“Vote out” congresspeople who won’t back net neutrality, advocates say

Enlarge / Democrats vs. Republicans. (credit: Getty Images | Linda Braucht) Some supporters of net neutrality are focusing their attention on Congress and vowing to vote out lawmakers who won’t join a legislative effort to reinstate net neutrality rules. “If they don’t vote for net neutrality, let’s vote them out,” says the website launched yesterday […]

New vaccine for ‘hideous’ shingles illness should be free for seniors, advocates argue

Advocates for older Canadians are calling on provincial governments to cover the cost of a new vaccine against shingles that will soon be available. Shingles is a painful illness to which seniors are more susceptible and advocates say vaccine coverage should be treated as a public health issue. CBC | Health News

New vaccine for ‘hideous’ shingles illness should be free for seniors, advocates argue

Advocates for older Canadians are calling on provincial governments to cover the cost of a new vaccine against shingles that will soon be available. Shingles is a painful illness to which seniors are more susceptible and advocates say vaccine coverage should be treated as a public health issue. CBC | Health News

Stop hiding 47,000 net neutrality complaints, advocates tell FCC chair

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Peter Dazeley) The Federal Communications Commission is being pressured to release the text of 47,000 net neutrality complaints before going through with Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to eliminate net neutrality rules. The FCC has refused to release the text of most neutrality complaints despite a Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) […]

Australia advocates weakening strong crypto at upcoming “Five Eyes” meeting

Enlarge / Australia’s Attorney General George Brandis (L) speaks at a press conference Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull looks on in Sydney on December 30, 2015. (credit: Saeed Khan / Getty Images News) Two top Australian government officials said Sunday that they will push for “thwarting the encryption of terrorist messaging” during an upcoming meeting […]

‘Don’t want to be handcuffed to Minsk’: Tillerson advocates ‘flexibility’ on Ukraine crisis & Russia

The US should develop a “more flexible” approach to the Ukrainian crisis instead of just strictly tying anti-Russian sanctions to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. Tillerson on Wednesday suggested that Moscow and Kiev could eventually find some other way to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine through […]