Watching faceless online passerby troll bloggers or mock fellow scribblers can be a drag, but what if legislators’ answer to …
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Arizona Looks to Outlaw Internet Trolling
Being obnoxious on the Internet may soon cease to be a fundamental right in Arizona, where lawmakers approved a measure that effectively makes trolling illegal.
As Gizmodo reports, Arizona House Bill 2549 passed both …
Stronger Online Privacy Regulation Comes with Tradeoffs
As calls for comprehensive online privacy legislation get louder, Congress is looking to the experience of our cousins across the Atlantic where the European Union has had strict privacy regulations for over 15 years. What they’re finding is that privacy protections come with tradeoffs.
At a House hearing yesterday, M.I.T. Professor …
Community Wireless: Your Next Hot Hookup?
Municipal and community wireless gurus convened in Washington, D.C. this week — via old-fashioned chairs and, of course, Skype — to discuss the state of alternative Web networks. The events in Egypt, where citizens had their Internet snatched away in the wake of protests, gave them a good soapbox to stand on to suggest the embrace of …
San Francisco Cell Phone Sales to Require Radiation Information
The little info cards next to the cell phones sold in San Francisco stores will soon contain data on the amount of radiation the handsets give off thanks to a citywide vote that passed yesterday, according to the New York Times.
There’s been conflicting scientific evidence over the years as to whether or not cell phone radiation is …