By Yaël Ossowski / Watchdog.org / February 20, 2015 The idea of the Federal Communications Commission regulating the Internet by way of net neutrality is not only a bad idea in Mark Cuban’s view, but…
Date Archives 2015
Racism in the 21st Century
I was recently asked about the “huge increase in racism” in the past few years. It’s a topic I’m normally faced with upon returning to North Carolina from abroad. Not sure why. It’s become a…
States don’t want illegal immigrants, but could they need them?
By Yaël Ossowski / Watchdog.org / February 19, 2015 A coalition of 26 states fought and won a battle to freeze President Barack Obama’s deferred action plan to give temporary work visas to illegal immigrants…
Does the NSA have a spy in your hard drive?
A protestor holds up a sign at a rally against the NSA’s spying program. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org | February 18, 2015 A Russian security firm claims to have uncovered a major tool used…
Anonymous is hitting ISIS harder than any government could
By Yaël Ossowski / February 11, 2015 / Watchdog.org The hacking collective Anonymous is on the offensive yet again, striking the Islamic State’s many proactive social media users who use sites such as Twitter and…
FCC commissioner: If you like the IRS, you’ll love net neutrality
By Yaël Ossowski / February 9, 2015 / Watchdog.org After years of dithering, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has at last deposited the formal proposal to reclassify Internet as a public utility and subject…
#JeSuisProsecuted: U.S. government sentences journalist Barret Brown
JAILED: Journalist Barrett Brown will face 5 years jail time for charges relating to the hack of a private intelligence firm. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org His name is Barrett Brown. He is a journalist…
Mercenary in Ukraine and the State of Permanent Contradiction
Is this American (or Anglo) mercenary in Marioupol, Ukraine fighting the Russian-backed separatists? Or protecting the Ukrainian state forces? Who hired him? Is he Blackwater? The Russians say one thing, the Ukrainians another, and so…
“Media and Peace: Friends or Foes @ ESFL regional conference Munich”
The video embedded above is my speech entitled: “Media and Peace: Friends or Foes,” presented at the 2014 European Students For Liberty Munich Regional Conference in Munich, Germany on 29. November 2014. Thanks to Sons…
About-Face: Canada’s Shift from Peacekeeper to Bomb-Dropper
Maple Muscle at the Beck and Call of Military Allies Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post January 22, 2015 Canada’s reputation as a peacekeeping nation has drastically changed in the last decade. (Gopixpic) “Canadians want to…