By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Rand Paul in 2011 (Image credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has introduced legislation that seeks to extend Fourth Amendment protection to electronic communications, which if successful would be a major move to protect online privacy

According to [es]a recent poll [es] by Taringa! in Latin America, around 10 % of Internet users say it is not necessary to have a president for the internet, 8% nominated themselves for the job and Megaupload creator Kim Dotcom got third place. Meanwhile 82% say that learning to do new things is the main thing they have accomplished thanks to the Internet. Among the worst of the Internet people voted for pop-up windows (77%) and fake download icons (76%)

Five Yemenis convicted of murder and robbery were executed in Saudi Arabia and their bodies displayed in public in the southwestern town of Jizan. The beheadings of the men, who were reportedly members of a gang, bring Saudi Arabia’s total number of executions this year to 47. Murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking, rape, and apostasy are capital offenses under the kingdom’s Muslim Sharia law. Yemen also has the death penalty and ranks sixth in the world when it comes number of executions, according to Amnesty International

The fiber optic cable, which is expected to improve Cuba’s connectivity to the Internet, is of utmost importance to the country, and every piece of information continues to clarify the current state of this technological infrastructure. In the past days, U.S

A tribesman walks near a building damaged last year by a U.S. drone air strike targeting suspected al Qaeda militants in Azan of the southeastern Yemeni province of Shabwa (Reuters / Khaled Abdullah) The US war on terror is in fact the most massive terror campaign ever, and the invasion of Iraq was the worst crime in recent history, prominent liberal thinker Noam Chomsky told RT, adding that he wants to see Bush, Blair and Obama tried at the ICC.

Susanne Posel Occupy Corporatism September 13, 2012         The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced Next Generation Identification (NGI), a $1 billion improvement on fingerprint biometrics. By combining facial recognition, iris scanning, DNA analysis and voice modulation with fingerprint and palm indentation, the FBI will have the most comprehensive data collection on each American citizen in a scheme designed to amalgamate all forms of complex information into one secure location. Facial images will be superimposed onto any other image and researched using advanced technology to combine photos from CCTV cameras, Facebook, iPhoto, law enforcement mug shots, and other digital forms of image recognition.

Wealth Inequality in America It’s not everyday that a video about wealth inequality goes viral on the internet.  But this myth-shattering video is spreading across the social web, using powerful infographics to make the case that not only is wealth distributed unevenly, but that it is much, much worse than we think.  [iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QPKKQnijnsM" width="560"] Share Video with Friends   |   Donate to Support Our Work [iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fneweconomicsinstitute.org%2Fcontent%2Fwealth-inequality-america&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&font&colorscheme=light&action=like&height=80&appId=214399315353027"] [iframe allowtransparency="true" data-twttr-rendered="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1368146021.html#_=1369310395414&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fneweconomicsinstitute.org%2Fcontent%2Fwealth-inequality-america&size=m&text=It's%20not%20everyday%20that%20a%20video%20about%20%23inequality%20goes%20viral%2C%20but%20this%20one%20is%20worth%20watching%20twice.&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneweconomicsinstitute.org%2Fcontent%2Fwealth-inequality-america&via=NewEconomics" title="Twitter Tweet Button"] Here at the New Economics Institute, we are driven by a desire to build a new economy where wealth is distributed equitably. As the video demonstrates, most Americans are on our side.

A prominent Chinese nationalist has called for China to take tighter control of the country’s Internet in part by building an online army of civilians to monitor the Web. Zhang Hongliang (張宏良), a Maoist opinion leader, put together  [zh] an elaborate plan of action on his blog on May 17, 2013 soon after the “ Seven Speak-Nots “ policy, a list of seven forbidden subjects for discussion in schools and online in China, was revealed. The post has since been deleted.

Bloodshot eyes flit across glowing screens while pointer fingers twitch; clicking…reblogging… refreshing. Undulating middle-fingers scroll through a horde of “news”. More drone killings; shared

A prominent Chinese nationalist has called for China to take tighter control of the country’s Internet in part by building an online army of civilians to monitor the Web and promote state ownership of major portal sites. Zhang Hongliang (張宏良), a Maoist opinion leader, put together  [zh] an elaborate plan of action on his blog on May 17, 2013 soon after the “ Seven Speak-Nots “ policy, a list of seven forbidden subjects for discussion in schools and online in China, was revealed.