Sharp Power: How China Got an American Fired for Liking a Tweet
More details about the American employee of Marriott International who lost his job for violating China’s authoritarian speech codes are coming to light.
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UK Government May Force Tech Companies to Use Online ‘Extremism’ Filter
The British government has funded the development of an online “extremism” filter which technology firms could be legally compelled to use, the Home Secretary has revealed.
Thousands March for Internet Freedom in Moscow
A modest demonstration for Internet freedom was held in Moscow on Sunday, pushing back against a crackdown on free speech in advance of the next presidential election.
Report: Google Will Help Vietnam Censor ‘Toxic’ Content
Vietnam’s government claims that Google’s parent company Alphabet will help censor “toxic content” in the country, according to a statement.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn: FCC Rule-Change Vote Eliminates Obama Admin Internet Tax and Regulatory Power Grab
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) discussed the possible elimination of the FCC’s 2016 broadband privacy rules on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow.
China Passes ‘Cyber-Security’ Law Banning Speech Threatening ‘Socialist System’
On Monday, China’s Parliament passed a cyber-security law that has foreign businesses and human-rights activists nervous, as it will place even more restrictions on China’s already tightly controlled Internet when its practices are implemented next June. Many of these restrictions apply extra security measures against non-Chinese interests.
Ted Cruz’s Approval Rate Rises After Trump Endorsement
A recent poll in Texas shows that 45 percent of likely voters say they have a “favorable” opinion of Senator Ted Cruz. Those numbers are up 10 percent after his speech at the GOP convention where he told Republicans to “vote your conscience.”
Authoritarians Seek ‘Real-Time Surveillance’ of All Individuals on the Internet in Global Conference
The new authoritarian masters of the Internet wasted no time exploiting President Obama’s handoff of American control.
Internet Takeover Update: China’s ‘Consensus Net’ Goes Offline
A few months ago, China’s mildly iconoclastic Consensus Media Group began worrying about Beijing’s authoritarian crackdown on “liberal voices in mainland publications.” Since that time, one of the group’s magazines has ceased publication, management has been reshuffled at another, and the popular “Consensus Net” website has suddenly gone dark.
John Bolton: Hostile Foreign Governments Will Use Obama’s Internet Surrender to Their Advantage
On Thursday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton criticized Republicans for failing to effectively oppose an Obama policy that has devastating long-term consequences: the surrender of American control over Internet registration.
Meet the New Authoritarian Masters of the Internet
President Barack Obama’s drive to hand off control of Internet domains to a foreign multi-national operation will give some very unpleasant regimes equal say over the future of online speech and commerce.
Frank Gaffney on Obama’s Attempt to Slip Irreversible Internet Surrender Under the Radar: ‘We’ve Got Three Days to Fix This’
Center for Security Policy president and founder Frank Gaffney joined Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the first presidential debate and a vitally important topic that was not addressed, the impending surrender of U.S. control of Internet registration.
Two Months Left Until Obama Gives Dictators Control of Internet
President Barack Obama is determined to give away control of the Internet within two months — one of the worst blunders in the history of national security, economic policy, and the fight for liberty generally.
Secret Provision of Senate Intel Bill Authorizes Warrantless FBI Internet Surveillance
The Intercept raises alarms about a provision slipped into the Senate’s annual intelligence authorization bill that would “give the FBI the ability to demand individuals’ email data and possibly web-surfing history from their service providers without a warrant and in complete secrecy.”
Pakistan Tries to Block 400,000 Websites, Fails
Pakistan launched one of its most ambitious censorship initiatives in memory at the beginning of 2016, with a Supreme Court order to “take remedial steps to quantify the nefarious phenomenon of obscenity and pornography that has an imminent role to corrupt and vitiate the youth of Pakistan.” It’s apparently not going well.
FCC Commissioner: Conceivable Federal Government Will ‘Want to Start Tamping Down’ on Drudge
Over the weekend Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Ajit Pai said he anticipates that, as a result of the passage of net neutrality regulations, federal regulators will attempt to control political websites – such as the Drudge Report – through the FCC or Federal Elections Commission (FEC).
Rep. Blackburn Rips FCC Internet Takeover: If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It
Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is firing back at President Obama for his Federal Communications Commission (FCC) led internet takeover.
Republicans, FCC Commissioners Push To Make Secret Net Neutrality Plan Public
ObamaCare for the Internet, also known as “Net Neutrality,” is getting shoved down our throats the same way ObamaCare was. The plan remains secret from the public, while those promoting it talk about a more “free and open Internet” without bothering to explain how further government regulation would lead to that outcome.
