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What have we done with the Internet?

Fierce Planet Posted on December 21, 2022 by jnfrJanuary 22, 2023

What it is, is up to us. — Howard Rheingold, author of The Virtual Community I think of myself as an OG Internet inhabitant, because I was one of the early commercial consumers who arrived online after NSFNet began to release control of the network to corporate actors. For me, that began in 1993. I had been hanging around bulletin board systems (BBSs) for a year or two, after peace activists I worked with started to use computers for communication and organizing. I ended up on a system I’d heard of some years before, The Well, created in 1985 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Geek stuff, History, Media, Personal, Politics, Resistance | Tagged corporations, internet, resistance

Facebook is down, which is fine

Fierce Planet Posted on October 4, 2021 by jnfrOctober 4, 2021

On the bright side, vaccine misinformation on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp is at an all-time low. #serverdown #upshot #SilverLining #instadown #WhatsApp — E. Rosalie (@NovelSci) October 4, 2021

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Posted in Media, Net/Tech, Random | Tagged facebook, internet

Victory for the activists

Fierce Planet Posted on February 26, 2015 by jnfrFebruary 26, 2015

The FCC just approved the strongest net neutrality rules yet 1. The Federal Communications Commission has approved its strongest network neutrality rules yet. 2. Three Democrats, including chairman Tom Wheeler, voted for the rules. The two Republicans dissented. 3. The new rules reclassify internet access so it will be regulated like a public utility.

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Posted in Civil Rights, Culture, Net/Tech, Politics | Tagged activism, internet, politics
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