The Internet: The Debate Continues

The Internet: The Debate Continues

Three Sections:

1. Three bills working its way through Congress. HR96 keeps FCC regulation off the internet. S3480 creates a new agency and implements new regulation for the internet and potentially a kill switch. National Strategy For Trusted Identities creates a government national internet ID.

2. Government Media and Internet Blackout in many countries.

3. Debunking Net Neutrality advocates. One countries Net Neutrality is different from another country. The United States internet framework surpasses all countries.

Internet Legislation

HR96 - The Internet Freedom Act (protects Free Market Open Source Internet)
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h96/show

S3480 - Protecting Cyberspace As A National Asset Act (Creates a new Federal Agency and called by many the "Internet Kill Switch")
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3480/show

National Strategy For Trusted Identities In Cyberspace
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/ns_tic.pdf


Video Of The Week

Will Net Neutrality Save The Internet?
(What the internet looks like today without government regulation)
http://reason.com/blog/2010/12/20/will-neutrality-save-the-inter

Articles Of The Week

Brown Spector Opinion on Subsidies, Net Neutrality, and Government Regulation
http://thebrownspectator.com/net-neutrality-saving-internet/

Net Neutrality Is Already Here, Regulation Open Sourced By Technology
http://mediafreedom.org/2010/11/net-neutrality-is-already-here-regulations-open-sourced-by-technology-marketplace-but-not-government/

Senate Internet Kill Switch Moves Forward
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365709,00.asp

Senate Proposal Tries To Protect Cyberspace
http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/90566-senate-proposal-tries-protect-cyberspace.htm

Cyberspace Protection
http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/ps/2010/ps6.11-cyberspace_protection_bill.html


International Internet and Media News

Internet Kill Switch
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/385/931/The_Internet_Kill_Switch_One_Of_The_Favorite_New_Tools_Of_Tyrannical_Governments_All_Over_The_Globe.html

Regime Throws Information Blackout Over Egypt
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/31/3126016.htm?section=world

China May "Seek To Control" The Internet US Report On Web Hijacking
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8143460/China-may-seek-to-control-the-internet-US-report-on-web-hijack-warns.html

Press Blackout In Tunisia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-WiBIBybKU

SSC Renews Press Blackout Case In Jordon
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=25503

Internet Technology: A Tool For Political Change In Arab Countries
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_17220727?nclick_check=1

Net Neutrality In Other Countries

International Network Neutrality and Korea
http://www.yalelawtech.org/net-neutrality/international-network-neutrality/

Chile: First Country To Legislate Net Neutrality
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/09/04/chile-first-country-to-legislate-net-neutrality/

What Net Neutrality Mean In Uzbejistan
http://www.rferl.org/content/What_Net_Neutrality_Means_In_Uzbekistan/2125005.html

Declaration Of The Committee Minister On Net Neutrality
https://wcd.coe.int/wcd/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1678287

Net Neutrality: Where Does India Stand
http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/it-outsourcing/network-neutrality-where-does-india