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Berkshire County Groups Call for Action to Protect Net Neutrality
"Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford Law School professor and director of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, writes that Pai's plan "disca…
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Expect Fewer Great Startups if the FCC Kills Net Neutrality
Instead of listening to the thousand of startups and investors who argue that ending net neutrality would damage online innovation, FCC chair Ajit Pai is pushin…
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Why the FCC should prevent ISPs from micromanaging our lives
This piece is co-written by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger*. Network neutrality prevents broadband Internet service providers from micromanaging our lives…
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Local News Makes Communities Smarter. But Without Net Neutrality, It Doesn't Have a Chance.
It’s no secret that local news outlets are struggling in the internet age. But it’s also beyond doubt that local news makes communities more connected, informed…
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Report: The repeal of net neutrality will hurt local news
"A report published Monday, ahead of the FCC's Thursday vote to repeal net neutrality, highlights the damage that repeal could have on local news. The…
Slowing Down the Presses: The Relationship Between Net Neutrality and Local News
The FCC is poised to rescind the Open Internet Order—the set of strong, enforceable net neutrality rules that prohibit internet service providers (ISPs) from in…
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Should Robots Have Rights?
"As robots gain citizenship and potential personhood in parts of the world, it’s appropriate to consider whether they should also have rights. So argues N…
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E-commerce tracking practices raise privacy questions
"Richard Forno, assistant director of the UMBC Center for Cyber Security, noted that researchers have found many companies that use technology like NaviSto…
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The stupidest patents of 2017
"Nazer believes none of these patents should have been granted in the first place, having failed to overcome the basic legal requirements of being both ori…
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The man who could doom net neutrality: Ajit Pai ignores outcry from all sides
"“This is a green light for the broadband industry to figure out how to suck as much money from the internet economy as possible,” said Ryan Singel, media…
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Inside the Opposition to a Net Neutrality Repeal
"“They were so creative and brought something totally different to activism,” said Marvin Ammori, the general counsel for Hyperloop One, a high-speed trans…
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Abstract The discriminatory effects that may stem from biometric ID cybersurveillance and other algorithmically-driven screening technologies can be better und…