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Net Threats: Internet Openness in Danger

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Reflecting the increasing attention paid to information security by many Americans, Pew Research recently conducted a large study, “ Net Threats ”, to identify important trends among technology experts’ opinions and predictions regarding the future of digital security. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian also objected to Internet fast lanes.

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Congresswoman Seeks to Rebrand Net Neutrality

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The debate over the future of the Internet and Net Neutrality has drawn attention from many sources this summer – including media companies, search engines, Internet service providers, politicians, and even comedians. By Shannon Perry. Eshoo will announce the winner on September 8 th.

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Another Wave of Protest for Net Neutrality

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Open Internet advocates have hatched another plan to engage millions of Internet users over the issue of Net Neutrality. The full list of participating websites is found at battleforthenet.com , an advocacy website that fights for “the free and open Internet, with no arbitrary fees or slow lanes for sites that can’t pay.”

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Net Neutrality Advocates Arrested at Google Headquarters

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Regarding the current debate over the FCC’s proposed fast lanes, most consider Google a supporter of Net Neutrality. In early June, Google supported the Reset the Net campaign , a protest against mass data collection. Big Data Government Trends FCC Federal Communications Commission Google Internet service provider NetNeutrality'

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Reddit Co-founder Joins Net Neutrality Debate

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Alexis Ohanian, the American Internet entrepreneur most famous for co-founding Reddit, has launched a crowdfund campaign to fight the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed “fast lanes” – superior channels that companies can purchase from ISPs to guarantee that their content travels quickly across the Internet. By ShannonPerry.

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Reset the Net Campaign

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Fight for the Future , a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and Internet freedom, is spearheading an anti- National Security Agency protest on June 5 th to Reset the Net. How the Reset the Net protest will actually manifest itself remains to be seen.

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Net Threat: Nation-States and Security

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Reflecting the increasing attention paid to information security by many Americans, Pew Research recently conducted a large study, “Net Threats”, to identify important trends among technology experts’ opinions and predictions regarding the future of digital security.

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