This was the year of Internet activism with a sharp political point to it: Protests drove a stake through the heart of a Hollywood-backed digital copyright bill, helped derail a United Nations summit and contributed to the demise of a proposed data-sharing law. In 2012, when Internet users and companies flexed their political muscles, they realized they were stronger than they had thought. It amounted to a show of force not seen since the political wrangling over implanting copy-protection technology in PCs a decade ago
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The Direct Marketing Association today expressed disappointment with the scope and restrictive nature of the draft privacy legislation proposed by Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL).
The much-anticpated draft bill would require web publishers and ad networks to publicly disclose when they collect data on internet users — but would not require that users actively opt in to have data about them collected for advertising and commerce purposes. ...
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