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A 'bat signal' to defend open Internet - 1 views

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    (CNN) -- Remember earlier this year when Wikipedia went black in protest of anti-piracy legislation moving through the U.S. Congress? Yeah, well, that may be nothing compared to this. A group called the Internet Defense League, borrowing a page from Batman, is trying to create a "bat signal" for mobilizing open-Internet activists against similar legislation.
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    The battle for "internet freedom" continues! This time Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian will introduce the Internet Defense League just in time for Congress to visit the CISPA legislation, which allows the U.S. government, in cooperation with certain tech companies, to access various personal internet traffic information. The president has already threatened to VETO this bill due to concerns for confidentiality and civil liberties.
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Harvard, MIT partner to offer free online courses - 1 views

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    In a move that heightened competition in online education and brought more prestige to the still-fledgling field, Harvard University and MIT announced a partnership Wednesday to offer the public mainly free Internet classes.
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    Heard about this on NPR today, M.I.T. and Harvard are actually starting a non-profit and have already dumped $60 million into a project they call edX, intended to "improve, not replace, the campus experience." Should turn out to be an honorable donation to the global learning community. This is an interesting move towards providing free access to quality educational information. -Another article containing a press release: Engadget Article
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