Aug 5, 2010
By Josh Silver - Huffington Post
For years, Internet advocates have warned of the doomsday scenario that will play out on Monday: Google and Verizon will announce a deal that the New York Times reports "could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege."
The deal marks the beginning...
Aug 4, 2010
By Sharon Schmickle | Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 | www.MinnPost.com
Minnesota's schools are nowhere near the point of the old ditty, "No more pencils, no more books . . . ," but they increasingly turn to the Internet for everything from science testing to foreign language classes.
Aug 4, 2010
Rulemaking Fixes Critical DMCA Wrongs
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their non-infringing or...
Aug 2, 2010
On August 19, Free Press, Main Street Project and the Center for Media Justice are co-hosting a public hearing on the Future of the Internet. This important hearing is a valuable opportunity for those outside of Washington to share their ideas, experiences and concerns with the FCC.
Aug 2, 2010
It’s been a busy July for MAG-Net, filing FCC comments related to our Mobile Justice and Broadband for the People Campaigns. Our comments build off our annual plan, and the Media Policy for Social Justice track that we created and led at the Allied Media Conference. Our goal was to use this track to kick off our campaigns, as well as develop closer working relationship with new...
Jul 30, 2010
A few weeks ago I was sitting in the office of the New Sanctuary Movement NYC teaching some of their members how to use twitter and facebook to connect to the growing movement to counter Arizona's racist anti immigrant law SB1070 that went into affect yesterday July 29th, 2010. New Sanctuary Movement NYC along with Families for Freedom, Immigrant Defense Project, Black Institute, Churches...
Jul 28, 2010
By Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center and Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, Pew Hispanic Center
Report Materials
Complete Report
Jul 28, 2010
By Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, Pew Hispanic Center
Technology use among foreign-born Latinos continues to lag significantly behind that of their U.S.-born counterparts. The nativity differences are especially pronounced when it comes to internet use. While 85% of native-born Latinos ages 16 and older go online, only about half (51%) of foreign-born Latinos do so. When it comes to...
Jul 27, 2010
Listen to an interview that KPFA Radio's Apex Express did with MAG-Net's new coordinator, Betty Yu.
The show also features two songs created by MAG-Net members, "Regulators" and "Broadband in Yo' Face".
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/62274
Jul 27, 2010
As old 'analog' media structures evolve or die off, there is a sense of urgency to understand the dynamics of our human communication systems so that we can nurture and create new 'digital' media solutions for future generations. The question remains: “how can new media inform our communities with essential information to sustain democracy for the future?” (see Key...
