High-tech industry’s leading advocate in the immigration bill fight, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has bought himself some time, perhaps until Tuesday, to try get the immigration bill changed to the liking of the tech industry.
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H-1B politics shifts to backroom as vote nears
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on May 16, 2013
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Vote for your favorite student Google doodle
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on May 3, 2013
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Kids from across the United States submitted more than 130,000 doodles to Google’s 2013 Doodle 4 Google competition.
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Senate To Vote On Internet Sales Tax (For Real This Time)
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on April 21, 2013
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New submitter JoeyRox writes “On 3/22 the Senate approved a non-binding proposal to allow states to tax online sales to residents outside their state. That vote was a trial balloon to gauge the support for the Marketplace Fairness Act. This week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a cloture to allow the law to be voted on for real this time. The vote may occur as soon as tomorrow. eBay is attempting to rally Americans against the bill via a massive email campaign.”
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House to vote on CISPA cyberthreat bill this week
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on April 16, 2013
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The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, despite continued opposition from some privacy and digital rights advocates.
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MetroPCS encourages shareholders to vote for amended T-Mobile offer
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on April 15, 2013
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MetroPCS is once again encouraging its investors to vote in favor of its upcoming merger with T-Mobile, especially now that Deutsche Telekom has improved its offer terms. The improved terms reduces the amount of debt the merged companies would have to pay back by $ 3.8 billion. It also reduces the debt’s interest rate by 0.5%.
Adviser recommends MetroPCS shareholders vote against T-Mobile merger
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on March 31, 2013
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It looks like T-Mobile will be facing an uphill battle come April 12th. On April 12th, the shareholders will be voting on whether or not MetroPCS should form a merger with T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile needs the shareholders to vote for the merger in order to complete the deal. It has already received the go-ahead from
Internet tax proposal up for a vote in Senate this week
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on March 21, 2013
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Internet tax supporters, with backing from Walmart, Macy’s, and Best Buy, are hoping a Senate vote will give them enough political leverage to require Americans to pay sales taxes when shopping online. [Read more]
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HP board survives confidence vote, but only barely
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on March 21, 2013
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Hewlett-Packard's shareholders have voted to reelect its entire board of directors, despite opposition from investors who want some members held accountable for recent troubles at HP, including its ill-fated acquisition of Autonomy.
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Judge Sides With Greenlight, Blocks Apple From Holding Shareholder Vote On Proposal Over Preferred Stock
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on February 23, 2013
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The “silly sideshow” around Greenlight Capital and Apple issuing preferred stock, as Apple CEO Tim Cook put it, will go on according to a ruling today by U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in NYC today. Sullivan sided with Greenlight Capital manager David Einhorn, blocking Apple from being able to proceed with a shareholder vote on whether or not the company can issue preferred stock.
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Court backs Einhorn bit to stop Apple proxy vote
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on February 22, 2013
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Legal victory for hedge fund manager’s bid to convince Apple to share more of its wealth with investors. [Read more]
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Data Analyst Spoils the World’s Biggest Song Vote
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on January 27, 2013
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littlekorea writes “A data analyst has successfully predicted the top ten songs of the world’s biggest song contest — the Triple J Hottest 100 — by extrapolating voting intentions fans had posted on Twitter and Facebook. Nick Drewe’s Warmest 100 list closely mimicked the Hottest 100 results, predicting the top three in correct order and predicting 92 of the most popular 100 songs.”
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NYC Taxi apps up for vote tomorrow, contenders weigh in
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on December 12, 2012
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Facebook asks users to vote on future of voting system, hopes to revise governance policies
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on December 4, 2012
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Facebook’s proposed policy tweaks are about to have their day in the polls — not that the social network’s users have much of a chance of shooting them down. Facebook’s current governance policies allow for a vote on proposed changes when more than 7,000 comments are registered — but denying those changes requires a staggering 30 percent of the network’s one billion active users. Ready for some quick math? That’s 300 million negative votes — more than twice as many than the total number of ballots cast in the 2012 US presidential election. Facebook’s proposal cuts the voting system out of the site’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, which it says will free it up to explore new ways to involve users in policy changes, such as the new “Ask our Chief Privacy Officer” feature.
The social network’s site governance page also has a new article explaining some of its upcoming policy changes in layman’s terms, which eases readers into the language it uses to describe how it shares information with affiliates, clarifies user content ownership and promises not to remove certain privacy controls. Facebook users happy with the old system have until December 10th to put America’s voter turnout to shame, though their voices will probably be easier to hear after Facebook abandons its impotent democracy.
