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#54: Presidential Campaigns & Big Data
How much do the presidential campaigns know about you? Most Americans are probably aware that tech companies and intelligence agencies collect their personal information —...
#53: Don’t F@*# With My Call of Duty
Is the FCC f***ing with your Call of Duty? Could strict net neutrality regulation make online video gaming worse? The FCC’s Title II reclassification of...
FCC Uses Self-Manufactured Privacy Crisis to Justify Naked Power Grab
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the FCC voted to issue proposed privacy rules to govern the privacy and data security practices of broadband ISPs. These areas...
FCC Expands Broken Lifeline Program to Subsidize Broadband
Only Congress Can Bring Sanity to the Program WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to expand Lifeline subsidies to cover...
#52: Regulating Airbnb
How friendly is your city to short-term rentals? As Airbnb, Home Away, and other home-sharing platforms grow in popularity, they run into a hodgepodge of...
#51: Netflix Wins Hypo(crite) Award
Last week, Netflix copped to deliberately downgrading its video quality for AT&T and Verizon customers for the past five years — without telling anyone. While...