Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Forgets His Regime Bans YouTube, Instagram

Iranians unable to view Zarif's TED talk about mistakes in communication

Brent Scher
August 28, 2019 5:30 PM

Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took to Instagram to invite Iranians to view a TED talk he gave on YouTube, apparently forgetting that both social media websites are banned in Iran.

Hawley Introduces Bill to Enforce Political Neutrality on Big Tech Platforms

Charles Fain Lehman
June 19, 2019 10:55 AM

Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) floated a new proposal Tuesday to compel large tech companies to be politically neutral in their content moderation or risk legal liability.

One Year After Death of Net Neutrality, the Internet Still Works

Philip Caldwell
June 11, 2019 12:05 PM

On the one year anniversary of the repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules, the internet and our access to it has not changed all that much, to the surprise of some.

Experts Urge U.S. to Ensure Blockchain Tech Is ‘Nurtured and Proactively Supported’

Nic Rowan
March 11, 2019 8:32 PM

The crypto-currency advocacy group the Chamber of Digital Commerce has asked the U.S. government to outline a plan for designing and protecting blockchain industries in the United States.

FCC Weighing Model Legislation for State Internet Tax

Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee backing expansion of internet taxes and regulations

Haris Alic
December 17, 2018 11:05 AM

The Federal Communications Commission is weighing model state legislation to tax broadband service providers.

China Launches Global Campaign to Spread Internet Repression, Surveillance Tools

Beijing hosts seminars on cyber censorship with dozens of countries

Natalie Johnson
November 2, 2018 5:00 AM

The Chinese government has carried out a global campaign to disseminate its oppressive internet policies and digital surveillance tools, hosting seminars on cyber censorship with officials from at least three-dozen countries over the past two years, according to a new report.

Harrington: Big Tech Companies Have History of Anti-Conservative Bias

Washington Free Beacon Staff
August 29, 2018 2:52 PM

Net Neutrality Officially Dead

Media warn 'internet as we know it may not exist' in articles published online

Elizabeth Harrington
April 23, 2018 3:07 PM

The "internet as we know it may not exist" now that net neutrality has officially ended, the media are warning online.

NGO Promoting Freedom of Information Urges Journalists to Quit Apple iCloud China

Reporters Without Borders warns user data will pass to Chinese Communist Party on Feb. 28

Men look at computers in an internet bar in Beijing

Jack Heretik
February 5, 2018 3:30 PM

A non-governmental organization that promotes freedom of information worldwide on Monday urged journalists who use Apple iCloud China to stop doing so by the end of the month, when control of their data will pass to the Chinese government.

NARAL: ‘Repealing Net Neutrality Is a Direct Threat to Reproductive Freedom’

Paul Crookston
November 21, 2017 7:44 PM

NARAL Pro-Choice America on Tuesday tweeted an article that said repealing net neutrality qualifies as “a direct threat to reproductive freedom.”