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Facebook privacy policy now open to public vote
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on December 3, 2012
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Learn how to vote on Facebook’s privacy policies and you can make the social network your own – wouldn’t that be amazing? In reality, Facebook will be opening up a collection of privacy policy changing votes that will be open to the public (so long as you’ve got a Facebook profile) from now until December
Facebook opens vote on policy changes, addresses privacy concerns
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on December 3, 2012
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Facebook’s proposed policy changes are officially open for a vote. Think it’s a farce? The company’s calling in an independent auditor. [Read more]
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Facebook to revoke users' right to vote on policy changes
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on November 22, 2012
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Facebook users will no longer be allowed to vote on proposed policy changes at the company because their comments weren't good enough.
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How Facebook Boosted Obama’s Vote Tally
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on November 17, 2012
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Facebook’s effort to increase voter turnout worked best with groups likely to have voted for the president.
Facebook just revealed some interesting figures about who responded to its reminder to vote this recent presidential election day. Combined with evidence that a similar widget sent an extra 340,000 voters to the polls in 2010, the new figures suggest that Facebook’s decision to implement the feature directly boosted president Obama’s vote tally.
If the Internet is magic, why can't we vote on it
Posted by Gsurface
on November 14, 2012
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Regular as clockwork — just after an election which generated far too many stories of people waiting far too long to vote (and far too many local election officials saying that everything went fine and that there were no problems) — come the calls for voting via the Internet. The press wonders if we are a third-world country, politicians posture and most security experts say "don't go there."
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The Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards nominations: Vote early, vote often!
Posted by Gsurface
on November 10, 2012
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This November marks the ninth year for which we will be announcing the Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards …
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Why You Can’t Vote Online
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on November 8, 2012
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Judge throws out Ohio lawsuit over software on vote tabulation machines
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on November 7, 2012
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A federal judge in Ohio today rejected claims by Ohio Green Party co-chairman Bob Fitrakis that software that was recently installed on vote tabulation machines in more than two-dozen counties in the state, posed a threat to the integrity of ballots cast in today’s General Election.
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Documenting your vote with smartphone could get you in trouble with the law
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on November 7, 2012
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How will we vote on Election Day — 2020? The future of voting tech
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on November 6, 2012
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Update: Lawsuit filed in Ohio over software updates to vote tabulation machines
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on November 5, 2012
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The co-chairman of the Ohio Green Party and editor of FreePress.org, Bob Fitrakis, on Monday filed a federal lawsuit over software that was allegedly installed on central vote tabulation machines in 39 Ohio counties without being tested or certified for use as required by state law.
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New Jersey Residents Displaced By Storm Can Vote By Email
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on November 4, 2012
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First time accepted submitter danbuter writes “In probably the most poorly thought-out reaction to allowing people displaced by Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey [to take part in the 2012 presidential election], residents will be allowed to vote by email. Of course, this will be completely secure and work perfectly!” Writes user Beryllium Sphere: “There’s no mention of any protocol that might possible make this acceptable. Perhaps the worst thing that could happen would be if it appears to work OK and gains acceptance.” I know someone they should consult first.
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Your vote costs Obama and Romney about $22
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on November 3, 2012
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My vote’s worth $ 30 to the U.S. presidential campaigns, according to Abine’s vote calculator, which puts a fun spin on several factors that determine the cost of online ads. How cheap will yours turn out to be? [Read more]
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Can your Tweets predict your vote?
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on November 1, 2012
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CodeWeavers Announces Flock the Vote Software Giveaway
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on October 30, 2012
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ywlke writes “This election year, CodeWeavers is repeating its ‘Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge’ from 2008, and will be giving away free one-year subscriptions to Crossover Linux and Mac. ‘On Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, beginning at 00:00 Central Time (+6 GMT), anyone visiting CodeWeavers’ Flock The Vote promotional web site (flock.codeweavers.com) will be able to download a free, fully functional copy of either CrossOver Mac or CrossOver Linux. Each copy comes complete with 12 months of support and product upgrades. The offer will continue for 24 hours, from 00:00 to 23:59, Oct. 31, 2012. … The company had recently launched its ‘Flock the Vote’ challenge – a voter turnout initiative in which CodeWeavers promised free software for 24 hours if 100,000 people pledged to vote in the 2012 Presidential election.’”
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FCC to vote on proposal to use old NextWave spectrum
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on September 27, 2012
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a proposal that would allow AT&T to offer mobile broadband service on 20MHz of spectrum it purchased in August along with spectrum holding company NextWave Wireless.
