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No webfilter from EU to Iran

No webfilter from EU to Iran

Isn’t this the biggest kind of hypocrisy..??
If you are working on a way to “filter the internet” – so people are not able to find some kind of content…and meanwhile also working on a law – which will forbid companies to deliver a webfilter to Iran…..
This does sound really strange uh..?
In the days of “freedom [...]

Australia heading in the wrong direction

Australia heading in the wrong direction

A man in Australia has been charged for re-publishing a video of a man swinging a baby around. The video had been published widely across the internet before, and it was shown on American TV news shows. It can still be found on the internet today.
Chris Illingworth, a father of four, shared the video with [...]

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act”

Words from George Orwell, writer of 1984. An economist from Latvia, member of the EU, knows now this is very true…
University lecturer Dmitrijs Smirnov told a newspaper the nation’s currency, the lat, was heading for devaluation. He advised people to withdraw their money from the bank or change it.
Then the secret police arrested Smirnov and [...]