Congress is back at it: Up for consideration in the Senate is a dangerous, sweeping package of deregulatory bills that threaten some of our most crucial government protections — including Net Neutrality.
From presidential candidates to local mayors, policymakers and politicians have declared expanding high-speed broadband access a national priority. Despite this near-universal support, affordable broadband is far from universally available.
After living with Comcast’s poor corporate citizenship for far too long, Philadelphia answered the call to hold its hometown cable giant accountable in this year’s franchise negotiations.
Many people and communities most in need can’t afford broadband access. Census data show that even as overall broadband adoption has increased, racial and economic gaps have persisted.
You don’t often get the chance to see two government whistleblowers discuss the future of U.S. surveillance policy.
But that’s what happened when Edward Snowden called in to an interview with FBI whistleblower Mike German at last week’s Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference.
