Net Neutrality

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Feb 2, 2014 Dig deeper

Goodbye Net Neutrality, Hello Gilded Age Internet (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Jan 30, 2014 Dig deeper

Better Read Than Dead

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 Dig deeper

Companies Will Soon Be Able to Punish You for Illegal Downloads

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 27, 2013 Beginning this week, the five major Internet service providers--AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon--will be able to take recourse against you if you download--or are suspected of downloading--anything illegally. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Is America’s Internet So Slow?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 14, 2013 "We're stuck with old-fashioned technology," Bill Moyers says, "because, as [communications law expert] Susan Crawford explains, our government has allowed a few giant conglomerates to rig the rules, raise prices and stifle competition Just like Standard Oil in the first Gilded Age a century ago". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Privacy by Design

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 24, 2012 Nicholas Merrill is tired of waiting for Congress to protect Americans' privacy online So he plans to force the matter by changing the way telecommunication companies do business So he plans to change the way telecommunication companies do business. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

MSNBC Divorce: Microsoft Moves On With $300 Million

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 It's the kind of mashup only the crazy Internet boomers of the ’90s could cook up: Why don't Microsoft -- or MSN rather -- and NBC get married? Now that Keith Olbermann is off to college, the romance just isn't there anymore. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

This Is Why People Hate Washington

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2011 Meredith Attwell Baker, one of two Republican FCC commissioners, voted in late January to approve the merger of Comcast and NBC. Less than four months later, she announced that she is leaving the FCC to become a lobbyist for the merged company. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Blocks Funds for FCC Net Neutrality Rules

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2011 House Republicans have succeeding in amending a spending bill to deny the FCC money to implement new (and heavily gutted) network neutrality regulations. That’s right: banning a government agency from using government money to do government work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2011 Friday evening's edition of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" turned out to be the bombastic host's last broadcast, as Olbermann announced on his show that he was leaving MSNBC effective that same day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Al Franken Blasts the FCC

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2011 Speaking to a Netroots gathering, the Minnesota senator called net neutrality the "free speech issue of our time" and condemned the FCC's decision to "create essentially two Internets" Franken also said of the FCC-approved union of Comcast and NBC, "I hate this merger" (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Help Stop Destruction of the Free Internet Now

Elliot D. Cohen / Truthdig Dec 27, 2010 The recent FCC decision to “protect” the free and open Internet was long awaited by activists but it turned out to be smoke and mirrors, catering largely to service providers such as Comcast and AT&T.The recent FCC decision to “protect” the free and open Internet was long awaited by activists but it turned out to be smoke and mirrors. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )