A Human Right

5 more days to democratize Twitter and really make it "the people's news platform" - add your name at https://www.buytwitter.org and tweet #BuyTwitter

Comcast-funded "civil rights" groups claim poor people prefer ads over privacy https://interc.pt/2ogMsRW by Lee Fang

Cuba is home some of world's the best techies, and they believe in free and opens source software. Is Cuba the future of the Internet? Or, the next expansion for the American software empire? http://www.miamiherald.stfi.re//americas/cuba/article13524

People of the Internet, do the thing we all hesitate to do and doubt is ever useful: leave a comment opposing the DAPL! #NoDAPL

The Democratic Republic of Congo shut down their Internet, after to political power struggles. Not pretty. http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00048075.html

Happening now: Edward Snowden talks with Jack Dorsey about pardonsnowden.com watch at https://www.periscope.tv/pardonsnowden/

The incredible global group Geeks Without Bounds has been bringing Internet as a human right to Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Read about the intricacies of remote wi-fi mesh networks at http://gwob.org/internet-at-standing-rock/, and chip in to support their work with Digital Smoke Signals power free and open communications for the water protectors at https://www.gofundme.com/waterissacred

Facebook: Look, fake news is a hard problem. Facebook: We have developed a tool to block the real news. http://www.nytimes.com//facebook-censorship-tool-china.html

This is cool http://arstechnica.com//spacex-plans-worldwide-satellite-/

Is Twitter a utility like a railroad or electric coop? Here's a 5-minute interview on WNYC radio about the #BuyTwitter campaign: https://www.wnyc.org/story/plan-take-back-twitter/

Twitter is our global history and news timeline. This month, the company could sell itself to Wall St and sell out its users. As users, we make Twitter valuable! 1) Sign the petition to turn Twitter into a user-owned co-op: http://wearetwitter.global 2) If you're on Twitter, give this tweet some love http://twitter.com/BuyThisPlatform/status/793484154675486720 !

In the USA, democracy is messy and discriminatory. If you believe that voting rights should be accessible to all, you can help translate ballot materials into all languages Sign up at www.votervox.org, which just launched today!