- Secret TPP agreement, SOPA on steroids, may be the end of the Internet as we know it http://blogs.computerworld.com/internet/23154/secret-tpp-agreement-sopa-steroids-may-be-end-internet-we-know-it 263 comments technology
- ‘NAFTA on Steroids’: secret agreements to censor the Internet http://www.kurzweilai.net/nafta-on-steroids-secret-agreements-to-censor-the-internet?utm_source=kurzweilai+daily+newsletter&utm_campaign=a87ba7e89e-ua-946742-1&utm_medium=email 3 comments technology
- Trans-Pacific Partnership: ‘NAFTA on Steroids’: secret agreements to censor the Internet http://www.kurzweilai.net/nafta-on-steroids-secret-agreements-to-censor-the-internet?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter 5 comments technology
- Starting in a few months, millions of online ‘pirates’ will be monitored as part of an agreement between the MPAA, RIAA and all major U.S. Internet providers. [x-post from Trackers] http://torrentfreak.com/database-of-u-s-internet-pirates-will-be-decentralized-110906/ 341 comments politics
- New royalty agreement leaves Internet radio out in the cold http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080923-new-royalty-agreement-leaves-internet-radio-out-in-the-cold.html 2 comments technology
- Service agreement sees internet users consenting to give up a kidney https://www.yorku.ca/news/2022/12/06/service-agreement-sees-internet-users-consenting-to-give-up-a-kidney/ 24 comments science
- Service agreement sees internet users consenting to give up a kidney - News @ York https://www.yorku.ca/news/2022/12/06/service-agreement-sees-internet-users-consenting-to-give-up-a-kidney/ 13 comments privacy
- FCC looking into slow Internet download speeds by reviewing agreements between Netflix, Internet service providers http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/fcc-slow-internet-download-speeds-article-1.1829348 10 comments technology
- Crowdsourcing at it's finest. Reward is now up to $25,000 for a text of the secret Trans Pacific Partnership agreement which will restrict internet usage. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1439/content_item/freetpp 578 comments technology
- US relinquishing control of internet with new Icann agreement. http://m.guardian.co.uk/?id=102202&story=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/30/icann-agreement-us 22 comments technology
- WiFi Rail to Bring Internet to BART with a 20-Year Agreement http://www.zoomgadget.com/2009/01/wifi-rail-to-bring-internet-to-bart.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Ethereum is comparable to TCP/IP - each token is a network of value transfer. But what makes the internet are peering-agreements. Introducing Bancor Protocol https://www.bancor.network 7 comments ethereum
- "The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) threatens to regulate and restrict the Internet in the name of enforcing intellectual property (IP) rights around the world. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/09/tpp-secrecy-must-be-stopped 6 comments technology
- Our internet is open for all but not the agreement - RailTel can't disclose the agreement with Google (Free WiFi) because of NDA. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/5i90ls/our_internet_is_open_for_all_but_not_the/ 4 comments india
- European Commission Investigation Finds U.S. Laws on Internet Gambling Violate Trade Agreement http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/european-commission-investigation-finds-laws-internet-gambling-violate-trade/ 5 comments business
- Google Agrees to $392 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States - Under the agreement, which state attorneys general said was the largest U.S. internet privacy settlement, Google must also make its location-tracking practices clearer to users. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/google-privacy-settlement.html 7 comments technology
- G7 leaders strike ‘historic agreement’ to force internet giants to pay more tax, Rishi Sunak announces https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/g7-internet-tax-rishi-sunak-b1860212.html 52 comments geopolitics
- European Commission welcomes agreement to end roaming charges and to guarantee an open Internet http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_ip-15-5265_en.htm 26 comments worldnews
- European Commission welcomes agreement to end roaming charges and to guarantee an open Internet http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_ip-15-5265_en.htm 652 comments technology
- Trans-Pacific Partner Agreement was made behind closed doors without a vote. TPP Creates Legal Incentives For ISPs To Police The Internet. What Is At Risk? Your Rights. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/tpp-creates-liabilities-isps-and-put-your-rights-risk 81 comments worldnews
- Razer Naga gaming mouse requires always-on Internet connection, license agreement says they can use this to spy on you http://boingboing.net/2012/11/07/razer-naga-gaming-mouse-requir.html 7 comments technology
- Really, Google???... Google and Verizon are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html 75 comments technology
- Final TPP: agreement poses a grave threat to the Internet and freedom of expression - “Now that we can read the final TPP text, it’s obvious why it was kept in total secrecy for so long: this agreement is a wishlist for powerful special interests and multinational corporations http://tumblr.fightforthefuture.org/post/132605875893/final-tpp-text-confirms-worst-fears-shadowy 48 comments worldnews
- TPP: "If U.S. Congress signs this agreement despite its blatant corruption, they'll be signing a death warrant for the open Internet and putting the future of free speech in peril." http://inthesetimes.com/article/18570/tpp-obama-corporate-interests-open-internet-gmo-foods 1779 comments politics
