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Bill Barr Declares War on Online Privacy
WASHINGTON D.C. Today, Attorney General Bill Barr renewed calls he made in a speech last July to require online communications services to build a backdoor...
20 Years Later: Congress Didn’t See the Internet Coming
Twenty years ago today, President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. John Podesta, his chief of staff immediately saw the problem: “Aside from hooking...
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...
CISA Still Raises Serious Privacy Concerns
Soon, the Senate will consider S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). The bill aims to allow companies to defend their systems against cyber...
Blocking Comcast-TWC Won’t Increase Competition
Today, the WSJ reported that Federal Communications Commission staff recommended the agency designate a hearing for Comcast’s proposed merger with Time Warner, signalling that the...
Fix Cyber Information Sharing Bill, Free Market Groups Urge
WASHINGTON D.C. — A coalition of free-market groups issued an open letter to Members of Congress, urging them to consider amendments to the National Cybersecurity...