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SOPA, PIPA, and Why We All Must Care About Our Free Internet Rights

A few weeks ago I wrote the U.S. Congress a letter voicing my objection to the proposed SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) legislation and have since determined that similar bill PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) is an equally bad idea. If passed, SOPA will work in conjunction with PIPA.

Both SOPA and PIPA represent a step toward an Internet where the U.S. government and giant corporations have the power to determine what you see when you Google something or type in the URL of a website they don’t like.

Do these bills sound ominous? They are.

PRIVATE WiFi urges everyone who values openness on the Internet and opposes censorship to let your congressperson know that you are against both SOPA and PIPA. Read More

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Data Privacy Day 2011: A Focus on Online Privacy and Security

Friday, January 28 is the fourth-annual World Data Privacy Day — a day dedicated to fostering discussion about privacy protection in our digital age. After all, as the organizers will point out, privacy and security have become a central part of our new digital reality. In just the past month, the newly crowned Miss America answered a question about national security and WikiLeaks, the Golden Globe for Best Picture went to The Social Network, and Mark Zuckerberg and Julian Assange became Time’s Person of the Year and runner-up, respectively. Read More

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‘What’s Your Position On the Open Internet?’

In CEO Kent Lawson’s latest post, he explores the “controversy” over government regulations and the Open Internet, as well as why our society is better off by setting some rules for how Internet companies operate. Read More

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