Internet Regulation

Jason Linkins

Losing Net Neutrality: What The Worse Case Scenario Looks Like

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media


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.

Abandoning Internet Oversight

Mark A. Shiffrin and Avi Silberschatz | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology


Mark A. Shiffrin and Avi Silberschatz

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.

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

NPR | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


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...

China Eases Internet Restrictions

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media


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...

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

Posted 07.10.2009 | Business


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, ...