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Internet Activists Build a ‘Bat-Signal for the Internet’ to Fight Web Censorship

The founder of social news website Reddit and the online advocacy group Fight for the Future have teamed up to build a ‘Bat-Signal For the Internet’ that will enable regular SOPA-style mass protests against web censorship bills at the push of a button.

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Occupy Birmingham Demands Birmingham Enforce the Clean Air Act

This is a discussion-format page dealing with the issue of pollution in the Birmingham area that harms our residents. Environmental regulations must be adequately enforced, because we will not allow local companies to keep terrorizing our children with asthma, cancer, and other illnesses.

I've added many people in the area to the page. If you're not interested in this topic, feel free to leave and please accept our apologies for imposing on your time and thoughts.

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How to Spot Income Inequality from Space: Look for the Trees

Even from space, it's easy to tell which neighborhood is poor and which is rich. It's pretty straightforward: richer communities can afford more space for trees, and place a higher premium on growing and maintaining them. All you need to do to spot better-off neighborhoods is to look for the tree cover.

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REVEALED: Hundreds Of Words To Avoid Using Online If You Don't Want The Government Spying On You

The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.

The intriguing the list includes obvious choices such as 'attack', 'Al Qaeda', 'terrorism' and 'dirty bomb' alongside dozens of seemingly innocent words like 'pork', 'cloud', 'team' and 'Mexico'.

Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the internet searching for domestic and external threats.


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