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Facebook’s New Timeline Event Lets You Share You’re Registered To Vote, Links To Registration Sites
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on September 25, 2012
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If you see your friends are registered to vote, you might register too be more likely to actually cast your ballot. So in hopes of making us better citizens, Facebook now lets you declare you’re “registered to vote” through a new Timeline event.
U.S. residents can use the personalized shortcut link in Facebook’s announcement of the feature, or find “Registered To Vote” in the ‘Travel & Experiences’ category of the Life Events tab on their Timeline’s post composer. You can add where and when you registered plus fill in an optional box of details like what party you support to rally your network to cast their vote.
FCC to vote September 28th on proposal auctioning UHF spectrum, Weird Al might still approve
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on September 9, 2012
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The FCC has been more than a little eager to repurpose spectrum as wireless internet access takes off: white spaces and iDEN frequencies have already switched roles, and that’s not including the myriad of spectrum swaps. Add one more wireless variety to the list, as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has confirmed his agency will vote on a proposal for incentive-based auctions of UHF spectrum. When the Commission meets next on September 28th, it will decide on whether or not to lure broadcasters into giving up the usually TV-focused space for the sake of data lovers everywhere. The freed-up airwaves in the proposal would mostly be unlicensed spectrum with “WiFi-like uses,” but at a much lower frequency than the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands that WiFi needs today: as the first consistent, unlicensed spectrum at that range in the US, it could create opportunities for longer-ranged, free wireless that aren’t even on the table in 2012. Not that we have much of a choice in taking action today. Any accepted rules won’t be completely finalized until mid-2013, and the auction itself won’t take place until 2014. Still, the UHF plans foster dreams of more wireless for everyone — and we suspect that even one Mr. Yankovic wouldn’t mind giving up Channel 62 for a long-distance home network.
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Steam Greenlight launches with hundreds of games to vote for
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on August 30, 2012
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After hearing about it for the past few weeks, Steam Greenlight has finally launched. As many of you already know, Steam Greenlight is a new system that allows developers to submit their game to the community for approval. Should the Steam community welcome the game with open arms (or, in this case, up-votes), then it
Vote On What the Very Large Telescope Observes
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on August 15, 2012
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arisvega writes “The Slashdot crowd may be aware of VLT, the Very Large Telescope array (a collaboration between several European countries). It’s located at the Atacama desert in Chile, operating at the visible and infrared wavelengths and producing some very detailed images and exciting new science. It has been significantly boosting astronomy and astrophysics research for the past couple of years without the hassle and the expenses of orbital observatories. Now, and for the first time in its history, there is a public invitation calling you to vote on which of the 16 proposed locations you would like the array to be pointed at, without the need for a scientific proposal. Astronomers are standing by to do your bidding!”
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European Parliament rejects ACTA in 478 to 39 vote
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on July 4, 2012
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ACTA, the controversial anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, has been rejected by the European Parliament by a staggering majority. The law was smacked down by a 478 to 39 vote, and has now been completely killed in Europe. Internet activists rallied against ACTA when it was seen to be a legislative act that was far too broad,
Extremely Large Telescope gets rather strong vote of confidence
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on June 14, 2012
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Intergovernmental astronomy group the European Southern Observatory votes to begin construction on the the world’s largest optical/infrared telescope.
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Facebook to let users vote on privacy changes
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on June 1, 2012
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Facebook Forced By Privacy Activist To Put Policy Changes Up For Worldwide Vote
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on June 1, 2012
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Max Schrems, the Austrian founder of Europe Vs. Facebook, successfully forced Facebook to put proposed policy changes up for a vote by all its users by mobilizing his privacy group to flood Facebook’s Site Governance page with many more than 7,00o comments on the proposal — the threshold for triggering a vote. Europe Vs. Facebook is demanding sweeping changes to Facebook’s product rather than the small policy changes found in the proposal
Today the one-week voting period opens on a set of a relatively benign changes and Facebook will notify users by web and mobile. If over 30% of Facebook’s active users, or 230 million people, vote for the changes they’ll go into effect, and if they vote against they’ll be scrapped. Otherwise Facebook will take the changes “under advisory”. Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer for Policy Erin Egan told me yesterday the company will consider changing its site governance voting system to discourage votes being triggered by low-quality comments and adapt to the growing size of Facebook’s user base.
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European Activists Could Force Facebook’s New Privacy Changes To A Worldwide Vote
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on May 18, 2012
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Perhaps not the best timing for Facebook, but great timing for those looking for more profile on the whole issue of privacy and how it is approached by Facebook. The European activists “europe-v-facebook.org”, led by a group of Austrian students, say that they have reached the 7,000-comment threshold needed in response to a Facebook privacy proposal that will force the company to take it to a worldwide vote.