- Senator Ron Wyden introduced a bill in Senate demanding access text of secret international agreements regulating the Internet such as TPP that carry provisions that could severely choke off users' rights on the Internet around the world https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/05/senator-wyden-defends-users-rights 4 comments technology
- Google kills net neutrality? Google and Verizon are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html?hp 10 comments politics
- Global conspiracy to change a key trade agreement will empowers ISPs to cut off service to "accused" internet file sharers. This is bad. http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2010/02/19/segments/150452 14 comments technology
- Papua New Guinea (PNG) will uphold its agreement with China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to build its internet infrastructure, a PNG government minister said on Monday, dismissing offers from Western countries to take on the work. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-papua-huawei-tech/png-upholds-deal-with-huawei-to-lay-internet-cable-derides-counter-offer-iduskcn1nv0dr 6 comments worldnews
- Britain will unilaterally implement a digital service tax if there is no international agreement soon on how to tax big internet companies, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Monday, blaming U.S. tax reforms for slow multilateral progress. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-digital-tax/uk-could-go-it-alone-on-digital-services-tax-finance-minister-iduskcn1mb2e2 4 comments worldnews
- "Copyright protection can never be a justification for eliminating freedom of expression or freedom of information. That is why for me, blocking the internet is never an option," The previous EU commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship Viviane Reding on the ACTA agreement https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2154337/european-court-justice-rule-acta 95 comments europe
- Tech experts from every major advocacy group working to defend Internet users’ rights vehemently oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, but a trade association that represents major web companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Uber just endorsed it. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/2016/ia-tpp/ 5 comments technology
- French scream sacré bleu! as US govt gives up the internet to ICANN. The French govt has slammed the agreement to move the domain name system out from under US control and hand it to California's ICANN. The French believe the move hands too much control to internet giants like Google and Amazon. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/24/france_slams_us_govt_internet_transition/ 3 comments worldnews
- 'Blind agreement' and closed-door deals: Report slams TPP negotiations. With sign-off on the Trans-Pacific Partnership edging closer and critics warning the deal could "attack internet freedoms," a Parliamentary review has slammed the negotiating process for a lack of oversight. http://www.cnet.com/au/news/blind-agreement-and-closed-door-deals-report-slams-tpp-negotiation-process/ 75 comments technology
- The TPP is a massive “free trade” agreement currently being pushed by big corporations and negotiated behind closed doors by world leaders. The deal could offshore millions of jobs, threaten Internet freedom, jack up the cost of medicines, and give foreign firms the rights of sovereign nations. https://www.citizen.org/tpp 34 comments politics
- Congress may soon pass a bill that severely limits its own ability to improve or remove language in agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement or Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That includes any copyright or Internet control provisions that are inserted by special interest groups https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/stop-congress-taking-fast-track-one-sided-copyright-laws 6 comments politics
- First Leaked TPP Chapter Evokes Memories of SOPA: Wikileaks leaked a copy of the agreement’s “most controversial chapter” which has prompted immediate criticism of its SOPA-like provisions that have Internet freedom-limiting potential http://torrentfreak.com/first-leaked-tpp-chapter-evokes-memories-of-sopa-131113/ 5 comments technology
- You thought SOPA was bad? Russia, China, and Iran are trying to "use international agreements to regulate the Internet by crowding out bottom-up institutions, imposing charges for international communication, and controlling the content that consumers can access online." http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052702303822204577470532859210296.html 11 comments technology
- To all Members of the EU Parliament: As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and reject the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet_spread/?copy 4 comments europe
- A new trade agreement being negotiated behind closed doors by officials from the United States, European Union and other countries could drastically reduce internet freedom. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/10/2010102822231134125.html 24 comments worldnews
- As the secret Anti-Counterfeiting (actually anti-piracy) Trade Agreement rolls forward, it's clear that some kind of Internet "enforcement" will end up in the text; but what kind? Thirty-eight corporate lawyers and 4 public interest lawyers are the only ones with a say. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/these-42-people-are-shaping-us-internet-enforcement-policy.ars 28 comments worldnews