. Senate debate Wednesday morning, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) gave an impassioned defense of network neutrality, the principle that mandates Internet service providers (ISPs) treat all Web traffic equally. “Net Neutrality,” as supporters have labeled it, was cemented into law by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010 after…
‘N00ter’ software detects network neutrality violations
LAS VEGAS — Computer security star Dan Kaminsky has revealed plans to release software that will track whether Internet service providers are favoring some websites or content over others. Kaminsky crafted his free “N00ter” software to expose whether Internet service providers (ISPs) are being honest with customers when it comes…
Republicans seek to quash ‘net neutrality’ rules
WASHINGTON — Republican members of the US Senate and House of Representatives are seeking to quash rules approved by US telecom regulators designed to ensure an open Internet. The five-member Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in a vote split on party lines, agreed in December to the rules aimed at safeguarding…
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