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Latest stories about United States

1 May 2013

TPP: Biggest Threat to Global Internet Since ACTA?

Written by Katitza Rodriguez · Activism, Advocacy, Campaign, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Infographics, Mexico, North America, Peru, Singapore

The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific region will soon meet to hash out the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP). Negotiations of the agreement have been secretive from the beginning of the process, but based on leaked documents and the undemocratic nature of the entire process, advocates have every reason to be alarmed about the copyright enforcement provisions contained in this multinational trade deal.

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24 April 2013

Human Rights Verdict Could Affect Cisco in China

Written by Deji Olukotun · Activism, Advocacy, China, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, News, Nigeria, Sovereigns of the Cyberspace, Surveillance

In 2011, two separate lawsuits were filed against Cisco Systems alleging that its technology enabled the government of China to monitor, capture, and kill Chinese citizens for their views and beliefs. To what extent are these human rights violations attributable to technology provided by Cisco?

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25 January 2013

Colombia: Copyright Law Rejected by Constitutional Court

Written by Marianne Diaz · Activism, Advocacy, Campaign, Colombia, Freedom of Expression, Intellectual Property, Latin America, Law, News, Regulation

On Wednesday night, October 23, 2012, the Colombian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional Articles 13 and 14 of the Law 1520, better known as Lleras Law 2.0. The proposed law provides for sanctions of online copyright infringement, in accordance with the Free Trade Agreement signed between Columbia and the United States.

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8 November 2012

Same Technology, Different Freedoms: How U.S. Copyright Law Can Restrict Mobile Devices

Written by James Losey · Advocacy, Feature, Intellectual Property

From a user’s perspective there is not much difference between a smartphone and a tablet. Both devices are portable touch-screen computers, and while the a smartphone might have a dedicated...

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6 April 2012

An Occupy Wall Street Tutorial: “How to Film a Revolution”

Written by WITNESS · Feature, video

On Sunday December 11, 2011 The New York Times published an extensive article illustrating the role of livestream technologies in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The following day, seventeen mediamakers, including members of the Global Revolution livestream team were arrested.

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28 January 2012

What Does Twitter’s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression?

Written by Eva Galperin · Feature, France, Germany

Yesterday, Twitter announced in a blog post that it was launching a system that would allow the company to take down content on a country-by-country basis, as opposed to taking it down across the Twitter system. Eva Galperin explains what the new system will, and will not, allow.

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20 January 2012

Internet Blackout Day Fires Up Digital Rights Activism Around the World

Written by Katitza Rodriguez · Activism, Advocacy, Canada, Europe, Feature, Internet governance, Law, Mexico, Regulation

Yesterday was a defining moment for the global Internet community. The effects of the massive online blackout in protest of U.S. Internet blacklist legislation, SOPA and PIPA, were felt around the world as countless websites joined in a global action against over-broad and poorly drafted copyright laws.

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