Internet Access "Basic Human Right": French Court Foils Sarkozy

The French Constitutional Council, France's highest court, has declared that internet access is a "basic human right", completely deflating a new law passed by French President Nicholas Sarkozy in April 2009. Sarkozy attempted to create the world's first internet police...

InternetForEveryone.org Launches National Town Hall Series: Los Angeles, Dec. 6

FreePress.net (advocates for media reform and Net Neutrality) has launched a new organization, InternetForEveryone.org, and will be holding the first of a series of "town hall" meetings on improving access to broadband internet in the United States."InternetforEveryone.org --...

Jay-R Patron speaks with Mario Deriquito, director at Ayala Foundation

The mission:  To connect more than 6,300 Philippine public high schools to the internet.  Since 2005, more than 1,800 schools have been given access to the internet. The problem:  Geography and...

Cuban bloggers spill the beans

There are interesting things afoot in Cuba with the change of guard now taking place.  Hopefully, brave bloggers in the country will keep the world informed."HAVANA - Only a month has passed since ordinary...

Bangladesh Beats Canada in Cellphone Service

Piotr Staniaszek was no doubt in shock after he received a cellphone bill totally nearly $85,000. This 22-year old oil field worker from Calgary had purchased a cellphone plan with Bell Mobility which included a...

Paris - a city unplugged from the internet

Internet access in Paris? Generally I found internet access hard to find anywhere in Paris (or anywhere in France and England for that matter).WiFi and internet cafes are not the solution...

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