The internet has been mourning and remembering David Bowie ever since news of his passing broke a week ago. Amidst all the sharing of classic […]
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Hey, Canadian Media Companies, Instead of Letters, Try Offering Something Better
So it looks like some people who have been downloading movies and TV shows illegally are going to get letters. That’s right, not even emails. […]
Our human right to public space: How the UN doesn’t go far enough on the Internet
Access to the Internet is a human right. At least that’s how the UN sees it. I see it that way, too, but I don’t think the UN goes far enough. The UN report, which deems cutting people off from the Internet to be a violation of their human rights and of international law, seems to be mostly concerned with stopping dictators from blacking out the Web in times of civil unrest (think Egypt and Syria) and preventing countries from…