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#23: Getting SLAPPed for Online Speech
February 16, 2016
Online free speech is critical to companies like Yelp and TripAdvisor whose business models depend on consumer reviews. But companies often don’t like what they...
#21: Broadband Deployment in America with FCC Comm’r Ajit Pai
February 11, 2016
Is broadband being deployed in a “reasonable and timely manner” in the United States? From 1998 on, the FCC always said yes. But in 2010,...
#20 – Spying on Foreigners (and Ourselves)
February 10, 2016
Section 702, a US foreign surveillance program, is set to expire at the end of 2017. While privacy advocates are crying out for reform or...
#19: Europocrisy: EU Privacy Hypocrisy with Stewart Baker
February 9, 2016
On surveillance, is Europe unfairly picking on the United States? The Snowden leaks focused outrage on the NSA, but some experts say that the European...
#18: 20 Years of Internet Regulation
February 8, 2016
The 1996 Telecom Act turned twenty today — and was obsolete even before the ink was dry. Congress has tried and failed to update it,...