The FCC is on the cusp of proposing new rules for the internet, and it may have a chance to kill two birds with one stone: along with preserving so-called “net neutrality,” the… Read more »
Verizon will pay $7.4 million for what appears to be a minor privacy violation, in which the company failed to notify customers of their right to opt out of Verizon marketing campaigns. Read more »
The modern smartphone is a wonder of efficiency, usefulness, and portability. It enables us not only to communicate with one another but also to access an overwhelming amount of online information. Of course,… Read more »
If Google thought its StreetView data collection controversy was over, it can think again. The UK’s data watchdog is re-opening its investigation, maddened that it apparently wasn’t told the full story… Read more »
While there has been much outrage about Google “snooping” user data over Wi-Fi, even the FCC says this behavior wasn’t illegal, since the networks in question were public. Is this a… Read more »
In all probability Facebook did not agree to implement any procedures in its deal with the FTC that it wasn’t already going to face significant pressure to implement — not from… Read more »
A sign of Twitter’s growing power, and increasing need to interface with government to get its message across: the company has hired a new h… Read more »
A conservative majority of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts held last year that a corporation has similar free-speech righ… Read more »
A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court granted extraordinary “free speech” rights to corporations, when it ruled (in the Citizens United v. Fede… Read more »
The always-unpredictable mobile space enters 2011 at a particularly dynamic time. Carriers are now bringing 4G networks online, even as their definitions of “4G” vary. Meanwhile, mobile data consumption is exploding… Read more »