Category: Politics
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Wikileaks Mirror Taken Down: Host Buckles Under Demands from Upstream Provider
It’s sad when we can’t even trust companies that we pay to stick up for our rights.
PCMag.com – RIAA Misfires, Grazes PCMag.com
Apparently blaming journalists is now how the music industry will fight its battles.
TorrentFreak – Author Slams eBook Piracy, Son Outs Her As a Music Pirate
Turns out she pirated 1800 songs and purchased knock off Prada bags.
The Economist – Another WikiLeaks inkblot: American exceptionalism, American hypocrisy
This is probably the best explanation as to why the Wikileaks story is so polarizing.
The Associated Press – Respected media outlets collaborate with WikiLeaks
This is an interesting aspect to the story of Wikileaks and the document dump it’s performing.
Eric Cantor – Citizen Review
Though leave it to a politician to leave scientific decisions to average citizens with no training in science.
Reason Magazine – Faking the Pledge
When even Reason Magazine is calling you out something is wrong.
Journal of Transportation Security – An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based on image characteristics
Yet another reason for why the backscatter machines need to be independently tested.