Clock Ticks for Democrats’ Bad Move on Net Neutrality
Senate Democrats could seek to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “Restoring Internet Freedom Order” by Monday. While their attempt has no chance of passing the Republican-controlled House or…
SESTA Needs Further Amending
The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) will be marked up in committee tomorrow, and if passed, the bill would badly damage Internet innovation. To avoid substantial unintended consequences, Senators…
Human Trafficking Abuses Don’t Justify Bad Legislation
Senators should be commended for their derring-do to fight vile human trafficking abuses. But their current solution, the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, dubbed “SESTA,” would curb Internet innovation.
Amazon’s “Day of Action” for Corporate Welfare, Not a Free Internet
Amazon and other corporate friends will spend Wednesday, July 12th, protesting FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s impending net neutrality repeal through a “Day of Action.” The precise “action” is unknown,…
TV White Space Would Bring Broadband to Rural America
As technology continues to digitize our daily lives, the urban-rural divide in Internet usage reaps public attention. Despite a decade of improvements between 2007 and 2017, including the near…
Myth: Repealing Title II Will Unleash Broadband Monopolies
Net neutrality activists claim that repealing Title II regulatory expansion will place your internet access in the hands of monopolistic telecom giants. Allegedly, uncompetitive internet service providers (ISPs) will raise…
Internet Got Faster Without Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality proponents argue that internet service providers (ISPs) will slow your internet speed and charge you extra fees if the FCC abandons its Title II regulatory expansion. Wrong. This…
Net Neutrality Has Nothing to Do With Censorship
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai put the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules on the chopping block in a 2-1 vote on May 18th to move forward with a proposed…
A Hidden Threat to Online Freedom: The Lost Balance of Fair Use and Intellectual Property
The current imbalance of our intellectual property system allows copyright law to strangle free speech and innovation. Ideally, the intellectual property system would strike a balance between the rights of…
Net Neutrality Ruling: A Blow to Internet Freedom
In a blow to Internet freedom, a federal appeals court has given a green light to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet Order, a plan to impose…