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15 Mar 2010 11:12

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Tech, World: Hugo Chavez says that the Internet needs national regulation

  • The Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done. Every country has to apply its own rules and norms.
  • Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez • Saying the kind of thing that makes us want to throw stuff at the dude. He doesn’t want an open Interweb – he wants to block it to his standards. He’s not alone, obviously, but it’s not exactly the kind of thing that we want to see MORE support for. source
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24 Dec 2009 23:47

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World: Top Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo jailed for “subversion”

  • 11 years for the freedom-pushing political activist source
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29 Sep 2009 09:46

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Culture: Roman Polanski to Swiss: Will you guys let me go? Please?

  • The director’s hoping for leniency. Roman Polanski submitted an application to a a Swiss court today asking to be let go. He’s willing to have limitations set on his freedom. The court will decide in the next few weeks whether to let him go. Man, if they let him go after all the fuss they made about capturing him … that would be a #)&!storm. source
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15 Aug 2009 09:30

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U.S., World: Aung San Suu Kyi’s stupid visitor, John Yettaw, is getting released

  • Credit Sen. Jim Webb for the diplomatic work. John Yettaw, the out-of-shape American who swam across a moat to save Burmese human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi but just made things worse, will be getting out of seven years of hard labor. It’s thanks to Webb, a Virginia senator who comes off as a miniature Bill Clinton in this context. While Yettaw gets out, there’s no word on Suu Kyi, who was sentenced by Myanmar to more house arrest in a decision that angered many. source
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23 Jun 2009 10:37

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Politics: Columnist: Subsidize news … by making information more free

  • We care about these things because they provide information that improves public welfare and allows for more effective democratic decision-making. Why not make it easier for the news business to do its job?
  • Atlantic columnist Conor Clarke • Playing off the oft-discussed idea of government-subsidized news and instead using it as an argument that the Freedom of Information Act should be followed more closely by government bodies. He also notes that, when this data is easier to get, “it gives news organizations an incentive to write about those issues rather than Britney Spears’s hair or Michelle Obama’s arms.” And wouldn’t that be awesome? • source
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