Comcast Can Do Whatever It Wants

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: With the current vacuum of regulation, the biggest broadband Internet provider can legally censor content. Also: Why Gaza needs a war crimes trial, journalism struggles with prejudice, and the NFL gets serious about domestic abuse. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Comcast Affiliated News Site Censors Article About Internet Freedom

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 A "telecom industry-affiliated lobbying group successfully persuaded an African American news website to remove an article that reported critically on the groups" opposing Net neutrality, investigative journalist reports Lee Fang at Republic Report. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Most People Want to Ditch Cable TV, but Feel They Can’t

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 7, 2014 A survey of cable subscribers shows that a slim majority would like to cut the cord, and things are certainly trending that way, but most feel that just isn't an option. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Oliver: ‘Protecting Net Neutrality’ Should Be Called ‘Preventing Cable Company Fuckery’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 3, 2014 "The cable companies have figured out the great truth of America," explained the "Last Week Tonight" host Sunday. "If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring." Oliver then went on to give a hysterically funny call to arms to all Internet trolls to comment on the FCC's website in order to save Net neutrality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Money Behind a Big Merger

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 3, 2014 There are plenty of reasons to worry about the proposal to combine Comcast, America's largest cable and broadband company, with Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable firm and third-largest broadband provider. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Don’t Be Fooled: FCC Chairman Appears Determined to F Up the Internet

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 13, 2014 Under immense pressure from corporations and consumers alike, former cable-industry-lobbyist-turned-FCC-chair Tom Wheeler will reportedly revise his scheme to create an Internet toll road, but early reports suggest the new version will make no difference. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Al Franken Wants You to Save the Internet From the FCC and Greedy Corporations

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 8, 2014 The senator has positioned himself as the most ardent defender of a free and open Internet, and has just issued a direct challenge to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Your Corporate Internet Nightmare Starts Now’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 1, 2014 Unfortunately this dystopian vision of life in post-net neutrality America isn't the stuff of science fiction. It's already happening. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

FCC Chairman Wants to Help Your Cable Company Screw Up the Internet

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 24, 2014 A proposal by FCC chair Tom Wheeler obtained by The Wall Street Journal would allow companies such as Comcast to finally kill net neutrality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

Robert Reich / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 We’re in a new gilded age of wealth and power similar to the first gilded age when the nation’s antitrust laws were enacted. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facebook Solar Drones Aim to Transmit Internet to Just About Everywhere

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 2, 2014 Facebook's planned drone program competes with Google's Project Loon for global dominance in the race to make the Internet available to all earthlings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

This Marijuana Commercial Airs on National Television

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 5, 2014 Breaking a barrier for the legal pot industry, this ad for Marijuana Doctors.com "appeared on Fox, CNN, ESPN, Comedy Central, AMC, and Discovery," The Verge reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )