4/21 defcon: manning up & tracking you down

manning under mental evaluation, being moved to kansas*
protesters interrupt obama to sing support for wikileaks suspect*
neo-nazi freed, online speech protected*
president obama's 4/20 facebook townhall*
facebook installs solar panels at new data center*
poker today, alternative news tomorrow?:
video: US shuttering online gambling sites*
video: white house authoring new cybersecurity bill granting expanded powers to dhs*
obama pushes chinese-style internet id system*
iphone keeps record of everywhere you go*
researcher says iphone location data already used by cops*
oak ridge, top federal lab, hacked in phishing attack*
nasa awards $270m in spaceship contracts*
video: april 29 set for shuttle launch*

algeria shuts down the net as protest mounts

There are reports out of Algeria, the government has deleted internet and facebook accounts across the country, according to an article at The Telegraph. "'The government doesn't want us forming crowds through the internet,' said Rachid Salem, of Co-ordination for Democratic Change in Algeria." The article reports 30,000 riot police on the streets of Algiers alone! Our concern is the inevitable shutdown here in the United States, as the economy is taken down with no sign our government intends to mitigate a collapse. Protest and civil unrest seems inevitable. A blog entry provides observations on recent shutdown in Egypt and a simple solution to help you stay connected here.

killswitch: obama admin fears egypt-style revolt in US

from paul joseph watson: The Obama administration is busy attempting to pass legislation that would give the President a kill switch for the Internet in the United States while at the same time decrying Egyptian authorities for shutting down the Internet in a bid to deflate the unfolding revolution against Hosni Mubarak. The reason is simple – the government fears an Egypt-style revolt occurring in the U.S. and wants to block access to the world wide web if and when it happens... While Obama criticizes Egyptian authorities for shutting down web access to disrupt protesters, his own administration prepares to launch a fresh attempt at instituting the exact same powers in America, which as recent history clearly demonstrates, represent tools for tyrannical regimes who wish to silence legitimate political opposition.

related: dhs' new terror alert system to use facebook, twitter