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FCC got Net neutrality ‘right,’ but fight isn’t over, Franken says

Four years ago, Sen. Al Franken was one of the few US lawmakers standing up for rules to keep the Internet open. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) Now he’s celebrating a victory, along with President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats who applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s new Net neutrality rules adopted last week. For years Franken — comedy writer, author and …

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Data retention one step closer as Government accepts bipartisan review

Attorney-General George Brandis. CeBIT Australia, CC BY 2.0 The Government has agreed to amend proposed data retention legislation to adopt a number of recommendations from a bipartisan review, including agreeing to define the data set in legislation and provide protections for journalists. The announcement follows a joint parliamentary inquiry into the bill, which heard from critics and proponents of data …

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