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New Internet Manifesto Backed by World Economic Forum... and You?

Juliette Powell | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wikinomics, Wikipedia, Internet Policy, Breaking Media News, 33millionpeople, Citizen Journalism, Internet Manifesto, Davos, Cluetrain, Juliette Powell, Manifesto, Davos 2009, Dan Tapscott, Journalism, World Economic Forum, Politics News
Juliette Powell

A post by the World Economic Forum led me down the rabbit hole to a new Internet Manifesto on 'how journalism works today.' I wondered what Huffington Post readers would think of the top 5 declarations.

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E-Democracy Also Threatens Conservative Rule in Washington D.C.

Bob Fertik | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Netroots, Iraq War Funding, Iran Election, Internet Policy, Participatory Democracy, Iran Riot, Obama Internet, Iran, Single Payer Healthcare, World News
Bob Fertik

The Iranian rebellion is visible to the world through digital photos and videos uploaded and forwarded through Facebook, Twitter, and other global networks.

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Nothing Good From The Internet? Bollocks

Josh Levy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet Policy, Fcc, Time Warner Cable, Email, Blackberry, Youtube, Internet, Freepress, Creative Content, Media News
Josh Levy

Thanks to the Internet, the rest of us are feeling increasingly liberated from the shackles of corporate control over content.

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National Broadband: The Mobile Opportunity

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet Policy, Economic Stimulus Package, National Broadband, Rural America, Mobile Phones, Wireless, Health Care, Public Safety, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

The pieces are coming together for the president to get Congress and the public behind a truly forward-looking national Internet policy.

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Guardrails for the Internet: Preserving Creativity Online

Michael Lynton | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Music Piracy, Copyright Infringement, Internet Policy, Internet, Movie Piracy, Intellectual Property, Bittorrent, Piracy, Copyright, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Michael Lynton Piracy, File Sharing, Michael Lynton, Media News
Michael Lynton

In no other realm of our society have we encountered so widespread and consequential a failure to put in place guidelines over the use and growth of such a major industry.

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Internet Heroes and Villains

Timothy Karr | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Corruption, SavetheInternet.Com, Internet Policy, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Telcos, Obama Internet, Obama Net Neutrality, Media News
Timothy Karr

ISPs have stuck consumers with higher prices and slower speeds, while repeatedly threatening to throttle the free and open Internet. And our elected and appointed officials have let this happen.

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France Launches World's First Internet Policing Agency

Times Online | Charles Bremner | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Internet, Internet Policy, Internet Police, Sarkozy, France Internet Policing Agency, France, France Internet, Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy, Internet Policing Agency, World News

President Sarkozy finally gets the green light to equip France with the world's first internet police agency today. Parliament is approving a novel la...

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Obama, Net Policy and the Kindness of Strangers

Bennet Kelley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet Policy, Net Neutrality, Obama Broadband, President Obama, Media News
Bennet Kelley

It is a sad irony that the medium which has generated so much political activism on both the right and the left, has been unable to mobilize to protect itself.

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Broadband Bullies Shouldn't Benefit From Stimulus

Art Brodsky | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Telecoms, Barack Obama, Internet Policy, Obama Broadband, Obama Internet, Media News
Art Brodsky

If new areas are to be served, and if underserved areas are to be upgraded, then either the incumbent telecom companies have to clean up their acts, or they have to make way for others.

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Fair Trade Suffers When China Censors The Internet. It's Not Just A Human Rights Issue.

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Internet Policy, China, Internet Censorship, Google, Yahoo China, Microsoft, Baidu, China Internet Access, Google China, China Censorship, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft China, Myspace, Chinese Censorship, Politics News
Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg

We are accustomed to thinking of censorship purely as a human rights issue, but for information providers and technology companies, censorship acts as a trade barrier.

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Net Neutrality on Deck

Timothy Karr | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Net Neutrality, change.gov, Internet Policy, Internet, Obama Administration, Regulation, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Media News
Timothy Karr

There has been a sea change in Washington as the wonks, tech pundits and lobbyists align themselves with new leadership and the likelihood that Net Neutrality could become law soon.

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If It Ain't Broke, Don't Try To Fix It

Leslie Harris | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Network, Internet, Broadband, Safeguards, Content, Copyright, Digital Copyright, Economy, Online, Digital, Innovation, Innovative, Privacy, Election, President, Google, Internet Start-Up, Internet Policy, Internet Management, Facebook, Network Operators, Website Start-Up, Myspace, Media News
Leslie Harris

Given the proven benefits of this open model for Internet use, it is confounding how many people, both in government and industry, seem willing to start tinkering with it.

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Companies Win, Consumers Lose in McCain's Tech Plan

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, John McCain, Fcc, FCC Comcast Hearing, Net Neutrality, Internet Policy, John McCain Internet, Kevin Powell, Kevin Martin, Mccain Net Neutrality, Kevin Martin FCC, Media News
Art Brodsky

McCain's internet policy is the product of a team of advisors that gives lip service to consumers, but when the rubber meets the road, it's the corporations that get most of the goodies.

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Internet Purchases Shouldn't Be Subsidized

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Government, Taxes, Internet Policy, Budget Deficit, Internet Politics, Tax Revenue, Revenue, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

So we cannot afford to lose tens of billions of dollars in state and local tax revenues by exempting internet sales. But even if it were affordable, there is no good economic reason to do so.

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