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FCC Anxiously Puts One Toe Halfway in Tepid Water with IP Transition “Trials”

May 10, 2013

Today, the FCC asked for comments on initial trials for a transition from outdated switched telephone networks to Internet-based (IP) alternatives. Instead of studying the...


Wyndham: FTC Must Provide More Guidance for Unfairness, Data Security

May 2, 2013

Today, the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and TechFreedom filed an amici curiae brief in the federal District Court of New Jersey arguing that...


Senate Committee Passes Long-Overdue ECPA Reform, but More Remains to Be Done

April 25, 2013

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Lee-Leahy ECPA Amendment . That Amendment modifies the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to require law enforcement...


Humility Should Be Chief Virtue of FCC & FTC Commissioners, Urges Coalition Letter

April 23, 2013

Today, TechFreedom joined a coalition of think tanks, academics and commentators on technology policy in a letter urging the President, Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats...


CISPA Shouldn’t Infringe on Freedom of Contract

April 17, 2013

In spirit, CISPA aims to clear the thicket of restrictions firms face when they try to share data about online attacks. In practice, as TechFreedom’s...


CISPA Renders Online Privacy Agreements Meaningless, But Sponsor Sees No Reason To Fix That

April 17, 2013

As we have been arguing time and again , CISPA bars companies from making enforceable promises to their users about how they might share users’...