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U.S. Gives Big, Secret Push to Internet Surveillance
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, americans, news, crime, cover-up, usa, ethics, rights, sadness, safety, society, law, internet, freedoms, americans, abuse, business, consumers, corporate, government, technology, NewTechnology, investigation, discovery )

JL
- 53 days ago - news.cnet.com
Justice Department agreed to issue "2511 letters" immunizing AT&T and other companies participating in a cybersecurity program from criminal prosecution under the Wiretap Act, according to new documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Cent
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How Biotech Is Gagging Research Into GMO Crops
Science & Tech  (tags: GMO, GMO risks, research, protection, prevention, nutrition, investigation, health, environment, healthy, science, cover-up, Monsanto, dishonesty, corporate, corruption )

Marty
- 67 days ago - organicconnectmag.com
Researchers who have exposed environmental or health-related risks from GMO crops have faced harassment, threats and worse.
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Community-Owned Internet, Long Targeted By ALEC and Big Telecom, Under Fire in Georgia
Science & Tech  (tags: dishonesty, cover-up, corruption, abuse, americans, government, ethics, propaganda, politics, usa, media, abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, lies, marketing, money, society, usa, technology, NewTechnology, internet )

JL
- 87 days ago - prwatch.org
Members of the American Legislative Exchange Council in the Georgia Legislature are pushing a bill to thwart locally-owned internet in underserved communities, an industry-sponsored effort that effectively reinforces the digital divide. (UPDATE: HB
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Special Report on Internet Surveillance, Focusing on 5 Governments and 5 Companies
Science & Tech  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, government, humanrights, HumanRights, media, world, abuse, business, corporate, ethics, law, society, news, safety, investigation, NewTechnology, technology, internet, design, concept )

JL
- 93 days ago - en.rsf.org
It looks at the way governments are increasingly using technology that monitors online activity and intercepts electronic communication in order to arrest journalists, citizen-journalists & dissidents.Around 180 netizens worldwide are currently in prison
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Take Action: Free Our Phones -- For Real
Science & Tech  (tags: congress, government, ethics, freedoms, dishonesty, corruption, abuse, americans, propaganda, usa, business, consumers, corporate, dishonesty, cover-up, finance, law, marketing, money, technology, internet, NewTechnology, society, technology )

JL
- 96 days ago - act.freepress.net
Last month, more than 100,000 people told the White House that cellphone unlocking -- configuring your phone so it'll work on other networks -- should be legal again. The White House agrees and has told Congress and the FCC to do something about it.
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Take Action: US Trade Office Calls ACTA Back From the Dead and Canada Complies
Science & Tech  (tags: government, u.s., usa, politics, business, consumers, world, marketing, money, corporate, technology, NewTechnology, investigation, Gizmos, computers, discovery )

JL
- 96 days ago - eff.org
Major announcements from the US and Canada today give a clear indication that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is coming back with a vengeance.
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Arizona Tribes and Environmental Groups Oppose HR 287 for Mining in the Tonto National Forest Read More at Http://Indiancountryt
Science & Tech  (tags: Mining, Arizona, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, protection, trees, wildlife, animals, government, politics, business, corporate, ethics, government, southwest, native american, archaeol )

S
- 109 days ago - indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Environmentalists and tribal activists are crying foul on a mining proposal on sacred land in Arizona that's been resurrected for the eighth year in Congress.
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Selling Spyware to Trap Dissidents
Science & Tech  (tags: middle-east, europe, ethics, freedoms, humanrights, HumanRights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, corporate, abuse, business, money, marketing, society, NewTechnology, technology, safety, computers, computer, tech, internet )

JL
- 109 days ago - presseurop.eu
He's regarded as one of the meanest Germans in the cybersphere: Martin Münch supplies police and secret services with spyware, which some dictators use to terrorize dissidents.
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Tell ISPs: No "Six Strikes" Plan ACTION
Science & Tech  (tags: money, business, corporate, property rights, consumers, isps, internet, technology )

Nancy
- 109 days ago - act.demandprogress.org
With essentially no due process, AT&T, Cablevision Systems, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon will get on your case if you're accused of violating intellectual property rights -- and eventually even interfere with your ability to access the Internet.
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Study: Global Crop Production Shows Some Signs of Stagnating
Science & Tech  (tags: farming, government, business, consumers, money, politics, society, corporate, discovery, environment, health, habitat, research, science, scientists, society, world )

JL
- 171 days ago - washingtonpost.com
After decades of rapidly growing global agricultural output, production of four of the world's most important crops could be stagnating or even slowing in some regions, according to a new study published in Nature,
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Is Factory Farm Poop Giving Fish a Sex Change?
Science & Tech  (tags: farming, money, ethics, business, pollution, consumers, corporate, americans, science, investigation, discovery, research, scientists, society, study, safety, health, design, concept )

JL
- 177 days ago - motherjones.com
"The genius of America farm experts is very well demonstrated here: they can take a solution and divide it neatly into two problems."
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For Planes, a Climate Antidote: Bypass the Arctic
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, destruction, conservation, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, science, research, world, water, oceans, pollution, protection, nature, technology, business, consumers, corporate, ethics, money )

JL
- 194 days ago - green.blogs.nytimes.com
Air traffic is the biggest source of pollution in the Arctic. Ever since cross-polar flights became commonplace in the late 1990s, flights crossing the Arctic Circle have risen steadily, surpassing 50,000 in 2010.
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Are We Heading Toward Peak Fertilizer?
Science & Tech  (tags: food, humans, ethics, diet, nutrition, research, risks, science, warning, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, HumanRights, farming, politics, society, business, corporate, ethics, environment, investigation, scientists, safety, study, technology, concept, history )

JL
- 200 days ago - motherjones.com
what about peak phosphorus and potassium? These elements form two-thirds of the holy agricultural triumvirate of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (also known as NPK, from their respective markers in the periodic table).
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Oil Refineries Seek Huge Tax Refunds That Could Force Schools to Give Back Money
Science & Tech  (tags: republicans, americans, government, politics, society, children, law, energy, corporate )

Robert
- 628 days ago - m.startribune.com
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is evaluating 16 refund requests that could add up to more than $135 million, according to county tax data and application documents analyzed by The Associated Press.
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Are We Banking Too Much on BP's Relief Wells?
Science & Tech  (tags: BP, Relief Wells, business, corruption, corporate, technology )

Roseann
- 1089 days ago - grist.org
Engineers know relief wells, we're told, and once the two wells currently being drilled are finished in August, the problem will be solved. Now, as we tumble toward the net, a jarring question crops up: What if they don't work?
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