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China adds to the Great Firewall with new Internet controls

Erika Johnsen — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:01:24 +0000

Deletion.

The Chinese communist regime works uncommonly hard to maintain the veneer of a prosperous, free, and morally sound society, using the channels of education and state-run media for their active brainwashing campaign and demonstrating a remarkable disdain for freedom of speech and the rule of law when things don’t go their way. The Chinese “constitution” [...]

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Great news: Your permanent record is now available on demand

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:01:59 +0000

Oh, not to you ...

Remember when government needed something called a warrant or even probable cause to look at your records? Good times, good times. I’m nostalgic for the halcyon days of, er, February of this year, before the Attorney General of the United States signed off on an order allowing the government to access pretty much everything it [...]

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Video: Getting the message from PLAN?

Ed Morrissey — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:57:58 +0000

Hammertime.

Last week, we noted the rollout of the Personal Localized Alert Network or PLAN, the broadcast system that allows the government to push alerts right to your cell phone. Starting in 2012, those phones will have to have an embedded PLAN chip to allow access to local, state, and federal governments to text you about [...]

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Great news: Gov’t just about ready to push alerts to cell phones

Ed Morrissey — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:55:15 +0000

Not sure we'd all love to see the PLAN.

Are you ready to get local and “presidential” alerts on your cell phone? If not, and you’re in New York City … too bad. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Big Apple is ready to use cell phones to inform residents of missing-child alerts, emergencies, terror warnings, and other messages, whether people want to get [...]

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