Specifically, if you go to Facebook’s English-language Data Use Policy page where it has detailed the new proposals, there are now over 9,000 comments on the post. The proposal, you can see, has some XXX’s at the top: that’s because it is due to close this evening, at 5pm Pacific time (yes, more business as usual at Facebook, despite the fact that it also happens to be going through the biggest IPO ever in tech history).
Sen. Grassley to allow vote on FCC nominees despite LightSquared worries
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on April 28, 2012
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U.S. Senator Charles Grassley plans to drop a hold he placed on two FCC nominees because of a tussle with the agency over documents related to its treatment of would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared.
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Legislators to vote on controversial CISPA bill despite online protests
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on April 23, 2012
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House Republicans vote to limit FCC authority
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on March 29, 2012
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Republicans in the House of Representatives earlier this week passed legislation that would restrict the FCC in imposing merger conditions as well as limiting other measures.
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SEC Decides Telcos Must Give Shareholders a Vote On Net Neutrality
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on February 16, 2012
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suraj.sun writes with a link about a SEC decision that telecommunications companies must give shareholders an annual vote on wireless net-neutrality resolutions. “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has told AT&T and other telecommunications companies they must include a resolution supporting wireless net-neutrality in annual shareholder votes. In a letter posted on the SEC website, the agency asserted that net neutrality — the idea that Internet service providers must treat traffic equally — has become a significant policy consideration and can no longer be excluded from shareholder ballots. AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Nextel must now grant shareholder requests for votes this year on resolutions that would support net neutrality. In view of the sustained public debate over the last several years concerning net neutrality and the Internet and the increasing recognition that the issue raises significant policy considerations, we do not believe that AT&T may omit the proposal from its proxy materials, the SEC said in the Feb. 10 letter.”
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SEC sides with Beastie Boys’ Mike D, says AT&T must allow shareholder vote on net neutrality
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on February 16, 2012
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Michael Diamond may be best known as Mike D of the Beastie Boys, but he’s also an AT&T shareholder, and he’s now played a central role in forcing a shareholder vote on net neutrality. He, along with his wife Tamra Davis and John P. Silva of Silva Artist Management previously submitted a proposal to AT&T arguing that shareholders should be allowed to vote a resolution that recommended the company “publicly commit to operate its wireless broadband network consistent with network neutrality principles.” AT&T unsurprisingly rejected that proposal, stating that it would “directly interfere with its network management practices,” but the SEC has now stepped in and said that net neutrality has become a “significant policy consideration,” and that it can no longer be excluded from shareholder ballots. As Bloomberg Businessweek notes, companies can challenge the SEC’s findings in court, although it remains to be seen if AT&T or other carriers will take that step. No further word from Mike D on the matter, so we’ll take this opportunity to share another important message of his after the break.
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Protect IP Act vote postponed as Senate ponders revision
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on January 23, 2012
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The US Senate vote on the Protect IP Act (PIPA) set to go ahead on January 24 2012 has been postponed, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has confirmed. ”In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT IP Act” Senator Reid tweeted, while TPM posted a full memo distributed by his office [...]
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GOP lawmakers seek to postpone PIPA vote
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on January 14, 2012
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In a sign that massive public pressure may be working, six Republican U.S. Senators who previously supported the Protect IP Act, late Friday asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to postpone a scheduled Jan. 24 vote on the controversial bill.
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E-ballot device for presidential vote has bugs, report confirms
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on January 7, 2012
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An optical scanner to be used for the presidential election this year is prone to recording the wrong vote or none at all, according to a government report. But the manufacturer says problems are fixed.
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Vote for the 2011 Tech Car of the Year
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on December 6, 2011
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Voting is now open for the 2011 CNET Tech Car of the Year. Choose among the 2012 Audi A7, 2011 BMW X3, 2011 Chevy Volt, 2012 Infiniti M Hybrid, and 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550.
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Senator threatens filibuster of Protect IP Act as vote nears
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on November 22, 2011
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The Protect IP Act, which would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders focused on shutting down websites accused of copyright infringement, could come up for a vote in the U.S. Senate by early December, and one senator is threatening to filibuster the bill.
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EU Parliment To Vote On ACTA Soon; Take Action Now
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on November 1, 2011
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sTeF writes “Laquadrature du Net releases 3 videos on ACTA: Every citizen can help defeat ACTA by spreading this video across the Internet, urging their fellow citizens to mobilize, and contacting their elected representatives. ACTA is a threat to Internet users’ fundamental freedoms and to EU Internet companies’ competitiveness and free competition. The European Parliament will soon decide whether to give its consent to ACTA, or to reject it once and for all.”
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