As I watch the legislative abominations named SOPA, PIPA, and NDAA follow the lead of the DMCA and the Patriot Act in the United…
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Travis McCrea is a Terrorist
With the passing of S.1867 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 the United States Senate has declared its overwhelming belief that all…
Read MoreA Week At The Heart Of Democracy: You Couldn't Make It Up
I’ve spent this week in the European Parliament (pictured). The disconnect between the populace and the political nobility is just staggering. I already translated…
Read MoreNew Lows In Neverending ACTA Corruption
The harshly criticized ACTA agreement (which, among other things, may result in severe limitations in the freedom of the net) has been reviewed by…
Read MoreCensoring The Net Is A Human Right Violation
As anyone with an Internet connection knows right now, the United States Senate is looking to pass the “Stop Online Piracy Act” SOPA. Looking…
Read MoreSOPA Supporter = A WIMP
If there’s one thing that makes US Politics amusing, it’s the sheer effort that is put into legislation, or at least the legislation’s name….
Read MoreOMGWTF: Passwords of 93,000 Politicians, Reporters, Bloggers Leaked
In what is arguably the largest-scale security breach so far in Sweden that didn’t come in the form of a parliamentary decision, a leak…
Read MoreNovi Sad, You're Doing It Right
I’m currently wrapping up after having given a presentataion on changing the world in Novi Sad, Serbia. To my astonishment, the city has a…
Read MoreThis is What Democracy Looks Like
On the day the occupation of Wall Street began, one chant from the crowd stood out for me: “This is what democracy looks like!”…
Read More9/11 – A Legacy to be Proud Of?
On this, the 10th anniversary of 9/11 it would behoove us all to look at the last decade, not through the eyes of emotional…
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