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Global Leaders Must Support Strong Encryption

January 11, 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, TechFreedom joined nearly 200 organizations, companies, and experts from more than 40 countries in urging world leaders to support strong encryption...


FTC’s Big Data Report Offers Little Analysis, Zero Economics

January 6, 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the FTC reiterated its age-old formula: there are benefits, there are risks, and here are some recommendations on what we regard...


Happy New Years from TechFreedom—and Big News!

January 1, 2016

TechFreedom’s spent the last five years tirelessly pushing boulders up the Sisyphean hill. A few tech policy reforms have actually reached the top — like...


Is $100 million a Small Price to Pay for Government-Run Internet?

December 17, 2015

A top FCC official thinks governments at all levels should use taxpayer money to fund government-run (aka “municipal”) broadband networks. In a rambling — at...


Brussels Declares War on Permissionless Innovation & Free Speech

December 16, 2015

Yesterday, the European Commission announced that it had reached agreement with the European Parliament and the Council on a new EU Data Protection regulation. The...


Without Broadband Tax Ban, Consumers Will Get Hosed

December 11, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House passed, by a 256-158 vote, HR.644, a trade bill that contains the “Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act,” which would...