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Senate Committee Passes Long-Overdue ECPA Reform, but More Remains to Be Done

by Berin Szoka
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April 25, 2013
Categories:
Government Surveillance, ECPA
ECPA reform won't be complete until Congress enacts the other three principles advocated by the Digital Due Process coalition. The Fourth Amendment requires nothing less. Read More…
Coalition letters

Humility Should Be Chief Virtue of FCC & FTC Commissioners, Urges Coalition Letter

April 23, 2013
Categories:
Internet Regulation
TechFreedom joins coalition urging the President and Senators to look for regulatory humility in the candidates considered for the FTC and the FCC. Read More…
Media Appearances

CISPA Shouldn’t Infringe on Freedom of Contract

by Berin Szoka & Ryan Radia
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April 17, 2013
CISPA Shouldn’t Infringe on Freedom of Contract
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RedState
Categories:
Cybersecurity, Information-sharing, Critical infrastructure, Cyberwar
While the spirit of the law is admirable, CISPA needs tweaking to ensure private contracts are not gutted. Read More…
Media Appearances

CISPA Renders Online Privacy Agreements Meaningless, But Sponsor Sees No Reason To Fix That

by Berin Szoka
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April 17, 2013
Categories:
Cybersecurity, Information-sharing, Critical infrastructure, Cyberwar
The current fight over CISPA and its amendments highlights political divisions along a new axis—do we search for regulated and engineered world, or do we embrace the constant creation and discovery of a dynamic one? Read More…
Coalition letters

TechFreedom Joins Right-Left Coalition Opposing Amendments to Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

April 2, 2013
Categories:
Cybersecurity, Information-sharing, CFAA & Malicious Hacking
The CFAA does far more than ensure the security of U.S. computer systems and protect user privacy: the law endangers ordinary Internet users, academics, researchers and entrepreneurs. Read More…
Agency Filings

The FCC Should Protect the Most Truly "Captive Audience" for Telecom Services: Prisoners

by Berin Szoka
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March 26, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Media Policy, FCC reform
Reforms are needed for Inmate Calling Services, but the “country’s greater telecommunications market” looks nothing at all like the bizarre niche market. Read More…
Press Releases

Genachowski Offered Hope, Delivered Little of the Change We Needed

by Berin Szoka
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March 22, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Broadband (broadband, ISP), Wireless (mobile), Universal Service (USF), Media Policy
TechFreedom's Berin Szoka responds to news that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will resign from the Federal Communications Commission. Read More…
Press Releases

TechFreedom Salutes Robert McDowell for His Defense of Internet Freedom

by Berin Szoka
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March 20, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Media Policy, FCC reform
Berin Szoka comments on FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell's announcement today to resign from the Federal Communications Commission. Read More…
Press Releases

FCC Should Reject Competitors' Requests to Bar AT&T, Verizon from Spectrum Auction

by Matt Starr & Berin Szoka
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March 13, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Broadband (broadband, ISP), Spectrum, Wireless (mobile), Media Policy
Starr and Szoka ask the FCC to reject arguments made by some wireless companies to exclude their competitors from the auction by imposing a cap on spectrum holdings below 1 GHz. Read More…
Agency Filings

FCC Should Conduct Open Spectrum Auctions as Congress Intended, Leave Competition Concerns to Antitrust

by Matt Starr & Berin Szoka
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March 13, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Broadband (broadband, ISP), Spectrum, Wireless (mobile), Media Policy
Reply Comments In the Matter of the Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions. Read More…
Agency Filings

How the FCC Can Lead the Way to Internet Everywhere by Enabling the IP Transition

by Geoffrey Manne, Matt Starr, Berin Szoka & Larry Downes
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Feb. 26, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Broadcasting, Media Policy, FCC reform
In the Matter of the Technological Transition of the Nation’s Communications Infrastructure GN Docket No. 12-353 Read More…
Media Appearances

TechFreedom Op-Ed Counters Claim that Cable Makes 97% Profit Margin

by Matt Starr & Will Rinehart
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Feb. 15, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Broadcasting
The “97 percent margin” assumes cable infrastructure materializes out of thin air, ready for broadband use and requiring no upgrades. Read More…
Agency Filings

Toward Modern, Modest Regulation for the IP Transition

by Berin Szoka, Geoffrey Manne & Matt Starr
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January 28, 2013
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Broadband (broadband, ISP), Wireless (mobile), Universal Service (USF), Media Policy, FCC reform, Media competition & ownership
TechFreedom's Comments In the Matter of the Technological Transition of the Nation’s Communications Infrastructure from TDM to IP. Read More…
Blog Post

Transcript Now Available for "Tech Policy in 2013 Roundtable: The View from Communications Policy" Event

by Berin Szoka
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January 25, 2013
Categories:
Internet Regulation, Telecom Regulation, Broadcasting, Wireless (mobile), Media Policy, FCC reform
Fred Campbell, Raymond Gifford, Gigi Sohn, and Berin Szoka discuss net neutrality, FCC reform, AT&T's transition to IP and other pertinent telecom policies for 2013. Read More…
Press Releases

Digital Fourth Amendment Privacy Protections Needed More Than Ever

by Berin Szoka
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January 23, 2013
Categories:
Privacy, Surveillance & Cybersecurity
Google's Transparency Report details an increasing number of requests by U.S. law enforcement, which reveals a disturbing growth in government surveillance online. Read More…
Press Releases

Celebrating Internet Freedom: Not Just a Day or a Slogan

by Berin Szoka
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January 17, 2013
Categories:
Free Speech, Internet Regulation, Philosophy
Today, TechFreedom joins a diverse array of groups celebrating Internet Freedom Day. Read More…
Press Releases

FTC Rightly Closes Google Antitrust Investigation Yet Sets Dangerous Precedent

January 3, 2013
Categories:
Competition
Blog Post

Time for Congress to Cancel the FTC's Section 5 Antitrust Blank Check

by Berin Szoka & Geoffrey Manne
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Dec. 20, 2012
Categories:
Consumer Protection
Unless Congress cancels the FTC's blank check, uncertainty about the breadth of the agency’s power will chill innovation, especially in the tech sector. Read More…
Press Releases

FTC's Revised COPPA Rule Invites Court Challenge, Will Cripple Kids' Sites

by Berin Szoka
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Dec. 19, 2012
Categories:
Privacy, Surveillance & Cybersecurity, Child Protection, COPPA
Press Releases

Incentive Auctions Are Only Part of the Spectrum Solution

by Berin Szoka & Matt Starr
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Dec. 12, 2012
Categories:
Telecom Regulation, Broadband (broadband, ISP), Wireless (mobile), Media Policy, FCC reform

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