NSA LEAKER EDWARD SNOWDEN SAYS IN AN ONLINE FORUM THAT HE CAN'T GET A FAIR TRIAL IN THE U.S. *

SNOWDEN SAYS ON THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER WEBSITE THAT THE U.S. GOVT "IMMEDIATELY AND PREDICTABLY" DESTROYED ANY POSSIBILITY OF A FAIR TRIAL AND OPENLY DECLARED HIM GUILTY OF TREASON *

SNOWDEN SAYS HE DIDN'T REVEAL ANY U.S. OPS AGAINST LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGETS AND MAINTAINS HE ONLY POINTED OUT WHERE THE NSA HACKED CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE *

U.S. IDENTIFIES 48 GUANTANAMO BAY PRISONERS SLATED FOR INDEFINITE DETENTION *

THE MEN ARE CONSIDERED TOO DANGEROUS TO RELEASE, BUT THE U.S. LACKS THE EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE THEM *

PENTAGON SPOX SAYS THEY ARE BEING HELD UNDER THE ACT OF WAR AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS IN 2001 *

THE GOVT RELEASED THE NAMES AFTER BEING SUED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT *

CO INVESTIGATORS TREATING REMAINS OF MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY AS A CRIME SCENE *

RESIDENTS NEAR BLACK FOREST IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA AREN'T BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AS INVESTIGATORS DETERMINE THE CAUSE *

WET WEATHER HELPED SUBDUE MOST OF THE FIRE MON, AND IT STANDS AT 75% CONTAINMENT *

THE FLAMES HAVE TORCHED 22 SQUARE MILES OF FOREST SINCE ERUPTING A WEEK AGO, DESTROYING MORE THAN 500 HOMES AND KILLING TWO PEOPLE *

TURKISH DEPUTY PM SUGGESTS THE ARMY COULD BE BROUGHT IN TO SETTLE HIS NATION'S CIVIL UNREST *

A POLICE CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTERS WHO LED AN 18-DAY PROTEST IN ISTANBUL'S CENTRAL SQUARE LEFT FIVE PEOPLE DEAD AND MORE THAN 5,000 INJURED *

LABOR UNIONS AND ANTI-GOVT PROTESTERS ARE NOW RALLYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY *

THE PENTAGON EXPECTED TO UNVEIL A PLAN TUES THAT WOULD GRADUALLY INTEGRATE WOMEN INTO COMBAT JOBS *

THE INITIATIVE REPORTEDLY REQUIRES MEN AND WOMEN TO MEET THE SAME PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STANDARDS TO QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN FRONT-LINE POSITIONS *

WOMEN MAY BE ABLE TO START TRAINING AS ARMY RANGERS BY MID-2015 *

OBAMA ADMIN THREATENS VETO OF HOUSE ANTI-ABORTION BILL *

THE REPUBLICAN-BACKED MEASURE WOULD BAN ALMOST ALL ABORTIONS AFTER A FETUS REACHES THE AGE OF 20 WKS *

THE WH ON MON CALLED THE LEGISLATION AN "ASSAULT ON A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE" *

THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO PASS THE HOUSE AS EARLY AS TUES *

CHRYSLER EXPECTED TO FORMALLY REFUSE RECALL ON TUES *

THE GOVT HAS ASKED THE AUTOMAKER TO RECALL NEARLY THREE MIL OLDER-MODEL JEEP SUVS BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD *

SAFETY OFFICIALS SAY THE FUEL TANK CAN IGNITE IN A REAR-END COLLISION *

THE GOVT CLAIMS 51 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE OLDER JEEPS *

CHRYSLER SAYS THE GOVT'S CONCLUSION IS BASED ON INCOMPLETE DATA *

U.S.-LED COALITION IN AFGHANISTAN TRANSFERS SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES TO PRES KARZAI'S TROOPS *

AMERICAN AND NATO FORCES WILL NOW MOVE INTO A SUPPORTING ROLE *

TUESDAY'S HANDOVER PAVES THE WAY FOR A FULL WITHDRAWAL IN 18 MONTHS *

FED AGENTS DIGGING FOR THE REMAINS OF FMR TEAMSTER LEADER JIMMY HOFFA IN A FIELD OUTSIDE DETROIT *

INVESTIGATORS OBTAINED A WARRANT TO SEARCH THE FIELD AFTER RECEIVING A TIP FROM A REPUTED MAFIA CAPTAIN *

HOFFA WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE WHEN HE LEFT FOR LUNCH WITH TWO MOBSTERS 38 YRS AGO *


 

POST WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS: GOOGLE BLOCKS INFLAMMATORY VIDEO

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As Violence Spreads in Arab World, Google Blocks Access to Inflammatory Video

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

 

SAN FRANCISCO — As violence spread in the Arab world over a video on YouTube ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad, Google, the owner of YouTube, blocked access to it in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya, but did not remove the video from its Web site.

 

Google said it decided to block the video in response to violence that killed four American diplomatic personnel in Libya. The company said its decision was unusual, made because of the exceptional circumstances. Its policy is to remove content only if it is hate speech, violating its terms of service, or if it is responding to valid court orders or government requests. And it said it had determined that under its own guidelines, the video was not hate speech.

 

Millions of people across the Muslim world, though, viewed the video as one of the most inflammatory pieces of content to circulate on the Internet. From Afghanistan to Libya, the authorities have been scrambling to contain an outpouring of popular outrage over the video and calling on the United States to take measures against its producers.

 

Google’s action raises fundamental questions about the control that Internet companies have over online expression. Should the companies themselves decide what standards govern what is seen on the Internet? How consistently should these policies be applied?

 

“Google is the world’s gatekeeper for information so if Google wants to define the First Amendment to exclude this sort of material then there’s not a lot the rest of the world can do about it,” said Peter Spiro, a constitutional and international law professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. “It makes this episode an even more significant one if Google broadens the block.”

 

He added, though, that “provisionally,” he thought Google made the right call. “Anything that helps calm the situation, I think is for the better.”

 

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