Declaration of the Occupation of New York City

Occupy Wall Street: Dark Side of Hacking, Threats, Dirt Emerges <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy What's not to like about Occupy Wall Street? Plenty, say the movement's critics. They accuse Occupiers of everything from poor hygiene to making threats of physical violence against corporate executives. An article in the New York Post takes Occupiers to task for drug use, strewing litter and copulating in the out of doors. ABC News reports that a faction of the computer hacker group Anonymous has threatened, in a gesture of sympathy with Occupy, to launch a cyber attack against the NYSE. It goes on to say that while one faction of Anonymous is opposed to such an attack, another favors it. On Monday afternoon--the time of the threatened hack--the NYSE website twice slowed so significantly that it became all but unusable by visitors, according to monitoring group Keynote Systems in San Mateo, Calif.

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Italian Wikipedia Shuts Down In Protest Of Proposed Law In the true spirit of online activism, the entire Italian Wikipedia website has voluntarily taken itself down in order to protest a bill being proposed to Parliament. The law (“DDL intercettazioni,” roughly translated as Wiretapping Act) would require every website to publish within 48 hours a correction or comment relating to any content an applicant has deemed “detrimental to their image,” as they put it. If that sounds vague, broad, and onerous, that’s because it is. If this law were passed, Wikipedia and other websites would have to post unedited and unsolicited “corrections” to any content deemed objectionable by any person. In case it isn’t clear, let me just sketch out an example. There are already slander and defamation protection laws on the books, and this part of the law (which seems to have very little to do with wiretapping) seems to simply be a present to the highly visible and frequently-criticized class of people comprising politicians, celebrities, and so on.

Brookfield Office Management Says Occupy Wall Street Protesters Can't Bring Sleeping Bags, Tents And More Back Into The Park After The Cleaning 'Occupy Wall Street' To Fight 'Eviction Notice,' But Apparently Has Backup Plan October 13, 2011 11:59 PM From our newsroom to your inbox weekday mornings at 9AM. Sign Up NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Friday morning could be the beginning of the end of the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration. On Thursday, Brookfield Office Management employees were passing out notices to protesters, who have been camped out for 26 days, saying that tarps, sleeping bags and tents are all prohibited in the park, as is lying on the ground and on benches when it becomes an interference for others. CBS 2 learned late Thursday night the protestors are preparing in case they cannot base their operations out of Zuccotti Park anymore. “They might as well as just said ‘You’re done,’” one protester told CBS 2′s Ann Mercogliano earlier Thursday. “This is an eviction notice,” said another. WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb With Ray Kelly: Protesters Won’t Get To Bring Their Gear Back Into The Park “They would be breaching the law.

Paris, la Défense, le sam. 5 novembre 2011 Nous sommes les 99%. Nous sommes la créativité, les rires, les sourires, nous sommes les vrais acteurs de ce monde. Nous sommes mal logés, mal payés, précarisés, nous payons de notre santé la crise environnementale, la crise économique et la crise sociale. Nous devons nous serrer la ceinture toujours plus pour payer la crise créée par les 1 pour cent restant. Nous sommes les 99%, nous refusons que le 1% décide de notre avenir et de l’avenir du monde à notre place. Le pouvoir en place travaille au profit de quelques-uns, en ignorant aussi bien la volonté de la majorité, que le prix humain et environnemental que nous payons. Unis d’une seule voix, nous allons faire savoir aux politiciens qui ne nous représentent pas, et à l'oligarchie financière qu’ils servent, que c’est à nous, le peuple, de décider de notre avenir. #OccuponsLaDéfense! Rendez-vous dès le VENDREDI 4 NOVEMBRE 17H00 devant l'Arche de la Défense, le quartier de leurs affaires. Nous sommes les 99% ! * Des actions France Uncut

High Noon for Internet Freedom The resolution would remove these protections. It was put forth by industry-funded members of Congress who don't mind letting the few corporations who sell Internet access in America decide what we get to see, hear and read on the Internet. These senators are also hoping the resolution will appease the most paranoid among the Tea Party faithful, who equate any consumer safeguard put in place during the Obama era with myriad and shadowy government plots. Rep. Blackburn's rhetoric puts her and other supporters of the resolution far outside of the mainstream of Americans, who believe that neither the government nor corporations should be able to censor lawful content online. If Congress succeeds in passing this measure, it will go well beyond deciding whether the FCC's recent rules are appropriate. That's not what the Internet's founders intended. But it has. Americans cherish freedom of speech as much as people across North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. So ask yourself this.

Italy prepares 'one strike' anti-piracy law - intellectual property, legal The Italian government is preparing an anti-piracy law that could ban Internet users from access after one alleged infringement, a lawyer and an analyst warned. ISPs would be required to use filters against services that infringe copyright, trademark or patents under terms of the draft law. The proposed changes to Italy's e-commerce directive were drafted in July by members of parliament belonging to the Il Popolo della Libertà (PdL) party of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. After analyzing the proposed amendments, Paolo Brini, spokesperson for ScambioEtico, a grassroots movement committed to copyright reform, concluded the Italian government is in fact proposing a "one strike" out Internet law. Citizens could be disconnected from the Internet if a provider is notified of an alleged copyright, trademark or patent infringement on the Web, Brini said. It remains to be seen how the technical implementation of the law would be performed.

Milk Street Cafe on Wall Street Laid Off 21 Employees Because of Occupy Wall Street. The owner of a normally bustling downtown Manhattan cafe claims that 21 of his employees lost their jobs last week and that it is a direct result of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Marc Epstein, owner of the Milk Street Cafe at 40 Wall St., said he was forced to lay off the members of his staff last Friday after suffering a 30 percent dip in sales in the six weeks since the protests started. He also stated that he could lose his entire business in less than a month. To make matters worse, Milk Street just opened in June 2011. “What are [the protesters] trying to accomplish here?” DNAInfo adds: Epstein said the biggest problem is the police barricades that have lined Wall Street since Sept. 17, making it difficult for people to see his restaurant and cross the street to get to it. But now, Epstein said he isn’t sure his business will be open for much longer. “If we don’t get these barricades down, we will be out of business,” Epstein said Monday.

Cyberunions | Using technology to organise Bernie Sanders supports #OccupyWallStreet, I interview CBS and HankNYNY rocks the house First news, Radiohead will be appearing at Liberty Square in support of #OccupyWallStreet at 4pm ET. Awesomeness Sorry, postponed/cancelled until further notice, but encouraging that they support us! Bernie Sanders supports us as well! “What I appreciate about what is going on in New York right now is there is a spotlight being focused on Wall Street, we desperately need that,” he said. “If we’re going to get out of this recession, we’re going to create the millions of jobs that we desperately need, we need real Wall Street reform.” “Focusing attention on Wall Street is exactly the right thing to do,” Sanders added. After his amazing Berniebuster, I am honored to have Bernie Sanders fight alongside us. Third item of business, our. The weather is beautiful, people are talking, crowds are big and our voice is loud. More updates as the story develops further. If you'd like to help out the protests directly . . . 1.