Net neutrality: would it have killed the iPhone?
"We do not view the open Internet rules proposed here as directly related to handset exclusivity," wrote the agency, "and we do not intend to address that issue in this proceeding, but rather will consider it separately."
Senate takes companies to task for ignoring Internet freedom
Sanctions and export controls also create problems. Google's Nicole Wang suggested that browser-based encryption could potentially help dissidents communicate securely, but her company cannot allow downloads to nations like Cuba and Iran. And a former Iranian blogger who has lived in the US since his 2004 detention by Iranian security forces pointed out that sanctions prevent US-based companies from hosting material where it's out of reach of Iranian authorities.
Obama admin declassifies major cybersecurity plans
Perhaps the main tension in the document is between the federal government's need to "centralize," "manage," and "control," and the reality that network security benefits from redundancy, federation, and distribution.
"Before the ink is dry on net neutrality regulations, we already see corporate lobbyists and 'public decency' advocates pushing for loopholes," said EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick.
EFF demands FCC close copyright "loophole" in net neutrality
Anti-data caps rep resigns from Congress today
As for why a freshman Congressman like Massa is resigning at all... it's an odd story.
Google tells Australia its 'Net filters go way too far
Everyone in the debate appears to agree that blocking depictions of child sex abuse is a legitimate government function. Google notes that such limited Internet blocks have been implemented or are being considered in the UK, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and New Zealand, and it raises the question of why Australia is ready to go "well beyond that scope to the much wider category of RC." All sorts of things can be refused classification in Australia, which makes them illegal to offer for sale.
The voluntary program was in place for all of 2009, and it has "proven very effective in not only notifying customers about allegations of infringing behavior involving their Internet connection, but also, importantly, at educating customers about copyrights and the importance of stopping any potentially infringing behavior, all with minimal adverse customer reaction."
AT&T wants 3 strikes tribunal, government website blacklist
The patrons, Sarah Bradburn, Pearl Cherrington, and Charles Heinlen, said in their suit that NCRL's filtering policy was unconstitutional, particularly the part that barred adult patrons from requesting that the filter be lifted on the spot. After all, public libraries are just that—a public service—and barring access to sites like "Women and Guns" is not far off from China's Great Firewall, which blocks sites that talk about Tibetan liberation. Or is it?
State court: Internet filtering at libraries constitutional
Comcast: net neutrality should be less filling, taste great
So who does Comcast suggest should share the burden of "gatekeeper" scrutiny? Akamai Technologies and Google make the list, although both, especially the latter company, very loudly protest this act of inclusion.
