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> #### Law, Tech and Policy

> [Reddit, Kickstarter, and Others Plan Net Neutrality ‘Day of Action’ on September 10th](http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/4/6104505/reddit-kickstarter-and-others-plan-net-neutrality-day-of-action) – The Verge. At Battle for the Net, [suggestions](https://www.battleforthenet.com/sept10th/) for participating on September 10th, including adding a code snippet to one’s website to display a symbolic “loading” icon.

> [Twitter CFO says a Facebook-style Filtered Feed is Coming, Whether You Like It or Not](http://gigaom.com/2014/09/04/twitter-cfo-says-a-facebook-style-filtered-feed-is-coming-whether-you-like-it-or-not/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed) – GigaOm. Key question: will there be an opt out?

> [The Masked Avengers – How Anonymous Incited Online Vigilantism from Tunisia to Ferguson](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/08/masked-avengers) – The New Yorker.

> [Chattanooga’s Gig: How One City’s Super-Fast Internet is Driving a Tech Boom](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/chattanooga-gig-high-speed-internet-tech-boom) – The Guardian.

> [Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft](https://www.nikcub.com/posts/notes-on-the-celebrity-data-theft/) – Nik Cubrilovic at New Web Order. One of the best pieces so far about the recent leak of confidential celebrity photos.

> [Can I Use that Picture? The Terms, Laws, and Ethics for Using Copyrighted Images](http://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2014/07/14/can-i-use-that-picture/) – The Visual Communication Guy.

> #### General Interest

> [Meet the Father of Digital Life – This Maverick Forerunner of Artificial Life and Animation Remains Largely Unknown](http://nautil.us/issue/14/mutation/meet-the-father-of-digital-life?utm_source=tss&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=linkfrom) – Robert Hackett writing at Nautilus on Nils Aall Barricelli.

> [The Ice Bucket Challenge Isn’t Going Away, But Giving Money to Disease-Specific Charities is Still a Bad Idea](http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/08/als_ice_bucket_challenge_giving_money_to_disease_specific_charities_is_a.html) – a contrarian position by Felix Salmon at Slate.

> [Made for China: As US audiences Tire of Big Budget Spectacle, Hollywood Designs its Blockbuster Product for the Ever-Expanding Chinese Market](http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/made-for-china/) – Shawn Wen at The New Inquiry.
>> Related: [I’ll Skip ‘Star Wars: Episode 13,’ Thanks](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-04/i-ll-skip-star-wars-episode-13-thanks) – Megan McArdle at BloombergView, and

>> [‘Memphis’ and the Beauty of Plotless Movies
Should You Watch a Dreamy, Gorgeous, Intensely Slow-Moving R&B Odyssey? Here’s Why Movies Like this Still Matter](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/04/memphis_and_the_beauty_of_plotless_movies/) – Andrew O’Hehir (the best movie critic working today) at Salon.

> [Seventeen Brilliant Short Novels You Can Read in a Sitting](http://electricliterature.com/17-brilliant-short-novels-you-can-read-in-a-sitting/) – Electric Lit.