PROJET AUTOBLOG


Richard Stallman's Political Notes

Site original : Richard Stallman's Political Notes

⇐ retour index

Australian gov't stops giving visas to asylum seekers

mercredi 4 décembre 2013 à 13:00

The government of Australia wants to give refugees arriving by boat temporary visas instead of permanent visas, but since the opposition blocked the law to make this change, the government has decided arbitrarily not to give visas to asylum seekers at all.

In effect, it is holding recognized refugees hostage to ram through that law.

FCC chairman advocates selling privileges to certain web sites

mercredi 4 décembre 2013 à 13:00

The new chairman of the FCC in his first speech endorsed network neutrality as a principle, then advocated selling privileges to certain web sites, although that directly conflicts with network neutrality.

Anti-Miloshevic activist spied on opposition groups for Stratfor

mercredi 4 décembre 2013 à 13:00

Anti-Miloshevic activist Srdja Popovic spied on various opposition groups for Stratfor.

The opposition to Miloshevic was funded by the US, and this may have brought him into contact with Stratfor.

Removing Miloshevic was a worthy cause, notwithstanding this.

NSA gives staff "talking points" that praise the NSA

mercredi 4 décembre 2013 à 13:00

The NSA gave its staff "talking points" to tell their families, praising the NSA and its massive surveillance. This article refutes them.

Law to impose nasty copyright punishments in Canada

mercredi 4 décembre 2013 à 13:00

Canada's legislature is quietly pushing a law to impose nasty copyright punishments.

Please don't follow this article by using the term "intellectual property" to formulate your thoughts or your words.