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Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back

From RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back
Date 2014-02-12 14:03 +0000
Message-ID <20140212140349.b2321509.rsw@therandymon.com> (permalink)

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Interesting article on the NY Times, also linked at Hackernews.  

"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/the-day-the-internet-didnt-fight-back/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0"

For the Anti-SOPA protests, the Internet community rose up and fought
vigorously.  But Feb 11, which was supposed to be the day the Internet
users rose up to protest surveillance, passed with little notice.  Good
quote:

  "The difference may be explained by the fact that two years ago, the
Internet powerhouses were trying to halt new legislation. On Tuesday,
people were being asked to reverse a secret, multi-billion dollar
surveillance effort by five countries that has been in place for nearly
a decade."


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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>

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Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-12 14:03 +0000
  Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 10:36 -0800
    Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-12 21:43 +0000
    Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-12 13:44 -0800
      Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-12 22:02 +0000
        Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-12 14:34 -0800
          Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-12 23:02 +0000
            Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-12 22:44 -0800
      Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 14:31 -0800
  Re: Feb 11: The day the Internet didn't fight back Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 09:27 -0500

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