• Prohibiting prior censorship of on-line communication.
  
  
• Requiring that laws restricting the content of on-line speech distinguish between the liability of content providers and the liability of data carriers.
  
  
• Insisting that on-line free expression not be restricted by indirect means such as excessively restrictive governmental or private controls over computer hardware or software, telecommunications infrastructure, or other essential components of the Internet.
  
  
• Including citizens in the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) development process from countries that are currently unstable economically, have insufficient infrastructure, or lack sophisticated technology.
  
  
• Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
  
  
• Ensuring that personal information generated on the GII for one purpose is not used for an unrelated purpose or disclosed without the person's informed consent and enabling individuals to review personal information on the Internet and to correct inaccurate information.
  
  
• Allowing on-line users to encrypt their communications and information without restriction."

Individuals use Tor

to keep websites
from tracking them &
their family members,

or to connect to news sites,
instant messaging
services,
or the like
when these
are blocked
by their
local Internet providers.

Tor's hidden services let users

publish web sites and
other services without
needing to reveal the location of the site.

Individuals also use Tor for
socially sensitive
communication:

chat rooms and web forums for

rape & abuse survivors,
or people with illnesses..."

.....how 'bout that.

---so pass these along
to ALL your activist & progressive

web pals---

especially the info
that relates
to web
free speech protection/
Net Neutrality:

http://www.savetheinternet.com/

...
I've put alot of this info in my blog

here on Care2,

and I'd ask ya

to copy this info
&
do the same

b4
it's too late &
freedom of speech
in the digital age

is set-back to a
scary degree ;-(

Peace &
keep web-slingin'........
Rob
=][=

Imported from external blog

Biden, Jr., Joseph R. (D-DE) is one who's waffling,

--if you ARE in his state----
PLEASE call his office & use the info at their website (below) to help sound smart & tough on this issue for his support.

((----and note :: ALL toll FREE numbers to D.C. are listed below for ya---- save a little while they're tolls are jackin-us-up

----- Original Message -----

From: Timothy Karr

Subject: Where does your Senator stand?

Dear SavetheInternet.com blogger,

Net neutrality supporters are gearing up against a Senate vote on Sen. Ted "The Internet is a Series of Tubes" Stevens' telecommunications bill (S 2686). This bad bill fails to protect Net Neutrality. To preserve Internet freedom, we need to be sure that this bill gets overhauled or stopped in its tracks.

Today, we launched a Senate map that makes it ridiculously easy to a) figure out where your Senators stand, and b) urge them to take a public stance in support of Internet freedom. The goal is to get as many senators on the record as possible before any vote on the Senate floor. You (and your readers) can help the cause by checking out the map and flooding the Senate with calls.

July is a pivotal month. The Senate leadership won't schedule a vote on Stevens' bad bill unless 60 senators say they'll vote for it. Now's the time to call senators and tell them to support Net Neutrality instead -- and to oppose last-ditch industry efforts to push through a bill that more and more Americans are turning against.

We're not the only ones who've been busy; there's lots of creative work being produced in support of Net Neutrality. Check out this techno remix of Sen. Stevens' recent speech, a slew of new clips on the SavetheInternet.com videos page and other artistic output at the SavetheInternet.com blog.

We need more creativity like this to call attention to what the telcos are trying to get away with -- but eventually it all boils down to what the Senate does. So don't forget to check out the map, call your Senators, and encourage your friends/readers to do the same.

With your help, we can match the millions of dollars spent by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth with millions of citizens speaking up for Internet freedom.

Tim Karr
SavetheInternet.com

Undemocratic WTO Mini-Ministerial Canceled

as Developing Nations, Civil Society Protest

Dear Fair Trade Activist,

What if nothing less than the future of your job,
whether your kids can hope for a good standard of living,
whether your loved ones can access the medicines required for their survival,
live in a peaceful world with a safe environment and healthy food,
and even the fate of the basic human rights —
from democratic decision-making to labor rights —
were all up for grabs…
and you were locked out of the room?

Sounds like an overwritten horror flick?

Unfortunately, it's business as usual as the World Trade Organization.

The goods news is
that an attempt to
ram through a deal to extend the
WTO's poisonous, muscular tentacles into even more non-trade elements of our daily lives
was narrowly foiled last week.

The plan was to 'overcome' opposition by a majority of the countries who are signatories to the WTO to a major powergrab called the "Doha Round" of WTO expansion talks by simply locking 100-plus countries out of the room. The WTO's Director General, Pascal Lamy, had called for an exclusive, invitation-only "Mini-Ministerial" meeting — to which only certain countries were invited — so the minority in favor of imposing the WTO's corporate rule could agree without interference of democratic process.

After African trade ministers filed an official protest — and a large bloc of other developing countries joined in — Public Citizen, and 124 other organizations from some 40 countries entered the fray as reinforcements — calling for the undemocratic gathering to be canceled. Read the civil society statement here. (PDF)

The wave of resistance to this undemocratic maneuver peaked, and in a great victory, Lamy was forced to cancel the Mini-Ministerial.

But unfortunately, the Doha Round itself was not cancelled — and that is where you come in!

Instead of fixing the massive problems demonstrated by the WTO's dismal 11 year record of eroding democracy, eviscerating environmental protections and pushing the race-to-the-bottom on wages and workers' rights around the globe, U.S. and EU government officials are seeking to expand the WTO's failed model in favor of the corporate interests they represent. Negotiations have been deadlocked because many countries have realized that the WTO model of corporate globalization will damage their economies.

With the forced cancellation of the Geneva Mini-Ministerial, we will be on the alert to ferret out whatever next tricks may be tried — and make sure you know what you can do to add your voice to those from around the world demanding:

No New WTO "Round" — WTO TURNAROUND!"

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8199.htm

 

Have you seen this music video> It's flash, takes a minute to load, at least it did for me.

[ note:: Rob here : my connection is kinda slow & it loaded fast....
and I'm damn glad to see them use the
ole Hendrix quote below ;

Hendrix & that genius Enstein
have one thing in common yall:

they both new
that there was something
deeper/higher than their

successful work that most folks revered them for...

go ahead & read Einstein's quotes sometime ... just like this Hendrix quote,
Albert knew the score---beyond just the math score.

peace via vigilance,
Rob
=][=

"When the power of love becomes stronger than the love of power,

we will have peace."

~Jimi Hendrix