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The Story: Ukraine has been under attack by the armed forces of Russia since February 24. The attack has devastated targeted country's communications infrastructure. In...

The Story: At least since the internet began, the digital world has seen a constant flow of thieves using web connections to make off with...

Aa Aa In a highly contentious vote on Tuesday, MEPs narrowly voted to push forward with copyright reforms that will require big tech companies to implement “upload filters” to detect copyright-protected content. Critics are calling it a “dark day for internet freedom”, arguing that the legislation is too broad and puts legitimate content at high risk of being blocked. Dominic Kis, a campaigner for the “Save the Internet” movement, opposes the reform. On Tuesday night’s episode of Raw Politics, he said it doesn’t actually protect content creators. "We do not want any upload filters on the internet because that would definitely endanger the internet,” he said. John Phelan, director general of The International Confederation of Music Publishers, had a different take, saying: “It doesn’t change what copyright is, it changes who must obey existing copyright laws and that is fundamentally important." Phelan went on to say that the divisive filter technology is already in place and the directive would only ensure it is “used more fairly”. Kis disagreed, saying that these filter technologies — which Google has already heavily invested in — "are not foolproof and will never be”. The directive was passed in the European Parliament with 348 MEPs in favour and 274 against. It now awaits approval from EU member states.

There were several moments of sustained silence as the frowning leaders of the United States, sitting stiffly and surrounded by cameras, waited for a very important meeting to start. That would be the least awkward part of the heated exchange that followed between Chuck Schumer, the US Senate Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, and Donald Trump – in which the president said he would be proud to shut down the government over his demands for a border wall. There was some blinking and maybe some thinking. But mostly, there was a whole lot of sitting and even more staring. The internet was quick to poke fun at his statue-like pose and blank expression. Memes began to spread and by Tuesday afternoon, “Mike Pence” was trending on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/mU2F2O7zkf December 11, 2018 The vice-president took only short breaks from his transfixed gaze on Pelosi to silently turn his head toward Schumer. Not even a joke at the expense of the Washington Post, which Trump directed at the vice-president, could conjure Pence from his trance. Can someone please check to see if Mike Pence is actually still alive or is this a "Weekend at Bernies" type scenario where they just prop up Pence at meetings. Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) Pence checking his nonexistent watch for 2020 pic.twitter.com/UPE3xKbQSd December 11, 2018

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Radio host Charlamagne Tha God talks Twitter in the Trump era, what Trump has in common with notorious internet troll Tekashi69 and the upcoming elections with Ari Melber. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for…

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Most of these measures would have had little if any impact on the Russian operation, but they could open the door to significantly curtailing free speech on the internet. There are three areas of illicit Russian activities: hacks of emails, attempts to compromise voting systems, and using posts and protesters to foment division. The first two areas are major threats that should be and can be addressed with new federal programs. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has declared that 240 years after our founding, “our democracy is at risk. Clinton and Trump were the least popular candidates ever to run for the presidency, according to multiple polls. Likewise, Klobuchar, and her colleagues Mark Warner, D-Va., and John McCain, R-Ariz., have proposed the Honest Ads Act to require internet companies to disclose more about their advertisers and store copies of all political ads for the public to view. The bill would also force campaigns that want to spend more than $500 on political ads, tech and ad platforms to make new disclosures to the government about the organizations that purchased them, the audiences the ads might have targeted, and how much they cost. This could achieve what Russia, China, Iran and other authoritarian countries have demanded for years: the forced disclosure of associations and information, in particular by foreign organizations and NGOs seeking to support issues and causes. Our closest allies have shown that the appetite of government to regulate internet speech is insatiable. France has prosecuted Twitter for allowing people to post offensive comments and forced the company to strip posters of anonymity.

MSNBC's Ali Veshi and Stephanie Ruhle interview FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn about the net neutrality rollback. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and informed perspectives. Reaching…