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Happy New Years from TechFreedom—and Big News!
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?
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
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
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...
Wyndham Settlement Reinforces Need for Congressional Overhaul of FTC
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had reached a settlement with Wyndham Hotels over charges that the company had “unreasonable”...
The FCC Goes on Trial: What Will the Case Mean for Consumers?
WASHINGTON D.C. — On Friday, the FCC’s Open Internet Order went on trial — and the stakes have never been higher. Will the FCC’s “net...