Pro-Internet: Feb. 2014

"A broad coalition of activist groups, companies, and online platforms will hold a worldwide day of activism in opposition to the NSA's mass spying regime on February 11th. Dubbed "The Day We Fight Back", the day of activism was announced on the eve of the anniversary of the tragic passing of activist and technologist Aaron Swartz. The protest is both in his honor and in celebration of the victory over the Stop Online Piracy Act two years ago this month, which he helped spur."
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 WSJ: How a Court Changed the Way the Internet will be Paid for
       
"The FCC’s open Internet rules were struck down by a federal appeals court Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the idea of “net neutrality” and opening the door for companies like VerizonVZ -0.37% to start charging content providers more money for faster speeds. NetflixNFLX -0.49%, for example, swallows up huge chunks of bandwidth as its customers stream video. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the FCC would consider appealing to the Supreme Court."
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On a related, but slightly different area: Do police need a warrant for cell phone searches?
"The Supreme Court said Friday it would decide whether police need a warrant before they can search the cellphone of someone they arrest, the latest in a string of cases that have tested how constitutional protections conceived in the 18^th century apply to the digital age"
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