Internet Policy

White House Pledges New Internet Privacy Approach

CNET | Declan McCullagh | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA), Privacy Law, Internet Policy, Internet, White House, Internet Privacy, Online Privacy, Technology Policy Institute, Internet Regulation, Technology News

A White House aide today previewed the administration's forthcoming approach to Internet consumer protection, saying it will provide "privacy law with...

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Free Flow of Information and Profit?

Dan Schiller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Internet Policy, Hillary Clinton, Internet Freedom, State Department, Internet Censorship, Technology News
Dan Schiller

Leading tech companies are increasingly concerned about the free flow of information, and they have mobilized federal agencies across the administration to support them.

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The Internet Strikes Back: Why the Internet Needs Jedi Knights

Malkia A. Cyril | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Discrimination, Communication-Rights, Politics-and-Techology, Internet Policy, Economy, Net Neutrality, Media News
Malkia A. Cyril

We are low-income, working class, lower-middle class. And yes, we still deserve the best democracy has to offer. Tell Congress not to put our Internet rights on the open market.

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If Art Is a Universal Language

John M. Eger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Globalization, Art, Human Rights, Technology, Foreign Affairs, Culture, Religious Strife, Bill Clinton, Racism, Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat, Tribal Conflict, Arts News
John M. Eger

Maybe it is naive to say art is the universal language that can open windows for all to see we are one community. Yet, if art can't, nothing can.

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We Need Jobs Now -- Why Are We Still Talking About Net Neutrality Regulation?

Julius H. Hollis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telecommunications, Internet Policy, Internet, Fcc, Technology, Net Neutrality, Technology News
Julius H. Hollis

The American people made their voices heard in the recent election. Now is not the time to stifle broadband investments -- a move that would further polarize our society by widening the economic divide that exists.

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Is Google's Spy-Fi About Privacy, or Something More?

Christian Sandvig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wireless, Internet Policy, Google Street View, Internet Privacy, Fcc, Technology News
Christian Sandvig

Google is explicit that its mission is to organize all of the world's information. But much of that information is being created, today, for the first time -- and Google is a big part of that story.

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Terrorism and the Internet: Candy Crowley's Interview With White House Advisor John Brennan

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, State of the Nation, Civil Liberties, Internet Policy, Electronic Communications, Terrorism, Meetup, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Email, Times Square Bomb, John Brennan, Facebook Privacy, Faisal Shahzad Times Square Bomber, Facebook, Civil Rights, Internet, Patriot Act, Human Rights, Internet Privacy, Eric Holder Attorney General, Cnn, Cisco, Candy Crowley, Amber Alert, Secretary of Homeland Security, Myspace, John Brennan Terrorism, Media News
Michelle Kraus

Candy Crowley in her interview this morning with White House advisor, John Brennan opened new and vital dialogue on terrorism and the Internet. She hit a home run in my world.

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The Truth About the FCC's Third Way: Debunking the Top Ten Myths in the Current Classification Debate

Aparna Sridhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Broadband, Lobbying, Federal Communications Commission, Telecom, Politics News
Aparna Sridhar

Even as revenues have increased, the telecommunications sector's job-loss trend has accelerated. In fact, industry statements have indicated that job cuts will continue - but with no mention of FCC action as the culprit.

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FCC Threads the Needle on Broadband

Navarrow Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, National Broadband Plan, Net Neutrality, Entrepeneurship, Digital Divide, Technology News
Navarrow Wright

Last week, the FCC issued its long-awaited report on how to fulfill President Obama's goal of expanding affordable broadband. www.broadband.gov/plan/ ...

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Does the FCC Want Our Internet Slow?

Christian Sandvig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, National Broadband Plan, Fcc, Corruption, Obama Administration, Comcast, AT&T, Technology News
Christian Sandvig

Does this country need a regulator that doesn't do anything? The FCC should take its cue from us and not the companies it is supposed to regulate.

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Keeping 21st Century Jobs in Los Angeles

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Pro-Business, Tax Policy, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

By passing an internet business tax ordinance, Los Angeles is once again proving its commitment to generating jobs and providing a business friendly environment for every business.

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On the Internet, it's 1904

Jonathan Sallet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Law, Internet Policy, Internet, Intellectual Property, Technology, Net Neutrality, Technology News
Jonathan Sallet

Today, efforts to propose a unified theory of Internet governance confront the same kind of problems faced by pre-Einsteinian physicists. The challenge for policymakers will be to respect that unpredictability.

