Tech at Night: Kim Dotcom’s Massive Hubris, Google has it coming on Safari hack, a reasonable child pornography bill
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 12th at 02:30 AM |
US attempts to extradite Kim Dotcom have been delayed until 2013. It is unconfirmed whether the delay is related to the need to send a reinforced tanker to New Zealand in order to have a vehicle strong enough carry his weight back to the United States. In the meantime, the hubris (and food) filled man is trying to dictate terms to the US. That won’t | Read More »
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Search Neutrality,
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Tech at Night: Barack Obama covering for Lieberman-Collins power grab via CISPA opposition, Darrell Issa does good on Transparency
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | April 26th at 02:20 AM |
In an example of lucky timing, the GSA scandal proved why Darrell Issa’s DATA act was needed. Transparency in government allows for oversight. So the bill passed the House by voice vote. I first floated a while back the idea that this sudden, strident CISPA opposition was roote d in a desire to distract the public from the much stronger and more dangerous Lieberman-Collins bill | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Republicans fight for transparency, FCC taking bipartisan criticism, Securing the Internet
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | March 22nd at 03:30 AM |
Previously on Tech at Night I linked to a story that suggested there was a split between Darrell Issa and Chuck Grassley on FCC transparency. It turns out the story I relied on, had it wrong. Oversight wasn’t grading transparency itself; the committee was grading the management of FOIA requests, and FCC did relatively well by having established processes for dealing with FOIA. and tracking | Read More »
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Jay Rockefeller,
Joe Lieberman,
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Mario Diaz-Balart,
Marsha Blackburn,
Mary Bono Mack,
Paul LePage,
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SECURE IT,
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