If the Knight Commission thinks there's a problem with news and information getting through to the public now, just wait until the Internet and news sources become even more consolidated.
Timothy Karr | Posted 10.02.2009 | Technology
What does the debate over Net Neutrality have in common with a zombie horror flick? As the phone and cable companies send out a brainless horde of shills and lobbyists, it's not hard to make the connection.
HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business
The Washington Post's Post I.T. Blog reports that wireless industry lobbyists are on a "charm offensive" to ward off newly proposed net neutrality reg...
Sam Gustin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Technology
Google has struck back against AT&T in the ongoing battle over net neutrality, the idea that broadband providers like AT&T should not discriminate against services that compete with their own offerings.
AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 11.26.2009 | Technology
SEATTLE — AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities wher...
Sam Gustin | Posted 11.26.2009 | Business
Cuban made his fortune at the height of the dot-com bubble by selling his company to Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock. Since then, he's been an outspoken voice in American culture -- with mixed results.
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
Net Neutrality is a complicated-sounding term for something very simple. Companies that carry your Internet traffic shouldn't be allowed to play favorites.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
The term 'net neutrality' has no agreed-upon definition in policy circles. But in popular culture, it has become synonymous with free speech. So here are three things policymakers should keep in mind going forward.
Dan Frommer | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
Keeping an open Internet is important to consumers and businesses, and monopoly (or duopoly) Internet providers must never be given the role of taste-maker.
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday proposed the most wide-ranging and specific rules so far for regulati...
Timothy Karr | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
The fight for Net Neutrality just took a big step forward on Monday with the chair of the Federal Communications Commission announcing plans to expand the rules to protect a free and open Internet.
Julius Genachowski | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
The key to the Internet's success has been its openness...Notwithstanding its unparalleled record of success, today the free and open Internet faces emerging and substantial challenges.
AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and c...
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
Net Neutrality will be the largest telecom fight in since the giveaway Telecom Act was fought out in 1995. In the House, Republicans are already showing they're ready to rumble.
Craig Aaron | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media
There's going to be a second stimulus package at some point. And when it comes, we need to make sure it's not just an economic stimulus. It should be a creativity stimulus, too.
Timothy Karr | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media
Allowing Internet service providers to become gatekeepers would undermine the democratic nature of the Web, which has made it such a great engine for free speech and economic growth.
Adele Stan | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media
Color of Change has done a remarkable thing: One by one, they have moved Beck's advertisers to pull their ads, the latest being Walmart. No small feat. But I'm not sure how much Beck's bosses really care.
Timothy Karr | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media
A healthy 21st-century democracy doesn't need phony front groups. We need openness, accountability and real debate. And we need to know whom we're talking to -- and who's talking to us.
Art Brodsky | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media
There is no legal requirement for Internet Service Providers to give us an open Internet. Luckily, the future of the Web is now in play in the Washington policy arena.
Timothy Karr | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media
The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 establishes the basic rules of the road for an open Internet. Its arrival couldn't be more timely -- we must act to pass this bill.
Timothy Karr | Posted 09.01.2009 | Media
As millions of users are opting to upgrade to Internet-enabled "smart phones," carriers have begun blocking access to applications and the free-flowing Web by controlling what these phones can and can't do.
Mark Jeffrey | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media
If you are a common carrier -- and you are not China or Iraq -- then you'd better behave in a fashion that supports full, open and transparent communication.
Timothy Karr | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media
As the first African-American woman commissioner, she represents progressive change that is deeply in sync with the transformation of D.C. politics that Obama is trying to realize.
Timothy Karr | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media
The open Internet's power cuts both ways: The tools that organize and empower people can also be used to target them. Companies that profit from this technology need to be held to a higher standard.
Art Brodsky | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media