Ten Reasons The Net Neutrality Victory Is Bigger Than The SOPA Win
Tomorrow, the FCC is voting on its long-awaited net neutrality rule. Everyone is hoping for a huge, enormous victory for the open Internet we all know and love.…
Publication
God in the Machine: The Role of Religion in Net Neutrality Debates
The public movement to protect a free and open Internet is approaching a critical moment this week: on February 26, the Federal Communications Commission will v…
How social science explains the Silk Road
I just wrote an article at Aeon, looking at the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, the Texan who created and ran the online drugs market Silk Road. The piece uses…
Dark Leviathan
The Hidden Wiki holds the keys to a secret internet. To reach it, you need a special browser that can access ‘Tor Hidden Services’ – websites that have chosen t…
Network Neutrality and Zero-rating
This report was filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) along with an ex parte letter on February 19, 2015 * Publication Type:White Paper / R…
The Case for Meaningful Network Neutrality Rules
Goals of Network Neutrality Rules The proposal for network neutrality rules is guided by the following principles: First, the FCC should adopt strong network…
Las razones para un Reglamento de Neutralidad de Red significativo
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SOPA Sequels: The Method to the MPAA's Mississippi Madness
A few weeks ago, the New York Times reported on increasing dissatisfaction that the big movie studios are having with the MPAA, their big trade association. And…
CPJ calls on U.N. to protect use of encryption for journalists
Cross-posted from the Committee to Protect Journalists blog. For journalists to work safely they must be able to protect themselves and their sources, which is…
Analysis of Proposed Network Neutrality Rules
Executive Summary Bright-line Rules. To avoid the considerable social costs associated with evaluating behavior case-by-case, behavior that is clearly harmful…
Obama says that Europeans are using privacy rules to protect their firms against U.S. competition. Is he right?
In an interview with the tech site ReCode, President Obama has suggested that European distrust of U.S. tech firms has base motivations. In his description: We…
Why Greece’s finance minister denies that he’s a game theorist
Greek finance minister and academic game theorist Yanis Varoufakis has an op-ed in the New York Times today arguing that he does not really believe in game theo…