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Regarding Twitter, Musk, and Trust
As a cybersecurity professional, I see plenty of risks that worry me as Twitter becomes a private company – but one in particular stands out more than any other…
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EU’s Top Telecom Regulator: Big Telecoms’ Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Puts the Internet at Risk
Europe’s top telecom regulator dealt a strong blow to Europe’s biggest telecoms in a report released in October, finding “no evidence” to justify the proposal f…
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State Abuse of Transparency Laws and How to Stop It
Around the world, new laws are requiring improved transparency from major Internet platforms about their content moderation. This is generally a very positive d…
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Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? Let's see.
Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower’s claims Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County T…
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Consumer Advocates Angry that New Privacy Law Erodes Oversight of Telecom Monopolies
In conversations with numerous consumer advocates and experts in recent weeks, I’ve noticed a weird tension going on both inside and between many consumer group…
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Could Net Neutrality Make a Comeback?
House and Senate Democrats introduced a bill last week that aims to bring back net neutrality. The rules were originally put in place by the Barack Obama admini…
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European Regulators Just Stopped Facebook, Google and Big Telecoms’ Net Neutrality Violations
On Wednesday, European top telecom regulator BEREC, which consists of the national telecom regulators from across the EU, published its revised net neutrality g…
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Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules
European telecom regulator BEREC has updated its net neutrality guidelines to include a strict ban on zero-rating practices that exempt specific apps or categor…
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Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules
"Despite intense lobbying from big carriers and giant platforms, BEREC voted to clearly ban zero-rating offers that benefit select apps or categories of ap…
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Big ISPs finally gave up on blocking California’s landmark network neutrality law
On Thursday, major internet service providers (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, et al.) dropped a lawsuit challenging a California law requiring broadband networks t…
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Tool Without A Handle: Cybersecurity Paradoxes
Tool Without A Handle: Cybersecurity Paradoxes "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." —Richard Feynman[1] Earlier I w…
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Facebook, Google & Big Telecoms Want to Keep Violating Net Neutrality in Europe. Regulators Should Stop Them.
The E.U.’s top telecom regulator BEREC is set to issue new net neutrality rules, after the European Court of Justice found that discriminatory zero-rating plans…