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‘Reset the Net’ campaign aims to thwart spying on NSA leaks anniversary

Exactly a year after Edward Snowden blew the whistle on government spying, a digital rights group said Thursday that it has identified steps that major tech companies and individuals can take to avoid surveillance.

“We’ve been leaving the door unlocked on the web,” allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to carry out its mass or “dragnet” surveillance with little resistance, said Evan Greer, campaign manager for digital rights nonprofit organization Fight for the Future.

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Ready for a laugh? John Oliver devoted a segment of his popular show to Net Neutrality, evil telcos and cable company mergers.

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Yes, the guy who used to run the cable industry’s lobbying arm is now running the agency tasked with regulating it. That is the equivalent of needing a babysitter, and hiring a dingo.

John Oliver, Last Week Tonight

Get the facts on net neutrality, or as John Oliver puts it, “preventing cable company f**kery.”

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Teens React to a 1997 Instructional Video for Kids About the Internet

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freepress.net

Why the AT&T-DirecTV Deal Is the Dumbest, Most Wasteful Deal Ever (at Least Since Comcast–Time Warner Cable)

On Sunday, AT&T announced that it’s buying DirecTV. For this kingly sum AT&T gets a satellite-only company with declining profits and no physical assets located here on planet Earth.

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act.freepress.net

Needed: Your Comments on the Future of the Internet | Free Press

[theverge]

Your corporate internet nightmare starts now
The year is 2018. The death of net neutrality was just the beginning.

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[themediafix]

The FCC is proposing rules that would kill Net Neutrality.

We can’t let this happen.

TAKE ACTION: Demand REAL Net Neutrality

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Technology adoption among seniors has been increasing slowly but surely. Today, 77% of seniors have a cell phone,  59% use the internet, and almost half have broadband at home. Those still trail the national average, but they have been steadily increasing since we began tracking these metrics way back in 2000.

We also found that the senior population is far from homogeneous—there are two distinct “camps” within the older adult population when it comes to technology use:

1. The first group of seniors is fairly plugged in—they own a fair number of technology assets, have integrated these tools into their lives, and view that connectivity as a positive thing. This group is relatively young, educated, affluent.
2. The other camp is largely disconnected from the digital world. They don’t use technology to any great degree, they would not feel comfortable learning how on their own, and in many cases they don’t feel like they are missing out on too much. This group is both older and less affluent, and they often have significant health or disability issues that make it challenging for them to use technology.

More in our NEW REPORT that examines the place that technology holds in older adults’ lives.

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freepress.net

Join the Fight to Stop the Merger

Here are all the down-and-dirty facts — plus lots of useful resources — on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.

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savetheinternet.com

The Fight to Save Net Neutrality: Resources

Internet freedom means Net Neutrality. Internet freedom means mobile rights. Internet freedom means open spectrum. Internet freedom means universal high-speed Internet. The fight for Internet freedom begins here, so get involved today. Read more and share with your friends.

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