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Senate schedules Wheeler hearing

06.14.13

When FCC nominee Tom Wheeler comes before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee next week, critical questions await. Read More »

MetroPCS ends lawsuit against net neutrality

05.21.13

MetroPCS, now owned by T-Mobile, dropped out of the lawsuit challenging the FCC's open Internet rules. Read More »

The FCC under Tom Wheeler

05.08.13

Politico writer Brooks Boliek takes some educated guesses at the shape of the FCC under its new chair. Read More »

Senate improves ECPA, kills CISPA

04.26.13

In two separate actions, Senate committees amended the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and halted the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Read More »

Yes, we’re being watched. Then what?

03.21.13

Internet security expert Bruce Schneier says that it's happened: "The Internet is a surveillance state." Read More »

Verizon neutrality claim “at odds with common sense”

01.25.13

Former FCC commissioners said in a court brief that Verizon's net neutrality position would cause communications to be "unsettled and dramatically narrowed." Read More »

Heads of state all atwitter

01.04.13

123 world leaders -- three-quarters of them -- have Twitter accounts, a huge jump from a year ago. Read More »

Will Google Fiber Convulse Local Markets?

10.21.12

With its debut in Kansas City, Google has shown it's serious about entering the TV market, but will the search giant upend the local TV broadcasting industry? Read More »

FTC may pursue Google

10.15.12

The Federal Trade Commission may open an antitrust case against Google for manipulation of page rankings, and for blocking competitors. Read More »

FCC files to preserve open Internet

09.12.12

The FCC has responded to Verizon's legal attempt to block net neutrality rules with a powerful defense of the open Internet. Read More »

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