Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition. Report finds that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns … Continue reading Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband
Eric Schmidt predicts a bifurcation of the internet, not a splintering, as China’s tech sector grows. And of course Google will be right there helping China with this new Internet run by … Continue reading Eric Schmidt, ex-Google CEO, predicts internet split in two with China
The organization that sets standards for the web just failed to beat back a stupid, greedy technology. This is bad, as it means that the Internet will start moving away from free content to paid content in a way that keeping an historical record of content on the net will start to … Continue reading Netflix, Microsoft, and Google just quietly changed how the web works
If you live in California, follow the simple instructions in the post below to stop your cable company from selling your browsing history to advertisers. Source: Californians: Demand a Vote on Your … Continue reading Californians: Demand a Vote on Your Broadband Privacy Before the Telecom Lobby Runs Out the Clock
We have slower mobile internet than Greece. Greece! Source: The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds – Recode Continue reading The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds
The FCC chair’s plan to roll back net neutrality will wreak havoc on anyone living in the wrong zip code. The whole idea behind the democratic enterprise is to keep the triangle balanced: not too strong a government, not too powerful a group of oligarchs, and plenty of opportunity for individuals. Pai … Continue reading Ajit Pai Is Siding With the Oligarchy — and Misleading Trump’s Base
Most people realize that Congress’ party-line vote to kill the FCC’s consumer broadband privacy rules earlier this month was a clear, albeit grotesque, example of pay-to-play American politics. Especially given the majority … Continue reading ISPs Gave 8X More Cash to Politician That Axed FCC Privacy Rule
This latest congressional corruption highlights who owns and controls the U.S. Congress, and at whose expense. Indeed, there’s no minimally persuasive rationale that can be concocted for this vote. It manifestly has … Continue reading To Serve AT&T and Comcast, Congressional GOP Votes to Destroy Online Privacy
Uh, no. If they have no plans to sell your data, then why did they lobby so hard to be able to sell your data? Source: Major ISPs now say they won’t … Continue reading Major ISPs now say they won’t sell your browsing history. Yeah. Right.
On Tuesday, Congress sent proposed legislation to President Trump that wipes away landmark online privacy protections. In a party-line vote, House Republicans freed Internet service providers such as AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast … Continue reading Activist Starts a Campaign To Buy and Publish Browsing Histories of Politicians Who Passed Anti-Privacy Law
Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the … Continue reading The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them
Private Internet Access, a VPN provider, takes out a full page ad in The New York Times calling out 50 senators allthefoxesATF and DTF[M] Regardless of your choice of VPN provider, it’s … Continue reading 50 senators voted to monitor your Internet activity for financial gain
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