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Net nuances

Supporters of an “Open Internet”—so-called Net Neutrality—gathered outside the White House earlier this year to put their message in lights. Preserving “open access” to the contents of the Net, advocates argue, is of vital public importance. Perhaps. But balancing government regulation of the Net with the rights of private interests to realize value from their multibillion-dollar investment in Internet infrastructure, remains a hotly contested issue. A major ruling in February by the Federal Communications Commission endorsing Net Neutrality, over industry objections, is now the subject of legal challenges.

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Editorial

Net Freedom

An oft-repeated truism is that technology is accelerating. No doubt. For millennia, men killed each other with clubs, spears and swords. Then for a few hundred years, they blasted at one another with cannons and guns. When World War II began, early battles involved horse cavalry and flimsy biplanes…

News Briefs

News Briefs

“Mobile Justice,” a free smartphone app from the American Civil Liberties Union, allows users to capture exchanges with law enforcement and automatically transmit the video to ACLU chapters in various states—preserving it even if the phone is seized or destroyed. The app, can be used on Android and iOS phones, also provides information on individual rights.

Media & Ethics

Why Words Matter

In 1968, the college town of Gainesville, Florida, like most of the nation, was roiling with racial unrest, and more fuel was being splashed on the discontent by an unpopular war in Vietnam. Gainesville was the South, after all, and the local newspaper, The Sun, teamed up with the white law enforcement establishment…

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A Tangled Web

The concept of an “Open Internet”—known as Net Neutrality—attempts to classify broadband services as a regulated “public” utility, like those that deliver electricity or water. But the Net is a different sort of common carrier, and while the public’s interest is important, Internet users can’t ignore the billions of dollars in private investment that made the Internet possible.

Profile

Baltimore’s ‘Mother Terasa’ April Burrell

If you walk down the streets of Baltimore and you see a woman surrounded by strangers in need of a home, a meal, a job, or just a place to cool their heels until trouble subsides, it’s probably April Burrell.

Scientology News

In the Middle

In his address to the Scientologists, government officials, religious leaders and academics who gathered for the ceremony, Mr. Miscavige said, “We come to a long-anticipated turning point in European history—a moment when a ribbon falls on a new Ideal Org—and so signals a new era of tolerance, brotherhood, compassion and spiritual power.”

World

Inspired Youth

Since 2003, youth delegates from dozens of countries have convened annually with U.N. officials, human rights advocates and religious leaders at international summits in New York, Geneva and Brussels. They leave with renewed dedication to advance human rights at home.

L. Ron Hubbard essay

Riots

The bulk of American riots are caused by injustice. Only the wealthy can afford justice. It may say there must be justice in the Constitution, but it can only be obtained in upper courts.

What is Scientology?

Confront

The bulk of American riots are caused by injustice. Only the wealthy can afford justice. It may say there must be justice in the Constitution, but it can only be obtained in upper courts.