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Internet service providers cannot be forced to install filters aimed at preventing people from illegally downloading music and other files, the EU’s top court ruled Thursday.
Go here to read the rest: EU court rules against web filters to block file sharing
Consumer groups and internet service providers welcome European Court of Justice judgment.
See the rest here: Internet firms ‘cannot be forced to filter content’
You can pay $40 a month for 1.5Mbps “high-speed” internet from a provider like Comcast or, if you’re lucky, you can be part of Sonic.net’s 700-home roll-out of fiber lines that pump internet into your home 600 times that fast for less than twice the cost.
More here: America Needs 1Gbps Internet in Every Home
Since a large group of tech companies protested the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) in conjunction with the House’s first hearing on SOPA last week, civil rights advocates have been rooting out the pro-SOPA traitors. The latest two to be named are Nintendo and Sony, identified by Think Progress on Monday as having spent tens of thousands of dollars to support the Senate’s similar, stalled bill …
View original post here: Tech Companies Not Taking a Stand on Internet Censorship Are Being Blacklisted
You know where investors are finding the capital to go shopping today? They’re dumping their Internet stocks. In a continuation of a recent downtrend in Internet shares, the sector is getting hit pretty hard in light Black Friday trading. A quick damage report, prepared as the market headed into the final minutes of [...]
Original post: It’s A Black Friday Internet Stock Sell-A-Thon!
Call it the Meme Movement.
See the original post: Internet memes sprout around Occupy movement
