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Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store

Update: After this article was published, Apple told Dave Choffnes that his iPhone app, designed to detect net neutrality violations, will be allowed in the iTunes App Store.

You open the app, agree to a consent form (he is using the data in his research), and click “run test.”

The app is designed to test download speeds from seven apps: YouTube, Amazon, NBCSports, Netflix, Skype, Spotify, and Vimeo.

An Apple App Store reviewer told Choffnes that “your app has no direct benefits to the user,” according to screenshots reviewed by Motherboard.

According to Apple’s reviewer, the app contained “Objectionable Content,” a catch-all for apps that Apple doesn’t want to let into its App Store.

Apple is blocking the app and no one is quite sure why, including Choffnes; neither Apple nor Verizon responded to requests for comment for this article.

When I heard about Wehe, I thought that it must be impossible for an app to detect net neutrality violations. »

Drone saves two Australian swimmers in world first

Authored by bbc.com

Two teenage boys were rescued by a brand new lifesaving drone in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use the device.

A member of the public spotted them struggling in heavy surf about 700m (2,300ft) offshore.

Lifesavers instantly sent the drone to drop an inflatable rescue pod, and the pair made their way safely to shore. »

The Book Of Broken Promises: $400 Billion Broadband Scandal And Free The Net

Authored by bloomsmag.com

You were also charged about nine times to wire the schools and libraries via state and federal plans designed to help the phone and cable companies.

Starting in 1991, the Clinton-Gore ticket proposed a visionary plan which Al Gore dubbed the “Information Superhighway”: Simply put:.

Ironically, (or sadly), I have told the story of the failed, fiber optic broadband deployments in America over and over. »

CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens

Authored by theguardian.com

CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens North Carolina CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens A Gulfstream jet from a quiet airport south-east of Raleigh flew captives to be tortured around the world.

The government failed to act but local people have refused to let the issue die Johnston County airport terminal, home of the so-called Guantánamo Express rendition flights run by a CIA front company.

Over the course of two days, this “citizen-led truth seeking commission” called 20 witnesses to testify on the damage done by Aero’s rendition operations. »

Photographer Says He Lost His Job After Leaking Pictures Of Rick Perry And Coal CEO

Authored by npr.org

Photographer Says He Lost His Job After Leaking Pictures Of Rick Perry And Coal CEO.

The photographer, Simon Edelman, took photos of the March 29, 2017, meeting between Perry and Robert "Bob" Murray, the CEO of Ohio-based Murray Energy, who gave $300,000 to the Trump campaign.

The photographs show Perry and Murray embracing and Murray handing Perry a four-page confidential "action plan" for reviving the country's struggling coal industry. »