Zuckerberg pledges to connect refugee camps to the Internet
'No silicon bullet'
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has pledged his support to the “Connect the World” campaign working to make universal Internet access a…
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Politwoops uploads record of politicians’ gaffes to Internet Archive
Over 1 million deleted tweets
Politwoops might be dead, but the tweets it collected will live on. The service was devoted to archiving tweets published — and later…
Transparency reports on trial: New front for free speech?
Talking transparency
The latest high profile free speech fight isn’t over a book, a movie or even a video game. Instead, the court case is…
U.S. sued over planes that suck up cell phone data
Hold on to your tinfoil hat
A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Marshals Service, demanding more information about a controversial surveillance tactic involving airplanes that…
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Left Shark printer chomps on Katy Perry’s copyright claim
Jumping the...
Left Shark rose to internet super-stardom by doing his own thing — and now a man selling models of the Super Bowl shark is doing…
Site will show if the U.S. has killed a “warrant canary”
Law in the coal mine
Warrant canaries die quietly so their passing can escape notice. But that’s less likely to happen now thanks to “Canary Watch,” a new website that tracks the…
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The 2014 Gigaom holiday gift guide
'Tis the season
Now that (for better or worse) technology is a central part of everyone’s life, as opposed to something other early adopters geek out over when new products are released in advance of the holiday shopping season, it felt like it was time for our annual holiday gift guide to evolve.
Delete Uber if you want, but it still has your data
The ongoing uproar over the ethically challenged Uber has brought about calls to delete the service. And to my surprise, some people are actually doing this: I’ve already seen a few friends boast on Facebook that their Uber app is no more.
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Tech firms and activists join to launch free certificate authority
“Let’s Encrypt” is an initiative backed by Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, the EFF and others. The aim is to get more websites offering secure connections for their customers, with minimal hassle associated with certificate issuance and updating.
When John Oliver says “fight for Net Neutrality” the US listens: new study parses 800,000 FCC comments
Can big data tools sway the outcome of a debate? The Sunlight Foundation has applied machine learning to the FCC debate to show popular sentiment. But it’s unclear if the impact of the report does much more than offer new insight into how advocacy groups work “get-out-the-comment” process.
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Mobile phone “kill switches” to be law in California, but critics worry about misuse
California finally passed a kill switch law for cell phones. Here’s a quick explanation of how it works, and why not everyone is thrilled about it.
Title II is the only path to net neutrality. Here’s why almost nobody thinks the FCC will take it
The entire debate over what to do about big broadband companies boils down to one phrase: Title II, which is the FCC’s only source of real power. Here’s an explanation of what it is and why insiders think the FCC won’t dare use it.
Not all ad blockers are the same. Here’s why the EFF’s Privacy Badger is different
Last week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation released Privacy Badger, an extension for Chrome and Firefox. It’s an important piece of software in the struggle for internet privacy from a group with different motivations than other ad-blocker makers.
House passes bill to let you unlock your phone, but there’s a catch
A long awaited bill that would confirm consumers have the right to unlock their mobile devices has finally arrived — but with new language that appears to limit certain types of unlocking.
Facebook’s privacy payout: how you’ll get $10, $5 — or nothing
Did you get a mysterious email from Facebook about a lawsuit? You’re eligible for some money but, alas, chances are the lawyers and privacy groups will keep it instead. Here’s the odds.
Why Google shouldn’t have to admit its privacy sins
An activist group is trying to block a $22.5 million settlement between the FTC and Google because it doesn’t require the company to admit wrong-doing. The group is making mischief rather than raising a serious policy problem.
Is The Feds' New PR Campaign Against Film Piracy Even Legal?
Federal law enforcement agents celebrated cyber-Monday in their own peculiar fashion by seizing 150 websites to go along with the 72 they ba…
The Rise And Fall Of Bitcoin: A Brief History
Bitcoin, the virtual peer-to-peer currency that was launched last year, had a meteoric rise in the last few weeks-but after a hacking attack…
Electronic Frontier Foundation Fires Back At Righthaven
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is joining the fight against Righthaven, a company that has been widely criticized for suing a string of…
The EFF's TOSBack Tracks Terms of Service Policies
If you’ve been using web applications for any length of time, you may have found yourself dismayed at unreasonable Terms of Service…
TVs to Help Boost Online Vid Viewers
ABI Research released its Broadband Video and Internet TV report today, in which it predicts that, thanks to more Net-connected TV devices,…
I Always Feel Like My ISP's Watching Me
Today the FCC took issue with how Comcast managed its network, essentially it looked at the packets and blocked or throttled those…
