Opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, has reached a boiling point. Millions of activists, hundreds of startups, social media sites like Tumblr, Reddit and Twitter and even big companies like Google, Yahoo! and eBay have joined with Free Press and other Internet advocacy groups against it. [FULL STORY]
FCC Ignores Public by Pushing Failed Ownership Policies
on December 22, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules that would further weaken media ownership limits for local newspapers and broadcast stations. The agency’s proposal is strikingly similar to one adopted in 2007 under former FCC Chairman Kevin […]
Internet engineers’ open letter to Congress about SOPA & PROTECT IP
on December 18, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
alltop.com Dec 18th, 2011 If you spend any time on the Internet, you’ve likely run across some form of protest against SOPA and/or PROTECT IP, bills before Congress that supporters […]
Save Social Security
on November 16, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
November 16, 2011 A report in The New York Times suggests that the “Super Committee” in Congress—which has the power to fast-track it’s recommendations to reduce the deficit—is close to […]
Coca-Cola Helps Put Kibosh On Grand Canyon Water Bottle Ban
on November 10, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
The Consumerist November 10, 2011 By Chris Morran Discarded plastic bottles account for around 30% of trash at the Grand Canyon, so in an effort to reduce the amount of […]
Say No to Circumcision – Leave the Babies Alone
on October 18, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
‘I had heard and seen battle injured soldiers before but this screaming raised the hair on my neck” – Dr. Phil Leveque, reference to using GOMCO clamp to circumcise infant […]
Shared Sacrifice
on July 12, 2011 by quork in Politics, The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
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Comcast Buys FCC?
on May 12, 2011 by quork in Politics, Comments (0)
Outrageous! FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is leaving the FCC to become a lobbyist for Comcast – just four months after she voted to approve the Comcast-NBC merger.1 This is […]
End of Mubarak era as protests topple president
on February 11, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
Reuters Feb 11, 2011 By Edmund Blair and Samia Nakhoul CAIRO (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt’s president on Friday, handing over to the army and ending three […]
