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Network neutrality

mercredi 15 juin 2016 à 02:00

The FCC's network neutrality rules stood up to a legal challenge in federal appeals court. However, the major ISPs are rich and will surely try to appeal further.

In addition, they are lobbying for a law to roll back the FCC's policies.

The FCC's neutrality policies are not strong enough. The ISP should not be allowed to examine the packet in any way, only to transmit it.

Insecure work in England and Wales

mercredi 15 juin 2016 à 02:00

1/6 of all workers in England and Wales (most of the UK) are in insecure work, such as zero-hours contracts. They cannot count on enough hours to make money to live on.

For-profit school companies

mercredi 15 juin 2016 à 02:00

For-profit school companies from the US and Europe are drooling about Africa.

African countries funds for education are insufficient, but these companies would like to divert some of that to their profits.

Olympic Games "security" measures

mercredi 15 juin 2016 à 02:00

"Security" measures for the Olympic Games have turned Rio de Janeiro into a panopticon. Quite handy for crushing protests against the pseudo-coup.

Other Olympic measures oppress the poor residents of favelas on various pretexts.

Trump's unpaid workers

mercredi 15 juin 2016 à 02:00

Hundreds of people and companies that Trump hired to do work have sued him for not paying them. Even hourly workers have sued him for not paying them.

The article cleverly states that if Trump's claim that they all did bad work is true, he must be incompetent in business.

Alternatively, his "competence" in business is really a great skill in using his wealth to shaft people that work for them.