"Stop the Great Firewall…" NYTimes op-ed. 

See also Twitter post by a former Journalism prof of mine, @MarshallYoum.

In addition to the obviously devastating repercussions for freedom of political speech, this piece of legislation plainly has chilling implications for anyone conducting internet research, and also works to circumvent American ( Read more... )

If you read my LJ often, then you know that I rarely delve into politics or public policy.  I'm more interested in life on the fringe.  But occasionally something comes to my attention that is so disconcerting, I feel compelled to discuss it in the only real forum I have - which, as it happens, is LJ.

In this instance it's a report Kakkik had ( Read more... )

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

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Kakkik The Poli-Sci Major sent me this link: http://reason.com/blog/2010/12/14/great-4th-amendment-news-from. Basically, it's about emails and the 4th Amendment (to the U.S. Constitution). I thought some of you LJ-ers might be interested.