Scrutiny Over 1.5 Million US Job Losses Due to Net Neutrality Mounts
While the European Union is dealing with a filtering debate that appears to be a threat to the internet as we know it, the internet as we know ...
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US Study Claims Network Neutrality Would Negatively Impact 1.5 Million Jobs
Another day, another doom and gloom study. This time, Coleman Bazelon of The Brattle Group claims that if network neutrality were put in place, nearly 1.5 Million jobs would ...
EDRI Publishes FAQ on ACTA
With all the confusion seemingly going through the European political scene regarding ACTA, it's nice to know that there are those out there that are willing to try and eliminate ...
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 1 of 3
2008 was an interesting year in file-sharing and 2009 didn't necessarily disappoint. There was plenty of ways to look at it, but there is one way one can look ...
Price War Gets Ugly – Shaw Sues Competing ISP
For many in a particular area of Vancouver, it was the deal of a lifetime. High definition TV, phone and high speed internet connection for $9.95 a month. ...
NC Level The Playing Field Senate Bill Stopped and Sent to Committee
Citizens in North Carolina's cities, Wilson and Salisbury, who showed support for project Greenlight have gotten even more good news recently. The North Carolina senate bill that was part ...
‘Level the Playing Field’ Bill Delayed – Sent to Committee
It's being hailed by municipal broadband supporters as a major victory in the fight over whether or not Salisbury and Wilson should be allowed to start their own ISP. ...
Major Opposition Mounts By Eve of Municiple Broadband Vote
It's certainly a big debate in the United States - namely in two cities in the state of North Carolina - but should barriers be erected to stop city governments ...
Big US ISPs Roll Out Push Polling to Stop Cheap Internet
There's been some dramatic developments in the Greenlight project happening in North Carolina. Essentially, the big US ISPs are doing everything in their power including lobbying the state to ...
Home Office Backs Down from ‘Super Database’ Surveillance, Launches Consultation
Britain's Home Office has been wanting to take all communications including everything in social networking sites and phone conversations and put all the information into what has been dubbed a ...
Canadian ISP Bandwidth Consumption Growth Falls 45%
Jesse Browns Search Engine on CBC covered a very interesting topic recently. The growth of bandwidth consumption went down 45% in Canada recently.
As Michael Geist is ...
EFA Responds to Professor Over Net Filtering
Says that the professor who insinuated that an unfiltered internet had no place in a democracy is misrepresenting the issue.
Yesterday, we highlighted a professor who called people at ...
Professor – Unfiltered Internet Has No Place in a Democracy
Says people like the Electronic Frontier Australia are a bunch of extremists.
It may be difficult for some to read what this professor has published in Australian IT without ...
An International Look on Why Canada Shouldn’t Consider Surveillance Legislation
The Canadian government made signals that it wants to reintroduce the modernization of investigation techniques which brought forth the infamous “lawful access” provision. Is this a good idea when ...
What Will 2009 Bring to Filesharing and Technology?
It's the end of 2008 as we know it, but what will 2009 bring? We look at the past for clues into the future.
There's been plenty of ups and ...
CBC Reporter Spends Four Months Issuing Complaint to Telecom Complaints Commission
Just about everything is quick on the internet unless you're a Canadian and have a complaint about a telecommunications giant.
For those who thought that the new complaints commission in Canada ...
Protesters Hit the Streets Over Australian Internet Censorship Proposals
Australian digital rights organizations are applauding the high turnout in a country-wide demonstration against proposed Australian internet blacklists.
The Electronic Frontiers Australia recently applauded the high turnout for protests ...
French Digital Rights Advocates Decry Telecom Package’s ‘Gradual Response’
Says that the current telecoms package would violate basic civil rights in Europe.
A little over a week ago, we reported on the French Prime Minister overruling democracy and ...
Over 100 International Public Interest Organizations Demand ACTA Be Made Public
Over 100 public interest organizations have demanded that ACTA, the notoriously secret treaty being negotiated by numerous nations around the world, to finally be made public.
The EFF points ...
Australian Government to Finance Faulty Internet Filtering Technology
Apparently, keeping your fingers crossed is good enough for the Australian government who plans to use ISP-based filtering technology despite evidence saying it's a waste of time and money.
There's an ...
