Groups Ask: “Please Protect Our Privacy from E-Verify”
Image source Sandra Fulton ACLU Citing a variety of privacy concerns, a broad coalition of advocacy groups from across the political spectrum including libertarians, consumer…
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California tells online retailers to start collecting sales taxes from customers
Beginning Friday, Amazon.com and other large out-of-state retailers will be required to collect sales taxes on purchases that their California customers make online. California Capitol,…
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Nanotechnology
Alliance for Natural Health When is organic not organic? When nanoparticles are involved. A new Action Alert. Last year we reported on nanotechnology, the process…
KKR to Buy Top ISP Domain Reg. “Go Daddy”- But who is KKR?
Jack Blood, Contributing Writer Activist Post If you haven’t heard much about KKR (Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co) it’s probably not your fault. Like many…
Google sees growing struggle over web censorship
Reuters DUBLIN (Reuters) – Internet giant Google’s tussles with some governments over Internet censorship could get worse, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Monday, adding…
Evolution machine: Genetic engineering on fast forward
Automated genetic tinkering is just the start – this machine could be used to rewrite the language of life and create new species of humans…
Google Updates PageRank: Top Alternative News Aggregator Punished
Image source Eric Blair Activist Post Today is the day of reckoning. In January of this year, we reported that Google was changing its algorithm…
Technocracy Endgame: Global Smart Grid
“There is a new world wide web emerging right before our eyes. It is a global energy network and, like the internet, it will change…
LEAKED: UK copyright lobby holds closed-door meetings with gov’t to discuss national Web-censorship regime
Cory Doctorow Boing Boing A group of UK copyright lobbyists held confidential, closed-door meetings with Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries to…
Denmark Police Propose Ban On Anonymous Internet Use
Image Source Amy Lee Huffington Post Imagine if the police knew exactly what you do online: All the porn sites you scan secretly, the vitriolic…
IPCC assesses geoengineering proposals
Dees Illustration Zoraida Portillo SciDev [LIMA] Geoengineering experts, who gathered this week to assess proposals for manipulating the earth to avoid climate disaster, have stressed…
Felony Penalties Proposed for “Illegal Streaming”: Senate Bill 978
Abigail Phillips EFF Efforts to harness law enforcement resources in the service of copyright enforcement continue apace. Last Thursday, the so-called “illegal streaming” bill passed…
US venture capitalists oppose ‘rogue website’ bill
Angel investor Ron Conway © AFP/Getty Images/File Joe Corrigan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – A group of top US venture capitalists has written a letter to…
Concerns Continue to Mount on U.S. Bioweapons Violations
Anthony Freda Illustration Janet C. Phelan, Contributing Writer Activist Post The Center for Disease Control has declined to confirm or deny allegations that the United…