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Internet Freedoms Face Powerful Forces

The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned there were “very powerful forces that have lined up against the open internet on all sides and around…

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Facebook And Google : YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS ON THEIR SERVERS

  Facebook is squaring with Google in a race for control not only of the social network market, but of the Internet as a whole. Regardless of who “wins,” there’s a danger for users, who bit by bit are losing control of both their digitial profiles – and digital freedom.       Do you…

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Political Danger Ahead: A Wave Of Revolt Spreading In Israel

Israel Starting To Feel A Touch Of Arab Spring? A period of relative calm on the security front has given way to rising frustrations among about long-ignored economic problems. The result has been a series of online – and on the streets – protests. Tel Aviv, Israel TEL AVIV – Along Rothschild Boulevard, the most…

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What the Arab World is Saying/Hearing/Sharing among the Internet Army of Activists

ARABICA – A Daily Shot Of What the Arab World is Saying/Hearing/Sharing         A  R  A  B  I  C  A ???????   By Kristen Gillespie     BLOOD *As the Syrian uprising gets more serious, the logo for the facebook group “Syrian Revolution against Bashar al-Assad 2011” is becoming proportionately bloody. The…

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Julian Assange Framed by Police and Politics

Officer and Miss A met through political party and corresponded over internet months before WikiLeaks chief was accused The police investigator who first interviewed two Swedish women about allegations of rape and sexual assault against Julian Assange is a friend and political associate of one of the women, a Swedish newspaper has claimed. The female…