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Courts, not FCC, Should Protect Free Speech against Mobile Service Shut-offs

March 2, 2012

Today, the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry, responding to an emergency petition filed last August regarding temporary shutdown of mobile services by officers of...


White House Ignores Real Bill of Rights in Call for Privacy Regulation of Internet Businesses

February 23, 2012

The White House’s “Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World” report outlines a revised framework for consumer privacy, proposes a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights,”...


FCC Lifeline Reform a Good Start but Storm Clouds Loom

January 31, 2012

Today, the FCC began the long-overdue process of reforming the Lifeline and Link-Up America programs, which subsidize basic phone service for low-income Americans. The following...


Jones a Victory for Privacy but Only Beginning of Fixing Fourth Amendment Doctrine

January 23, 2012

Today, the Supreme Court issued its decision in U.S. v. Jones , unanimously holding that law enforcement violated the Fourth Amendment by affixing a GPS...


AdChoices Campaign Good News for Consumer Privacy

January 20, 2012

Today, the Digital Advertising Alliance, a group of leading digital ad agencies and online ad networks, unveiled a campaign to bring attention to AdChoices, its...


TechFreedom Statement on AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Collapse

December 19, 2011

Today, AT&T announced they had abandoned their planned acquisition of T-Mobile after the DOJ sued to block the deal and the FCC published a sharply...