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Apple ordered to help FBI bypass iPhone security
As I've said many times over the years, on matters of technology policy and Internet security, sometimes I wonder if the US government ever left the 1990s.…
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The Blockchain Gang
itcoin is passé. But if the buzz is to be believed, the “block chain” technology behind bitcoin is going to revolutionize your toaster, thebanking system, and e…
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India Defends Net Neutrality against Facebook’s Free Basics
"What’s interesting in all this is that Barbara van Schewick, director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, whose paper was recently s…
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India Trades Free Basics for Internet Freedom
India's Telecom Regulatory Authority on Monday ruled in favor of Net neutrality, effectively banning Facebook's Free Basics Internet access app. "…
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India Just Banned Zero-Rating. Your Move, FCC.
"T-Mobile’s "Binge On" plan, which exempts certain video services like Netflix from data caps, has been the subject of especially harsh criticism…
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Facebook’s fall from grace: Arab Spring to Indian winter
"Certainty and Equity: Referencing the noted scholar Barbara Van Schewick, TRAI explains that a case-by-case approach based on principles [standards] or ru…
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Verizon’s Zero-Rating for Go90 Likely to Spur FCC Response
"Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, focusing on T-Mobile’s BingeOn and Music Freedom programs, concluded that, regardless of its intentions, “T-M…
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T-Mobile Warns FCC to 'Tread Lightly' on Binge On Inquiry
"T-Mobile is warning the FCC to "tread lightly" when it comes to the regulator's inquiry into the company's Binge On program. While group…
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Here’s The Full Text Of Trai’s Prohibition Of Discriminatory Tariffs For Data Services Regulations
"27. Intuitively, the case-by-case approach may seem reasonable. However, this approach creates substantial social costs as noted by Barbara Van Schewick i…
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Vertical integration is the worst form of zero rating
"Regulators around the world, be it the FCC or TRAI, are grappling with the issue of Differential Pricing (Zero Rating is a special case of it) and whether…
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Full text: The Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016
"27. Intuitively, the case-by-case approach may seem reasonable. However, this approach creates substantial social costs as noted by Barbara Van Schewick i…
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T-Mobile to FCC: 'Tread lightly' on net neutrality investigation
"“If left unchecked, Binge On leads us down a slippery slope,” Stanford Law School professor Barbara van Schewick wrote in the study. “More and more (inter…