#NetNeutrailty is VERY VERY BAD

I've been on line since Christmas Day of 1982. I've seen what we call the Internet come a long, long way - ALL WITHOUT GOVERNMENT HELP of INTERFERENCE!

Once the FEDS get involbved, invidual initiative, invention and entrepreneurship will end.

NO TO #NetNeutrailty!

ObamaCare Website Testing Shrouded in Secrecy; Nets Ignore

By Ken Shepherd | October 8, 2014 | 8:37 PM EDT

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"The new HealthCare.gov is set to open for broad testing by insurers on Tuesday, but they’re not going to be publicly talking—or tweeting—about it," Wall Street Journal reporter Anna Wilde Mathews noted in a story filed shortly before 9 p.m. Eastern Tuesday, adding that the Journal learned that the federal "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services emailed insurers that it would require all testers to acknowledge the confidentiality of this process to access the testing environment.'"

Wilde Mathews noted that the Obama administration made no such stipulation last year during testing for the federal ObamaCare portal and added that the confidentiality requirement is pretty broad: 

The new confidentiality agreement won’t just cover the industry data that will be included in the marketplace’s testing environment. It also includes “results of this testing exercise and any information describing or otherwise relating to the performance or functionality” of HealthCare.gov.

Essentially we have another instance of the Obama administration shutting down an avenue where potentially bad news involving more ObamaCare snafus can seep out into the public domain prior to the November 4 midterm elections. Given the high stakes of the midterms and the Obama administration's penchant for restricting press access, one might think the media would be up in arms, but alas, they aren't.

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How To Use Website Terms of Use Used right, Terms of Use can be useful for website operators and owners.

Marlisse Silver Sweeney, Law Technology News

October 9, 2014    | 0 Comments

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Terms of Use can be useful tools for website operators and owners to mitigate risks born from user interaction and user generated content—but it all depends on how ToU are implemented, according to partner Aaron Rubin and associate Anelia Delcheva of Morrison Foerster in this recentpost on the Socially Aware blog. Should users be forced to click a box saying they understand? Or should they be automatically bound by using the site? Here are some of the authors’ suggestions on setting out the terms so they stand up in court.

• Clickwrap vs. Browsewrap. “Courts tend to look more favorably on clickwrap implementations as compared to browsewrap terms,” said the authors, noting this isn’t surprising to them because in general courts are assessing whether users actually have notice of the terms under which they are allegedly bound. Clickwrap is when a user must check a box saying they understand the terms, whereas browsewrap provisions provide notice to consumers and a link, but don’t ask them to take affirmative action.
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House Kicks Internet Tax To The Curb, Forever

  

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A bill passed by the House on Tuesday forbids state and local governments forever from taxing Internet access,reports the Hill.

For Republicans, the point of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, originally enacted in 1996, is to reinforce market stability and consumer certainty. The recent measure would renew the almost expired extension passed in 2007.

“This legislation prevents a surprise tax hike on Americans’ critical services this fall,” saidHouse Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte. “It also maintains unfettered access to one of the most unique gateways to knowledge and engine of self-improvement in all of human history.”

Although some Democrats like Rep. Judy Chu of California were concerned about the permanent status of removing taxation power, they nevertheless allowed the bill to pass. In particular, Chu was worried that prohibiting governments from taxing Internet access doesn’t take into account changing and unique circumstances which governments sometimes are forced to face.

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ISIS on the Internet - Jihad goes WWW

ISIL’s social media strategy has wowed the masses. VICE called them “total social media pros” and lauded the group's multi-pronged approach.

Other jihadist groups have made use of online platforms, including Facebook, independent forums and Twitter, but ISIL has earned a name for having the most internet success so far. The group has added Android apps, professionally shot and edited videos, and multilingual media outlets to its online arsenal — not to mention their own line of commercial products.

“We are here to show Muslims that we are fighting for the caliphate ... restoring glory, honor, dignity, and equality to the Islamic nation,” said Abu Bakr Al Janabi, a dedicated ISIL supporter living in the EU who often translates and re-posts the group’s statements.

“[ISIL] fights on behalf of the Islamic nations, so they need very strong media.”

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