Russia threatens retaliation over Facebook ’censorship’ of RT | Technology | The Guardian

Hardly a day goes by without Facebook landing itself in a censorship row, but the social media giant’s latest kerfuffle – a temporary ban of the Russian government-backed network RT – has drawn threats of retaliation from the Russian state censor.

RT was barred from posting images, videos or live streams on its Facebook page for about 20 hours, possibly over a copyright issue related to its stream of Barack Obama’s final press conference on Wednesday, according to the network. The network said it streamed a subscription Associated Press feed, whoch should not have violated any rights.

“All the features for this page owner have now been restored,” a spokesperson for Facebook said on Thursday morning. “We are looking into the reasons behind the temporary block.”

Sorry cats, doggos run the internet now – BBC News

Like many a BBC reporter before, I come to you with news of a coup, and perhaps the most significant transition of power you’ll read about this weekend.Cats on the internet are over. Done. ”Cheezburgers” are off the menu. Play yourself out, Keyboard Cat.While in years past we’ve perhaps welcomed the charming cynicism of the likes of Grumpy Cat, it seems people of the internet are now, in stranger times, longing instead for the unconditional and unwavering love of dogs – and I have the highly subjective data to prove it.TrendingLet’s start with Reddit. The top three posts of all time on its r/aww subreddit, the section for all things cuddly, are all about dogs.

Outgoing FCC chair warns against overturning net neutrality | Reuters

Outgoing U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler warned Republicans against dismantling the Obama administration’s landmark ”net neutrality” protections that bar internet service providers from slowing consumer access to web content.Wheeler, in an interview this week, repeatedly questioned why Republicans would institute new policies that he said would benefit major internet service providers such as Comcast Corp, AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and CenturyLink Inc at the expense of thousands of other companies and consumers.The FCC rules set in early 2015 prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to speedy internet, essentially a ”fast lane” on the web’s information superhighway, to certain internet services over others.