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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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The White House is one step closer to having the authority to flip the Internet "kill switch" in case of emergency.
"The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved a cybersecurity bill called PCNAA, or Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act on Friday.
The bill would give the president the power to call it lights out for the Internet if there is "a cyber attack capable of causing massive damage or loss of life..."
Article by Andrea Ludtke (Jun 26, 2010) cbs4.com
Freedom Fries 2
Police surround protesters and attack - Queens Park Toronto - G20
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Freedom Fries | Is communication a basic human right?
Is communication a basic human right?
In 1980, UNESCO published a white book written by the International Commission for the Study of Communications Problems, known as the MacBride Report (as Seán MacBride was the Commission's Chairman).
Note the "s" in "Communications" which sustains "means of communication" not communication per se.
This study in depth, beyond controversy, brought evidences such as there's no Communication without infrastructure and it all starts with roads, yes physical roads...
The origins of Communication stand when and where people physically meet.
It not only is a fundamental right but, first of all, a necessity.
So fundamental that humanity has developped all sorts of ways and means while some did their best to hinder them.
Today, using a very old yet twisted and unfair trick (confusion between messenger and message) the WWW is threatened to be filtered, tamed, controlled.
It is up to us all, members of the planet, to protect our right to communicate...
In 1980, UNESCO published a white book written by the International Commission for the Study of Communications Problems, known as the MacBride Report (as Seán MacBride was the Commission's Chairman).
Note the "s" in "Communications" which sustains "means of communication" not communication per se.
This study in depth, beyond controversy, brought evidences such as there's no Communication without infrastructure and it all starts with roads, yes physical roads...
The origins of Communication stand when and where people physically meet.
It not only is a fundamental right but, first of all, a necessity.
So fundamental that humanity has developped all sorts of ways and means while some did their best to hinder them.
Today, using a very old yet twisted and unfair trick (confusion between messenger and message) the WWW is threatened to be filtered, tamed, controlled.
It is up to us all, members of the planet, to protect our right to communicate...
Communication rights: en.wikipedia.org
Seán MacBride: en.wikipedia.org
Communication Rights: vecam.org
Finland enshrines 'legal right' to broadband: telegraph.co.uk
Internet access is a fundamental human right, rules French court:dailymail.co.uk
Is communication a basic human right? An intellectual history:cjc-online.ca
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