Piratebay.se file-sharing website shut down. Possibly for good; is this the end of freedom on the Internet?

The piratebay.se website has been shut down. The servers hosting the Wikileaks and pirate Bay websites are down after a raid on the premises by authorities. This means that those people wanting to download copyrighted material will have to look elsewhere for their movie fix. This could spur further raids on other websites that could … Read more

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act to be a threat to freedom.

The CISPA Bill is a program that will enable more sharing of Internet user`s data to facilitate monitoring of the Internet use of civilians. This under the guise of protecting us from terrorists and keeping suicide bombers off planes. Of course there was the unencrypted data conveniently found in Osama Bin Laden`s hideout, that detailed … Read more

Department of Homeland security monitoring social media and blogs.

The Department of Homeland Security is using new resources to watch social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as blogs for any postings that show dissent. They really have gone insane, they are always asking for more and more powers to crush dissent and they are invading the privacy of air travellers with … Read more

Free speech on the Internet to be lost.

The Internet that we know that has free speech and freedom of expression as its keystone is due to be restricted with free speech under attack under the guise of protecting against piracy and pornography. But they really want to take away our freedom to say what ever we want about the current state of … Read more