Patriot Act

Relating to what we talked about today, this is a video about the Patriot Act and how it allows the government to detain people with no evidence that they have commited any crime. The man, Padilla, in the clip supposedly knew inside information about the 9/11 attacks. He was, therefore, taken into custody by the military without any evidence or announcing themselves. His lawyer was one of the last to know and was told she couldn't see him or talk to him on the phone. She could, however, write him, but there was no promise that he would get the letter or that they wouldn't read confidential communications between an attorney and her client.

This is an absolute invasion of privacy and I definitely would like to see this act abolished.

review for midterm

Midterm DMST 2200

social web/web 2.0
convergence
participatory culture
produsage
collective intelligence
free culture
control over internet
IP
Filtering
government
net neutrality
Google
ATT
Creative Commons
Patriot Act
EFF

Save the Internet

After spending a little time searching around the internet for websites on net neutrality, I came across a site that particularly interested me. Savetheinternet.com is a website designed to educate people on the importance of net neutrality. They have up-to-date stories on recent news related articles involving net neutrality. One of the more recent posts is about the government penalizing Comcast for invading net neutrality. Head over to this website to learn more about savetheinternet.com. They also include videos if you are interested in watching.

presentation schedule

9/30 Meghan Holly
10/2 Polina Portnaya
10/9 Dulce Saenz
10/14 Katrina Glover
10/16 Jonathan Foos
10/21 Alexi Herman
10/23 Taryn Hemmings
10/28 Anthony Stillitano
10/30 Leah Schwartz

Video on Net Neutrality

I thought this was a great video (made by 'Save the Internet.com') that promotes net neutrality and explains it in Layman's terms. It also makes some interesting points on the reality of this issue, like how big corporations tapped into the radio and cable/television industries, so it's probably only a matter of time before they jump on the internet too.

The Internet

Relating to the south park clip that Leah found. I also found another clip from the episode where the internet it gone. The speech that Stan's dad gives, relates to what we debated on in class on thursday. one of the things we discussed was how net neutrality would be a problem, and that is over usage, overcrowding of the servers, and i think he puts it in a perfect perspective for us.

so here it is

Verison Caught Censoring Texting Messages

I thought this was a good way to think of Net Neutrality. Making it little more simpler terms.


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