Verizon is joining rival AT&T by rolling out a controversial data plan which telecommunications experts say violates net neutrality principles. Verizon executive VP Marni Walden says the company will begin tests of a “sponsored data” […]
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In A Movement For Net Neutrality, UK Ruling Finds Internet Porn Filters To Be Illegal
Based on a recent vote, the European Union is going to require that all internet providers treat online traffic the same, without discrimination. The ruling will effectively put an end to the “porn filters” that […]
Google Pressures And Wheeler Caves To Make Last Minute Changes To Net Neutrality Plan
According to recent reports, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has made some last minute changes to his plan of net neutrality. The news comes after Google and various public interest groups pressed Wheeler to […]
Google Teams Up With Facebook To Control Internet Access In India
Google has joined forces with Facebook in an attempt to stop the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) from taking an anti Zero Rating stance. Zero Rating is a highly controversial practice where a […]
Google’s Internet Balloons Will Finally Be Going Live In Sri Lanka This Fall
Sri Lanka will become the first country in the world to have full broadband coverage provided by floating telecom towers following an agreement between the country’s Government and Google. The coverage will be provided by […]
Facebook Controlled Internet.org Celebrates One Year Of Knee Capping Net Neutrality
Concerns are being raised as Facebook’s slimey Internet.org initiative is seeking to expand and triggering fresh fears Internet neutrality is being compromised on a global scale. The service has already reached 17 countries worldwide, and […]
European Net Neutrality Law Found Riddled With Loopholes And Vague Language
Digital rights activists are calling proposed European Union (EU) rules on net neutrality seriously flawed after they were made public on Tuesday. The groups take issue with vagueness of the language used and the presence […]
Europe Votes To Abolish Cell Phone Roaming Charges
There’s good news for European travelers this morning thanks to an EU decision that all data, text and cell phone roaming surcharges in European Union (EU) countries will be abolished from 2017. The decision was […]
Sneak Attack On Net Neutrality Picks Up Steam In The House
The house voted on Friday against two amendments removing anti-Net Neutrality from an important government funding proposal. One amendment was by Rep. Jose Serrano, the other Rep. Nita Lowey. Rep. Jose Serrano said, “Maybe every so […]
Study Finds Five Largest Internet Providers Are Illegally Slowing Your Traffic
A major study, released on Monday, confirms the need for the FCC and other federal agencies to monitor the behavior of powerful internet service providers as it found that the five major internet providers are […]
Just Ten Days In, Time Warner Caught Breaking Net Neutrality Rules
Never ones to be troubled by the rule of law, telecom giant Time Warner Cable (TWC) violating the “no paid prioritization” and “no throttling” provisions of the FCC’s net neutrality regulations which took effect just […]
Creator Of World Wide Web Warns About The Dangers Of Facebook’s Internet.org Scheme
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, had sharp words to say over the weekend about the future of the internet. Speaking at the Web We Want Festival in London, England, the scientist […]
FCC Stopping Robocalls, Robotexts, In Latest Move Agency Actually Wants To Help Consumers
It’s been awhile since a U.S. regulator actually sided with everyday Americans. The SEC continues to keep the big banks out of jail despite running criminal rackets, the EPA is toothless thanks to tight ties […]
EU To Fight Insane British Plan To Censor The Internet
British PM David Cameron fancies himself just the man to “clean up the internet”. Such rhetoric, which pulls on parental heartstrings, seems to have worked for his last election campaign where he suggested that access […]
Charter To Buy Time Warner Cable In Effort To Fight Net Neutrality
Cable companies are becoming increasingly vocal about losing some of their monopoly powers and the latest deal between Charter Communications Inc. and Time Warner shows the corporate giants will do anything in their power to […]
Big Wireless Companies Think It’s Their First Amendment Right To Mess With Your Internet
AT&T and the other Internet delivery monopolies that are suing the FCC have resurrected the argument, used unsuccessfully by Verizon in 2012, that net neutrality rules violate its First and Fifth Amendment rights. The move […]
Human Rights Groups Denounce Facebook’s Internet.org Scheme In Open Letter To CEO
Facebook’s duplicitous Internet.org initiative continues to gather opposition as over 60 rights groups from several nations across the globe, including the U.S., the Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Austria, India and others, criticized Facebook, saying that the […]
Facebook’s Internet.org Scheme Blasted By Rights Activists
Facebook’s thinly disguised plan to control all content on the internet, Internet.org, received more harsh criticism on Tuesday. Rights activist group The Electronic Frontier Foundation condemned the Internet.org project, saying it runs “a real risk” […]
FCC Poised To Hit Back Hard If Comcast Sticks To Data Caps
A well-placed source in Washington, D.C. told advocacy group Stop the Cap that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is prepared to take a detailed look at the issue of Internet data caps and usage-based billing […]
Verizon Buys AOL In Sign It May Accept Net Neutrality Regulations
The internet and telecom landscape became a very interesting place on Tuesday as Verizon announced it is buying AOL for $4.4 billion, or about $50 a share. Verizon said the deal is part of a […]
FCC Sides With Users, Pushes Net Neutrality Ahead
In a rare move for a U.S. regulatory body, who usually get co-opted by well financed corporations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it will implement its net neutrality provisions despite objections from big telecom […]
FTC Lawsuit Leads To AT&T Reverse On Throttling ‘Unlimited’ Plans
In what is surely a coincidence and has nothing to do with a lawsuit by the FTC, AT&T has re-jigged its policy of limiting data transfer speeds for heavy users who buy to its ‘unlimited’ […]
Facebook’s Internet.org Is A Privacy Nightmare
Facebook announced yesterday that it was opening up its Internet.org service to all sites, in response to criticism that it was playing favorites and undermining net neutrality in developing countries – effectively conditioning the population […]
UN Rules Internet Censorship, Kill Switches Violate Human Rights
In a landmark UN authored paper, a group of leading experts have said that forcing the shutdown of internet access is impermissible under international human rights law — even during times of war and conflict. […]
Big Telcos Using Dirty Tricks To Avoid Net Neutrality Rules
In yet another clear sign that the FCC’s net neutrality rules are in consumers’ best interests, the big telecom monopolies have been caught using technical loopholes to get around the effective policing mechanisms the FCC […]
Rand Paul Snuggles Up To Big Corporations In Presidential Bid
U.S. presidential hopeful Rand Paul (R-KY) has filed a motion under the Congressional Review Act to block the introduction of the Democrat-driven net neutrality rules. Paul, who often portrays himself as a libertarian and someone […]
Good News: Big Corporations Hate Open Internet
Some of America’s largest internet and telecommunications companies hate the FCC’s new Net Neutrality rules. While the lobby groups complain their squeals mean the FCC got it right and made regulations that have teeth. The […]
India Fears Billionaires Bearing Gifts
India seems to be much less enamoured and much more suspicious of American tech billionaires – especially ones bearing gifts. Facebook’s thinly veiled trojan horse Internet.org suffered a major blow on Wednesday when significant Indian […]