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FISA Court, let us make the case for transparency
As part of its mass surveillance programs, the federal government has asked private companies like Google and Microsoft for users’ data ███ times in the...
The real fight in Washington: Can we plan a better future?
George Will nailed it in this 2012 column: America now is divided between those who find this social churning unnerving and those who find it...
The humility Hayek urged would serve tech policymakers well
Humility about our ability to plan or steer the future from the top down should be the chief virtue of tech regulators. We’re fond of...
Is the FCC stalling on the IP Transition to coerce concessions from telcos?
The companies that own the old copper telephone networks are chomping at the bit to transition to Internet Protocol so they can carry not only...
Shutdown delays oral arguments in key data security case: FTC v. Wyndham
We recently noted that a Federal district court had finally set oral arguments on Wyndham Hotels’ motion to dismiss the FTC’s data security enforcement action....
Code Words in Tech Policy & the Politicians Who Use Them
Senator Rockefeller has detected code words from Republican FCC nominee Michael O’Rielly. When O’Rielly reiterated that he advocated a “flexible” and a “light hand” on regulation, Rockefeller...