Showing posts with label Net Neutrality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Net Neutrality. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Oh, Christ...

More on the ever-exciting topic of Net Neutrality!!!

Looks like our friends in the religious-right are trying to think again... this time they've decided that 'puters er bad. US News catches them in the act:

"...as you know, the Internet has also made obscenity, child pornography, and other objectionable content readily accessible."


...and that's just what they were able to find in Rev. Eugene Blazek's Internet Explorer bookmarks.

In Bill Maher style... New Rule: Religious conservatives are now only allowed to speak about the things they actually know about... namely: creating obscenity, child pornography, and other objectionable content.

Some hope is alive for our planet however, as the FCC mulls taking action against Comcast who admitted to illegally altering consumer Internet traffic by slowing Bit Torrent connections.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Monday :(

Noticed our YouTube links have been intermittently unavailable? Blame Pakistan.

On Friday, Pakistan's Internet regulator and censor, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, ordered ISPs in the country to shut down access to YouTube, which had been hosting a video that -- according to the Pakistani government -- was so critical of Islam it could have sparked riots.


Morocco, Turkey, and Thailand have also censored YouTube in the past year.

The BBC report:






Continuing with that techy theme... The FCC is holding a hearing on the subject of Net Neutrality today. With Comcast being investigated for "slowing some customers' access to peer-to-peer file-sharing program BitTorrent", Michael Copps aint lyin:

"I see no reason for us to have to wait for a new law to get this going," Mr. Copps said. "Network operators are making choices right now that will determine how Americans communicate today and in the future. The are deciding right now how the Internet is going to be managed. Some of their choices may be right; some of their choices may be wrong."





A final tech-related note... Remember that cool McCain opinion poll video going around last week? The organization that put that together, MediaCurves.com, does all sorts of digital-focusgroup work where users get paid to take part in studies. Including believability tests on Andy Pettitte's media address from last week and believablility-mashup of Clemens vs. McNamee.




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Peace-out,
kreplech