Yes, what is going on in Italy is about as frightening as that headline reads. Authorities in Italy have been attacking the internet on multiple fronts as of late with many moves that are eerily intrusive and controlling. First you may be wondering why such a drastic headline. I want everyone to know that I [...]
Continue reading about Is Italy Trying To Become The Next Nazi Germany… For The Internet?
Something rather horrible was just brought to my attention. It is the story about a 16 year old boy named Ashton Lundeby who was arrested in the middle of the night by a team of FBI and local law enforcement officers. Now an arrest of someone so young isn’t really news-worthy these days (shameful as [...]
Continue reading about Bush Era Patriot Act Used To Arrest And Hold A Child Without Due Process
After the last few articles that I have written I thought that things couldn’t get much worse. I thought they would at least give it a couple weeks before taking another shot a stomping on consumer rights. Boy was I wrong.
Today we received news about a small town in North Carolina called Wilson. This town [...]
Continue reading about Apparently The Cable Broadband Industry Hates Consumer Rights
Today the New York Times reported that AIG, a company that has received two bailouts in less than six months, is planning on rewarding it’s incompitent executives over $168 million in bonuses. How can we continue to let them take advantage of the American people? The lawyers for AIG say that they are contractually obligated [...]
Continue reading about When are we going to stop letting corporate executives take advantage of us?
Since the formation of the United States of America we have cherished our rights that we granted to ourselves as a government by the people for the people. However, as time has gone by, those that are in power have managed to stay in power and they bring their friends and family in with them. [...]
As absurd as it may sound, it turns out patents really can kill people. This is a first for me, but I found an appaling story about an abuse of the patent system that violates intellectual property rights, consumer rights, human rights, justice, and can lead to more deaths. Now you may be thinking just [...]
This story I am torn on because while I certainly think the man should be prosecuted for such crimes (and severely) I don’t like the precedent it could set for 5th Amendment rights in the digital age. In the case at hand a man whom is suspected of owning child pornography on a laptop was [...]
Continue reading about Suspect in illegal pornography ownership case forced to decrypt hard drive
Recent Comments