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> Today’s Internet scarcely resembles the mythological image of it as a fundamentally democratic system. Instead, users are at the whims of a small number of providers who control nearly everything about users’ experiences on the Internet. In response, researchers and engineers have pro...
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> Today’s Internet scarcely resembles the mythological image of it as a fundamentally democratic system. Instead, users are at the whims of a small number of providers who control nearly everything about users’ experiences on the Internet. In response, researchers and engineers have pro...
Privacy and freedom as opposed to accountability.
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> In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing to a common construct...
US Internet to offer higher-speed (10Gbps) connections in Minneapolis (for 400 USD)
(startribune.com)
[DSLReports: Minnesota's US Internet Offers 10 Gbps For $400](http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesotas-US-Internet-Offers-10-Gbps-For-400-132094)
EU anti-terror coordinator pushes for crypto backdoors by internet providers and telcos
(statewatch.org)
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> The Commission should be invited to explore rules obliging internet and telecommunications companies operating in the EU to provide under certain conditions as set out in the relevant national laws and in full compliance with fundamental rights access of the relevant national authoriti...