Networking in the news blog posts.

 Each student is expected to prepare a short write-up on a topic related to the Internet that has recently appeared in the popular news, the technical press, blogs, or advocacy Web sites (e.g., the EFF). Topics may include legislation related to the Internet such as privacy issues, the recent congressional hearings surrounding social media and user manipulation, the Net Neutrality debate, SOPA/PIPA, NSA surveillance, large-scale outages, etc. The write up should cover the issues mentioned in the news story, but also explain the underlying technical issues. For example, news about NSA surveillance should include technical details of how the surveillance has been implemented and cover the relevant technical topics. This will require you to dig deeper than what is presented in the news article.