Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem
By Richard Forno on July 19, 2024 at 12:04 pm
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By Riana Pfefferkorn on July 16, 2024 at 5:08 pm
I’m thrilled to announce that after more than three great years with the Stanford Internet Observatory, as of this month I’ve joined the S Read more about New role at Stanford
By Richard Forno on July 16, 2024 at 5:56 am
By Ryan E. Long on July 5, 2024 at 12:14 pm
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is the craze. From pet shop owners to Fortune 500 companies, AI is being used to farm data and analyze facial gestures of consumers. But concerns are growing. The U.S. Surgeon General, for instance, has suggested a warning label be affixed to social media -- which often uses AI. As a result, the E.U. recently passed an Act regulating AI. The Act was adopted on March 21, 2024. Read more about Reining in AI? The E.U. Act
By Barbara van Schewick on July 1, 2024 at 5:18 pm
For the past two years, the European Commission has been pushing to radically change the internet and telecommunications market in the EU in order to benefit Europe’s largest telecom companies at the expense of innovation, net neutrality, and low broadband prices.
The policy prescriptions have continually included: Read more about It's Groundhog Day at the European Commission
Response to the European Commission’s White Paper “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?”
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Even though it’s summer, it appears to be Groundhog Day again at the European Commission. Read more about It’s Groundhog Day at the European Commission
One media outlet conceded that the sky didn’t fall following repeal of the regulation, but argued that this was because Net Neutrality never really left, since public scrutiny and state governments kept ISPs in line following repeal. Read more about Proof That Net Neutrality Was Never about ‘Saving the Internet
Before the Biden FCC restored net neutrality, there was concern that the new net neutrality rules weren’t as tough as the ones discarded by the Trump administration. While the draft rules did require ISPs be transparent about the limits of your broadband connection, and barred big ISPs from blocking or throttling competitors, there were concerns they still allowed ISPs to create preferential “fast lanes.” Read more about Final FCC Net Neutrality Rules Address ‘Fast Lane’ Loophole That Worried Critics
This comes after proponents of net neutrality, like Stanford Law Professor Barbara Van Schewick and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), had called out the rules for leaving room for 5G fast lanes within the draft rules. Fast lanes are made feasible by a technical feature of the 5G network called network slicing— which allows telcos to create a virtualized subnetwork (called a ‘slice’) for a dedicated purpose. Read more about FCC Clarifies That Its Net Neutrality Order Doesn’t Allow 5G Fast Lanes
By Barbara van Schewick on May 8, 2024 at 4:56 am
On Tuesday, the FCC released the final text of the 2024 Open Internet Order, which the commission voted to adopt on April 25.
Here’s my statement and initial analysis of key points: Read more about Initial Analysis of the FCC’s 2024 Open Internet Order