https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/brett-kavanaugh-net-neutrality-1202869319/

Kavanaugh believes that "Internet service providers have a First Amendment right to exercise editorial discretion over whether and how to carry Internet content." is probably the best stance we could hope for because it opens the door for what appears to be our strongest attack:

If an ISP is exercising editorial discretion when it engages in playing favorites with Internet traffic then they are accountable for the content of that traffic. They would be accountable for every bullying event, every crime, every instance of hate speech that transits their network. You can't have it both ways, it's either an editorial control with content liability, or it's common carriage without content liability.

What do you all think of this stance?

Did you know Reddit has a full-blown government simulator, complete with states, federal government, a press, and a court system?

Turns out it's a great place to practice fighting for your rights, because a lot of Redditors somehow think they're fun to take away. It's quite a challenge to get bad bills overturned, repealed, or replaced with better legislation.

If this sounds fun to you (and it really is), Consider the Libertarian Party, which is fighting the fight constantly against government creep in the Model Government. To get involved, check out /r/ModelUSGov and the Join a Party thread.

Hope to see you there.

Let's say someone under 18 took nude pictures and videos and kept them secret and never shared it to anyone for a few years. Then when that person is 18, he/she decides to post it on a pornographic site. Is that legal? He/she decided to post it at age 18.

Hey :)

I’m the Pirate Party prospective parliamentary candidate for Central London on /r/MHOC, a simulation of the House of Commons online. We stand for individual freedom, net neutrality and the liberalisation of intellectual property law. We're currently having an election, and we'd greatly appreciate it if you would consider voting for us. It'll only take a minute of your time, and it would mean the world to us. You don't even have to be British to vote!

The Pirate Party are standing in North, Central and South London.

You can vote here, just go down to where it says "voting list" in green.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you have a nice day :)

Cheers, /u/AlmightyWibble

Hello there,

I am MorganC1, the Education, Science and Culture Spokesperson of the /r/MHoC Pirate Party. /r/MHoC is a Reddit political simulation game which emulates UK Parliament, and we are currently holding our fourth General Election.

We are a Party dedicated primarily to digital rights as well as personal liberty and freedom. One of the primary principles we stand for as a party is Net Neutrality. Because of this, I am here today to ask for your vote. The fight for Net Neutrality needs a strong voice in our parliament. Changes such as universally free internet can be achieved, but we need like minded people to support us.

I am standing in the South & East Yorkshire Constituency, however you should consider voting for our other candidates, some of which are situated in :-

• West Midlands
• Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton
• Lesser Wessex
• Lanc., Merseyside & Ches.
• South and East Yorkshire
• South London

Here is our manifesto.

##And visit /r/MHoC to vote in the General Election! Thanks,

The /r/MHoC Pirate Party

Is it illegal for potential employers to require facebook/other social media login information (both username and password) in their employment screening process? I'm trying to figure out if this is somehow illegal or a violation of privacy.

Thank you!

In the UK there is the Malicious Communications Act, 1988: 'An Act to make provision for the punishment of persons who send or deliver letters or other articles for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety'

This Act has been expanded to include electronic communications, and anyone in violation of the act can receive up to six months imprisonment or a fine, or both.

I was wondering if there is similar in the United States, specifically if any legislation has been passed which includes references to the video game community and social media harassment.

Thank you

Let's say I download a large amount of MP3s from Amazon, and each MP3 has (I believe) a unique ID in it attached to my account/download instance.

So, I'm curious about how this would work, as far as prosecuting for copyright infringement:

• I am in the US, but I have MP3s on my USB drive.

• Friend is in country outside of the US. Friend uploads MP3 to some filesharing website like mediafire or 4shared.

Now, suppose a prosecutor wants to charge someone with criminal copyright infringement.

Would the prosecutor go after:

• me (for being the source of the original mp3)

• my friend (for being the uploader), or

• 4shared / mediafire / whatever (for hosting it)

(or more than one of these?)

I realize that in 99% of instances, a company will just send a DMCA takedown notice to the website. But I'm curious about what would happen here if someone actually intended to pursue prosecution.

On one hand I could see the company trying to sue me, because I am the original source of these MP3s. However, I did not upload them, nor is there any way to prove that I gave them to my friend since he could have just grabbed my USB drive. The most logical response seems to just go after the content host, but I read about one particular instance where 4shared was sued to find information about a specific uploader who gave out a private company document.

That would be my question.

I'm not talking specifically about naming it here in reddit but in the whole internet (of course, doesn't apply to forums and sites where is explicit forbidden to do this).

For example: If I say, you can find the latest movies in kick ass torrents

Project Byzantium is a distributed, decentralized, mobile, meshnet on a Linux LiveCD that goes up in 60 seconds. The current version fully works, I've used it myself! The developers want more code to tackle new features, more services, and create help with making users anonymous.

Project Byzantium is not for the whole world, not like a replacement internet. That's what Project Meshnet is. The Byzantium Project is on a smaller scale, and not 100% permanent. It could be if you feel like keeping one up I guess! This is made to be able to get people up and running with thier own free network to one another and communicating and transmitting files and data as fast as possible in an emergry situation. In the slides it gives a couple examples. Like when hurricane Katrina hit and no one could communicate with one another. Or in Egypt when the government turned off the internet and started killing all the protestors. That's what this is for.

http://project-byzantium.org/presentations/HOPE_Byzantium_Presentation.pdf

http://project-byzantium.org

http://www.hacdc.org/2012/08/project-byzantium-interviewed-by-slashdot-at-hope-2012/

Testers, bug reporters, and TORRENT SEEDERS are also needed as well! Please paste this into other places decicated to freedom of information and open access for all!