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Strong Leadership: Clinton Focuses on the Promise of Internet Freedom, Prosperity and Security

Robert Holleyman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Internet, Obama Internet, Internet Censorship, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Technology News
Robert Holleyman

In a speech on Thursday, Sec. Clinton provided a strong vision for the promise and possibilities of the Internet -- and also examined some of the threats.

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The Edge Annual Question 2010: How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?

John Brockman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Internet, 2010, New Technologies, Technology News
John Brockman

New technologies beget new perceptions. Reality is a man-made process. Our images of our world and of ourselves are, in part, models resulting from our perceptions of the technologies we generate.

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New Internet Manifesto Backed by World Economic Forum... and You?

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikinomics, Wikipedia, Internet Policy, Breaking Media News, 33millionpeople, Citizen Journalism, Internet Manifesto, Davos, Cluetrain, Juliette Powell, Manifesto, Davos 2009, Dan Tapscott, Journalism, World Economic Forum, Politics News
Juliette Powell

A post by the World Economic Forum led me down the rabbit hole to a new Internet Manifesto on 'how journalism works today.' I wondered what Huffington Post readers would think of the top 5 declarations.

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E-Democracy Also Threatens Conservative Rule in Washington D.C.

Bob Fertik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netroots, Iraq War Funding, Iran Election, Internet Policy, Participatory Democracy, Iran Riot, Obama Internet, Iran, Single Payer Healthcare, World News
Bob Fertik

The Iranian rebellion is visible to the world through digital photos and videos uploaded and forwarded through Facebook, Twitter, and other global networks.

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Nothing Good From The Internet? Bollocks

Josh Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Fcc, Time Warner Cable, Email, Blackberry, Youtube, Internet, Freepress, Creative Content, Media News
Josh Levy

Thanks to the Internet, the rest of us are feeling increasingly liberated from the shackles of corporate control over content.

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National Broadband: The Mobile Opportunity

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Economic Stimulus Package, National Broadband, Rural America, Mobile Phones, Wireless, Health Care, Public Safety, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

The pieces are coming together for the president to get Congress and the public behind a truly forward-looking national Internet policy.

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Guardrails for the Internet: Preserving Creativity Online

Michael Lynton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Copyright Infringement, Internet Policy, Internet, Movie Piracy, Intellectual Property, Bittorrent, Piracy, Copyright, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Michael Lynton Piracy, File Sharing, Michael Lynton, Media News
Michael Lynton

In no other realm of our society have we encountered so widespread and consequential a failure to put in place guidelines over the use and growth of such a major industry.

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Internet Heroes and Villains

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, SavetheInternet.Com, Internet Policy, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Telcos, Obama Internet, Obama Net Neutrality, Media News
Timothy Karr

ISPs have stuck consumers with higher prices and slower speeds, while repeatedly threatening to throttle the free and open Internet. And our elected and appointed officials have let this happen.

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France Launches World's First Internet Policing Agency

Times Online | Charles Bremner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Internet Policy, Internet Police, Sarkozy, France Internet Policing Agency, France, France Internet, Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy, Internet Policing Agency, World News

President Sarkozy finally gets the green light to equip France with the world's first internet police agency today. Parliament is approving a novel la...

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Obama, Net Policy and the Kindness of Strangers

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Policy, Net Neutrality, Obama Broadband, President Obama, Media News
Bennet Kelley

It is a sad irony that the medium which has generated so much political activism on both the right and the left, has been unable to mobilize to protect itself.

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Broadband Bullies Shouldn't Benefit From Stimulus

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Telecoms, Barack Obama, Internet Policy, Obama Broadband, Obama Internet, Media News
Art Brodsky

If new areas are to be served, and if underserved areas are to be upgraded, then either the incumbent telecom companies have to clean up their acts, or they have to make way for others.

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Fair Trade Suffers When China Censors The Internet. It's Not Just A Human Rights Issue.

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Transition, Internet Policy, China, Internet Censorship, Google, Yahoo China, Microsoft, Baidu, China Internet Access, Google China, China Censorship, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft China, Myspace, Chinese Censorship, Politics News
Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg

We are accustomed to thinking of censorship purely as a human rights issue, but for information providers and technology companies, censorship acts as a trade barrier.

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Net Neutrality on Deck

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Net Neutrality, change.gov, Internet Policy, Internet, Obama Administration, Regulation, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Media News
Timothy Karr

There has been a sea change in Washington as the wonks, tech pundits and lobbyists align themselves with new leadership and the likelihood that Net Neutrality could become law soon.

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