Less than Zero — Backchannel — Medium
A concept well worth reflecting on: when is “free” not neutral? This article goes through the ins and outs of what it really means when carriers exempt certain apps from data charges, and not others. What do “net neutrality” rules have to look like to be meaningful and not a commercially manipulative sham? Read more […]
Weekly Student-Hour: 20 January 2015
Hello, My name is Ryan, and I’m taking the first “student-hour” of the semester (feel free to bring fruit to throw). The topic is going to be: Open Source Licensing and Other Examples of Open Source. There’s just one reading: Jacobsen v Katzer. Sorry about getting it out so close to Tuesday’s class, but it’s […]
Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance – NYTimes.com
How is this for disturbing – hardly the percentage difference between “free” and “not free” countries you might wish for: “Some 75 percent of respondents in countries classified as “free,” 84 percent in “partly free” countries, and 80 percent in countries that were “not free” said that they were “very” or “somewhat” worried about government […]