Internet Regulation

Threat to Online Privacy Starts With the Way the Internet Makes Money

Edward Wasserman | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Privacy Rights, Internet Ethics, Online Privacy, Internet Surveillance, Internet Regulation, Online Data, Internet Privacy, Data Tracking, Technology News

Any reforms that halt the harvest of personal information that is most nettlesome on privacy grounds would be fundamentally incompatible with the Internet's essential business model.

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Internet Users, Free Speech Experts, Petition Against SOPA

Edward J. Black | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Online Freedom of Speech, Piracy, Internet Freedom, Internet Censorship, OPEN Act, Sopa, Internet Regulation, Technology News

The vote scheduled for Thursday would be a dangerous blow against the Internet and all those who depend on it for legitimate business, communications and commentary.

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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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Watching and Calculating, African Governments Learn From the Arab Spring

Ben Cole | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Egypt Internet Outage, Arab Spring, Internet Crackdown, Internet Freedom, Hillary Clinton Internet Freedom, Africa, Democracy, Digital Democracy, Hosni Mubarak, Dictatorship, Internet Regulation, Technology News

As the Arab Spring continues to roar, many African governments have begun taking strong stances on Internet freedoms, even before most of their populations have had the chance to experience the free and open Internet.

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French President: Governments Must Regulate The Internet

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Nicolas Sarkozy Internet Regulation, Eg8 Sarkozy, E-G8, E-G8 Forum, Eg8 Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy Internet, Eg8, Nicolas Sarkozy Eg8, Eg8 Internet Regulation, Eg8 Forum, Nicolas Sarkozy, Internet Regulation, Technology News

PARIS — France wants better regulation of the Internet. Google's executive chairman says policymakers should tread lightly and avoid "stupid" ru...

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The Real Internet Censors: Unaccountable ISPs?

Ars Technica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isps, Censorship, Internet Service Providers, Internet Censorship, Internet Regulation, Technology News

[A] new report suggests that nations are slowly turning ISPs into the off-duty information cops of the world. Eager to placate politicians in order to...

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U.K. Conservatives Propose Blocking Internet Porn

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Block Porn, Porn, u.k. Porn, Internet Pornography, UK Internet Regulation, UK Porn, Porn Websites, Internet Regulation, Technology News

Conservative British lawmakers want Internet service providers to automatically block customers' access to pornography websites. Designed to protect...

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UN Mulls Internet Regulation, Draws Criticism From Google, Others

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, UN Internet Regulation, Internet Oversight, UN Internet, Un, Vint Cerf, Internet Regulation, Technology News

Together with word this week that the Federal Communications Commission will be voting on net neutrality rules comes news that the United Nations is m...

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Net Neutrality and Regulation of the World Wide Web

John M. Eger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Market, Free Speech, The Internet, Net Neutrality Laws, Net Neutrality, Internet Censorship, FCC Net Neutrality, Internet Regulation, SavetheInternet.Com, Technology News

France is calling for technology that filters unlicensed music and movies from the Internet, while South Korea imposed rules requiring internet users to register for video-sharing sites with their real names.

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Hypocrisy in the Name of the "Public Interest"

Robert Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Internet Regulation, Minorities, Digital Divide, Technology News

Additional Internet regulations will have a profoundly negative impact on communities of color, whose citizens are among those that would benefit most from access to the Internet.

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Free Press to Communities of Color: We Know What's Best For You

Robert Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Broadband Plan, Free Press, Title II, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Digital Divide, Internet Regulation, Technology News

A friend forwarded an e-mail to me that came from a net neutrality advocacy group called "Free Press." This pushy and biased e-mail solicited interviews with minority news outlets.

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A Little Rhetorical Trickery and Dishonesty -- A Typical Big Telecom Attack on Net Neutrality

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comcast, Fcc, AT&T, Net Neutrality, Free Press, Nbc, Ncta, Internet Regulation, Comcast NBC, Media News

Over the last couple of weeks, a fierce little debate has started to rage about how the United States should treat high-speed Internet access. Big Telecom's ultimate goal? A powerless FCC.

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Italy Internet Regulation

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Berlusconi Internet Regulation, Italy Internet Regulation, Italy Internet, Internet Regulation, Technology News

MILAN — Silvio Berlusconi is moving to extend his grip on Italy's media to the freewheeling Internet world of Google and YouTube. Going beyond ...

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Losing Net Neutrality: What The Worse Case Scenario Looks Like

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Freedom Act, Technology, Net Neutrality, John McCain, Internet Regulation, Eat the Press, Media News

John McCain hates him some "net neutrality." So he's introducing the "Internet Freedom Act" to give telecoms the "freedom" to turn the "internet" into a confounding ordeal that would suck, into infinity.

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Abandoning Internet Oversight

Mark A. Shiffrin and Avi Silberschatz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Department of Commerce, Icann, Internet Security, Obama Administration, Iran, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Internet Oversight, Israel, Internet Regulation, Technology News

The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that the United States has agreed to give up oversight of the ICANN, a non-profit organization loosely regulates the protocols of the Internet.

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FDA: Social Media, Facebook, Twitter Regulation Puzzles Fed Agency

NPR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Food and Drug Administration, Fda, Internet Regulation, Technology News

Lots of folks have been wondering why it has taken so long for the agency to get around to laying down rules for the Internet road. Critics say com...

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Chine Eases Internet Restrictions

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Internet Access, China, Internet Regulation, Media News

BEIJING — In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would h...

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Talks Microsoft, Government Regulation (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Eric Schmidt Regulation, Yahoo, Eric Schmidt, Microsoft Bing, Internet Regulation, Business News

Google CEO Eric Schmidt talked to Fox Business this week about Microsoft's new search engine Bing, the government's response to the financial crisis, ...

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