People for the American Way have started a petition to stop congress from granting Immunity to Telecommunication companies that illegally wiretapped phones under order of the Bush Administration. Help bring justice to those who defy the constitution by signing the petition and letting congress know what you think.

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Thought crime, bullshit, crazy, free speech, government, interesting, news, scary, science |

 (As a warning, this is going to be an abnormally long post with the majority of the linked to article quoted. I think this subject is important as it deals with the freedom of speech on the internet, and it should be given special treatment.)
 

Thousands of LiveJournal customers are rebelling against the company’s recent decision [...]

Thought crime, free speech, internet, news, technology | 9 Comments »

Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts…
In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of [...]

free speech, interesting, internet, microsoft, technology, television |

I’m sure most people have heard of the horrible treatment that internet radio is getting, with the rise in royalties by the copyright board threatening to completely destroy internet radio.
But the RIAA is taking it a step farther:
There has been an understandable public outcry against the RIAA’s attempts to more than triple the sound [...]

RIAA, bullshit, free speech, insane, interesting, internet, music, news, technology | 3 Comments »

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI]
This is so very sad… the most shocking part being towards the ends where she reveals that college professors get students who can’t do 4X6 without a calculator.

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bullshit, free speech, interesting |

NEW YORK STATE is planning a law which would prevent the sale of some video games to those under the age of 30. The move, being pushed by democrat Aurelia Greene, will stop all violent games being sold to young whipper snappers under the age of 30. It is not clear if they are [...]

Gaming, bullshit, free speech, humor, interesting, news, technology, video games | 1 Comment »

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIu3JMGxk3Q]
A sad attempt at trying to make video games look like it’s to blame for all the world’s ill. No reasonable person would accept this… unfortunately very few people I’d call reasonable.

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bullshit, free speech, technology, video games |

The FCC was in court last week, defending its recent indecency rulings before an appellate panel of judges. The case at issue was brought by Fox after the network was sanctioned (but not fined) by the agency for a pair of curse words that went “unbleeped” during two different awards shows. The FCC found the [...]

free speech, humor, television |