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If Senator McCain is successful, there will be an impact on every American internet user. Senator McCain would like to prohibit the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from regulating the internet and protecting the internet user.
Under Senator McCain’s bill, net neutrality would be gone. The internet provider would be able to discriminate traffic. [...]

For years Google Street View has raised privacy concerns. The images of people and locations were put online without expressed permission. In some countries, there has been a debate as to whether Google was contravening the privacy laws of existing legislation.
Now, in Canada, there is concern that the Street View service may be [...]

Some people can’t be without their music. Some runners use ear buds and tune out the noise as they do their miles (or kilometres). This is simply dangerous. Nevertheless, people listen to their music while on a bike, while in their car, while at their work desk… you might be reading [...]

Whenever there is a shooting incident at an educational facility, there is discussion about whether staff and students should be armed. The proponents of having weapons at school present a simple argument. Allowing the staff and students to have weapons gives them a fighting chance if an attack should happen. Now there [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down what has been called the ‘internet pornography law’:
“The government lost its final attempt Wednesday to revive a federal law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.
The Supreme Court said it won’t consider reviving the Child Online Protection Act, [...]

There is a law that will come into effect to protect the safety of consumers. However, this legislation render the small, entrepreneurial inoperable or in contravention of the law:
“…After a spate of toy recalls made headlines in 2007, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act in July 2008. The law, which goes into [...]

In some communities, the use of a cell phone for conversations or text messaging while driving carries a heavy fine. A multitude of studies have shown that cell phone use decreases the driver’s attention away from operating the vehicle safely. Many tragedies have been linked to the driver using the cell phone. [...]

Britain has been called the ‘Surveillance Society’. Justified by the need for security, there is a proliferation of surveillance cameras. Records of all telephone calls are kept in data bases. Tracking of all e-mails is forthcoming:
“…From March, all internet service providers (ISPs) will have to keep data about e-mails sent and received [...]

The French government is attempting to control internet privacy. The proposed legislation would mean terminating the internet connection:
“…The French Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of the law, which aims to tackle ongoing piracy of music, movies, and games online.
Those caught illegally sharing digital media will get warnings e-mailed and posted to them before [...]

Some hackers have lofty goals. French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s bank account was hacked and money was stolen:
“…The unknown hackers removed several small sums of money from the account after obtaining Sarkozy’s online access codes. An inquiry was launched after the president noticed the transactions and complained to the police, said a government spokesman.”
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