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A man convicted of threatening law enforcement officials in a rap video posted on the Internet has been sentenced to a year in jail. Jason Foley was also sentenced Thursday in Taunton District Court to two years of probation and banned from accessing the Internet or using a computer.

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Obama says the 24/7 information found on the Internet is becoming a distraction, diversion and is putting pressure on our country and our democracy. 'We can't stop these changes but we can channel them, shape them...'

Did I hear him say, the means of "a-pants-ipation?"

Despite no specific or credible threat, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she is concerned about the possibility that the terrorist Hezbollah organization might attack the United States. Such an attack, staged or otherwise, would be an open invitation to war with Iran.

Australia put its disputed Internet filter plan on hold for up to a year Friday to allow for an independent review of what content would be banned, in a move to mute controversy ahead of elections.

The nation’s major internet service providers by year’s end will institute a so-called six-strikes plan, the “Copyright Alert System” initiative backed by the Obama administration and pushed by Hollywood and the major record labels to disrupt and possibly terminate internet access for online copyright scofflaws. The internet companies may eliminate service altogether for repeat file-sharing offenders

A 57-year-old federal Transportation Security Administration employee has been arrested after a 15-year-old girl came forward claiming the agent had touched her inappropriately when she was 12. The arrest report says man told investigators he planned to make her his "sex slave." In the report, the agent acknowledges that he "groped" the girl, although the girl's version is more graphic.

Yan Huang speculates about the future of the internet. Google walks forward in full stride towards total web domination.

Internet freedom fighter, Aaron Swartz, commits suicide after government threatens him with a million dollar fine and up to 35 years in prison for downloading too many old journal articles.

In England there is a proposal to ban certain persons from the internet.
This seems like the start controlling who can access the internet – License to surf?