For those who don’t follow the communications industry closely, you may not know that the Federal Communications Commission has undertaken the herculean and laudable task of reviewing all its regulations…
By Washington Examiner “URGENT,” read the popular meme on social media on Monday, “If you’re not freaking out about Net Neutrality right now, you’re not paying attention.” Well, we have…
By Drew Johnson • Fox News Some activists are urging Congress to use a little-known procedural tool to overturn a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision called the Restoring Internet…
December 18th, 2017 The Honorable Robert E. Lighthizer Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Executive Office of the President 600 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Ambassador Lighthizer, “Intellectual…
by Georgi Boorman • The Federalist Could you bear to live in a world where parts of the Internet might be bundled and sold to you monthly in the form…
Perhaps nowhere has President Trump’s roll-back of eight years of Obama’s presidency been more successful, early on, than in his efforts to unshackle the Internet from the hands of the…
by Senator Ted Cruz • The Daily Signal The incredible ingenuity of the American people invented the internet—one of the most transformational technologies in human history. But even though we…
By L. Gordon Crovitz • Wall Street Journal When the Obama administration announced its plan to give up U.S. protection of the internet, it promised the United Nations would never…
By Rudy Takala • Washington Examiner Regulators in Washington are showing increasing interest in tightening rules on political speech on the web, arguing that the dissonant…
By Dustin Volz • Reuters The Federal Bureau of Investigation has used a secretive authority to compel Internet and telecommunications firms to hand over customer data…
A failed experiment to cut Russia from the World Wide Web stokes fears of Chinese-style online censorship by Roland Oliphant • The Telegraph Russia has run…
The winners: consumers, content providers, and advertisers The losers: pirates, malware, viruses, and thieves The internet has been a huge engine for commerce. You can go online to by just…
The Texas senator blocks legislation that could lead to world-wide censorship of the Web. by L. Gordon Crovitz • Wall Street Journal Sen. Ted Cruz wants…
Proposal recommends role played by government be replaced by ICANN itself, an oversight committee and a review process involving many interested parties The Guardian An international group of internet experts…
by John Kneuer • Washington Times In a little-noticed corner at the intersection of technology and policy, big changes are underway that could have a profound…