They actually did it. Last week, the FCC published its net neutrality order in the Federal Register, stating that effective November 20 the federal government will begin regulating the Internet. Americans didn’t want this. Congress rejected it decisively — it only had 27 sponsors last year. The courts rejected it — they said the FCC […]
The much-delayed 2011 Department of Defense (DOD) report on Chinese military and security developments highlights the growing Chinese emphasis on cyber security and cyberwarfare. As the report notes, “PRC military writings highlight the seizure of electromagnetic dominance in the early phases of a campaign.” Coinciding with the release of the DOD report, media coverage has […]
“Computers and keyboards are the weapons, Facebook and Twitter are the battlefields. It is there that we fight, each and every day.” The fighting words come from First Lieutenant Sasha Dratwa, 25, who heads IDF’s elite “new media” unit. Dratwa, who replaced Lt. Aliza Landes, ws interviewed by Jonatan Urich in the IDF’s website. Dratwa […]
The term “country club prison” is usually associated with the terms of imprisonment for non-violent white-collar criminals – but in Israel, it’s the hardened terrorists who do “easy time,” at least when it comes to communicating with the outside world. While garden-variety miscreants are isolated from society during their jail terms, Hamas and Fatah terrorists […]
by Daniel Pipes June 2, 2011 updated Jun 5, 2011 The British intelligence service MI6 hacked Inspire, an online Al-Qaeda English-language magazine produced by al-Awlaki, and … well, let Duncan Gardham, security correspondent for the Daily Telegraph tell it: When followers [of Al-Qaeda] tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how […]
How long before Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner conducts his next meltdown press conference flanked by two adult-movie “goddesses” a la Charlie Sheen? Like the delusional bad-boy actor, Weiner actually thinks his self-destructive act is winning, too. The tweetaholic congressman spent the week dodging and deflecting questions about what he called a “randy” image that appeared […]
Iranian civil defense commander Gholamreza Jalali said Monday the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program has fallen prey to a computer virus called “Stars,” Reuters reports. The Stars virus is the second in the cyber war against Iran’s bid for nuclear capability, following after the much-reported Stuxnet virus, Jalalai said the introduction of the new virus is […]
The U.S. State Department reports countries in the entire Middle East, and some countries elsewhere, are riddled with human rights abuses. In its annual government-mandated report, the State Department said that government repressions of political freedoms were rampant. The report, which has been submitted each year for the past 35 years, cited actions by police and […]
Following his party’s devastating losses last November, President Barack Obama made clear that where his party could no longer legislate, it will regulate. Just a month later, America saw his words become action when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to issue new rules regulating the Internet, even though courts and Congress have stood in opposition […]
Palestinian Authority activists have recreated the Third Intifada page that was banned by Facebook on Tuesday in response to thousands of member requests. An Israeli Cabinet minister, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and a massive Internet campaign were only some of the measures used to pressure the popular social networking site into removing the page, which […]
