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- Cuba sees explosion in internet access as ties with US grow http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a1f6c14607304b398d82a47464dd43d1/cuba-sees-explosion-internet-access-ties-us-grow 8 comments worldnews
- Australians see the US government as a bigger internet threat than China http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/10/08/essential-voters-hostile-to-us-surveillance/ 281 comments technology
- So, the US Government can see everything we do on the Internet now? What are your plans to secure your communications? http://politics.reddit.com/info/609hf/comments/ 4 comments politics
- EU politics..If passed, a BIG bill that will highly regulate the internet. Does anyone see how this could effect the US? http://telekompaketet.se/ 10 comments politics
- One third of US household have no internet access and don't plan to, because they see no point to it http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showarticle.jhtml;jsessionid=bhnow4k55xtseqsndlrckhscjunn2jvn?articleid=198500549 8 comments reddit.com
- The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) would allow the US government to censor the internet as they see fit, like China and Iran do, with the difference that the sites they decide to censor will be completely removed from the internet and not just in the US. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-segal/stop-the-internet-blackli_b_739836.html 120 comments technology
- The Rich See a Different Internet Than the Poor - Most of us have become unwitting actors in an unfolding drama about the tale of 2 internets. There is yours & mine, theirs & ours. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=rich-see-different-internet-than-the-poor 904 comments technology
- [DePaula] The new Kyrie 4 features an "All Seeing Eye" icon behind the tongue, meant to "challenge everyone to seek their own answers beyond the ones that are given to us by books, media, internet, etc." http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/12/kyrie-irving-boston-celtics-shoes-4-all-seeing-eye-flat-earth-nike-nba 708 comments nba
- The new Kyrie 4 also features an "All Seeing Eye" icon behind the tongue, meant to "challenge everyone to seek their own answers beyond the ones that are given to us by books, media, internet, etc." https://twitter.com/nickdepaula/status/941731406752882688 13 comments nba
- "The internet is a perfect environment for therapeutic politics to flourish. It's easier than ever to banish opposing writers and online publications from your Facebook news feed. Instead of us all seeing the same news we each curate our own comfortable worlds of relentlessly refreshed reassurance." https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/nicholas-barrett/polarising-world-of-therapeutic-politics 12 comments politics
- ICANN Sees Privatization Of Internet Management Soon: "The head of the nonprofit group that oversees the world's Internet addresses expressed confidence Thursday [14 May 2015] that it would be privatized and out of US government control by year's end." http://www.france24.com/en/20150514-icann-sees-privatization-internet-management-soon 3 comments worldnews
- US Gov sees the Internet as Enemy - Clay Bowler, who ran a blog criticizing Republican Congressman Billy Long, was shocked to see an FBI agent turn up on his doorstep asking questions. He highlighted claims of cronyism and corruption involving the Congressman. http://www.thirdage.com/news/witch-hunt-fbi-targets-conservative-bloggers_1-14-2011 19 comments politics
- If passed, this law will allow the government, under the command of the media companies, to censor the internet as they see fit, like China and Iran do, with the difference that the sites they decide to censor will be completely removed from the internet and not just in the US. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3804r 5 comments reddit.com
- Internet Defenders Urge Mass Revolt to Fight FCC's "Scorched-Earth" Attack on Net Neutrality: "FCC Pai is handing over the internet to a few humongous gatekeepers who see the rest of us as products to be delivered to advertisers, not as citizens needing communications that serve democracy's needs.' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/21/internet-defenders-urge-mass-revolt-fight-fccs-scorched-earth-attack-net-neutrality 4022 comments worldnews
- Is anyone else disappointed to see a great service like netflix loose profits due to a slight price increase. Yet internet providers screw us over for years with no consequence. http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/15/technology/netflix/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1 5 comments reddit.com
- Breaking out of the internet filter bubble. Increasingly we don't all see the same internet. We see stories and ideas and facts that make it through a membrane of personalised algorithms that surround us on Google, Facebook, Yahoo and many other sites. http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/06/why-facebook-have-an-important-button.html 50 comments politics
- Sparks fly over US plan to shift Internet role: A plan unveiled last month would see the US relinquish its key oversight role for the Internet, handing that over to "the global multistakeholder community." http://phys.org/news/2014-04-shift-internet-role.html 24 comments technology
- American ISPs have convinced us that Internet access is expensive - getting speeds of 100Mbps will set most people back by more than $100 a month.. Which is why it was so refreshing to see a California ISP roll out its new 1Gbps, fiber-to-the-home service… for $70 a month! http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/1gbps-fiber-for-70in-america-yup.ars 874 comments politics
- "When a political group in the US fakes a grass roots movement, it does so in an environment where people are skeptical and have their guards up. But most people in the West have no idea that China is constantly swaying public opinion on the Internet, and tend to accept what they see at face value." http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/article.php/3795091/how+chinas+50+cent+army+could+wreck+web+2.0.htm 5 comments politics
- [SVP] Pat Bev: "Tryna see where this Kawhi thing goes. Rumors. Can't control that. I hear Clippers. What do you hear?" SVP: "Who knows who these Internet people are?" Pat Bev: "Good for him, wherever he goes. If it's with us, it's on. If not ... then it's still on." http://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bt=4m24s&v=2Te3RNEo764 51 comments nba