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We deserve to know which companies track & sell our location and sexual orientation

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Under proposed California “Right to Know” law, companies would have to divulge that info and more.
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Here’s the Internet/cable TV ad they ought to run (video)

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Americans pay far more than Europeans do for the same cable service – it really is a scam.
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Internet redlining: How “personalization” is helping companies ignore “less-attractive” consumers

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Internet “personalization” is sold as adding experience, but it’s helping companies redline the underclass.
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Can the GOP be saved from its obsession with the 1950s?

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An interesting story in the NYT about how, from technology to social issues, the GOP is stuck in the past.
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Why US Internet access is slow, costly & unfair (video)

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Bill Moyers investigates why Americans are paying so much, and getting so little, for their Internet.
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Is Google Fiber Internet service driving down Time Warner Cable’s prices?

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It looks like Google’s new Internet service is forcing Time Warner Cable to slash their prices.
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German court: Internet provider can be sued for damages for down-time

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Sure, your Internet provider shouldn’t charge you for down time, but should you be able to get damages?
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Montreal college student expelled after exposing security hole in college’s network

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Dawson College refuses to explain why this shouldn’t be perceived as a whistleblower incident.
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Tell Blue Coat to stop helping its customers ban gay and trans Web sites

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Please sign our joint petition with GLAAD telling Blue Coat to stop helping their customers ban gay sites.
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DOD using same Blue Coat Internet censor as Syria, Saudi Arabia and likely Burma

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Blue Coat technology is blocking US troops from reading gay and progressive news Web sites and blogs.
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