The World Wired Web

Despite marketing imagery to the contrary, the “cloud” remains very much grounded in physical infrastructure, including unfathomable miles of wires.

By David A. J. Reynolds | July 24, 2019 | Environment, Media | Amazon, Bandwidth, Britain, China, Choke Points, Coaxial Cable, Communication, Content Providers, Data, Entertainment, Facebook, Fiber-Optic Cable, France, Google, Infrastructure, Internet, Internet Traffic, ISPs, Long-Distance, Railroads, Servers, Telecoms, Telegraph, Telephone, The Cloud, Undersea Cables, US, Wires

The AT&T-Time Warner Suit: Is Antitrust Back?

After years of seeming government indifference to ever-larger monopolistic firms, the DOJ has filed suit against the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner. Does this signal a much-needed resurgence of antitrust action? Or is it a one-off?

By Warren Christopher Freiberg | December 27, 2017 | Economics, Government, Law, Media, Politics | 21st Century Fox, Antitrust, AT&T, Cable, Comcast, Competition, Department of Justice, Disney, Donald Trump, Economy, Horozontal Integration, Internet Service Providers, ISPs, Market Share, Monopoly, NBC, Television, Time Warner, Trustbusting, Universal, Verizon, Vertical Integration

Worried About Internet Privacy? Visit Your Local Librarian

Librarians have historically taken strong stances on protecting the privacy of patrons. Now, some of them are becoming valuable assets in the fight against online surveillance.

By Lucy Uprichard | May 24, 2017 | Education, Knowledge, Privacy, Society | Abuse of Power, ALA, Alison Macrina, Counter-terrorism, CUNY Graduate Center, Data Collection, Information, ISPs, Law Enforcement, Librarians, Libraries, Library Freedom Project, NSA, Privacy, Security, Social Media, surveillance, Tracking, World War II

FCC to ISPs: Stop Spying

The Internet just got a lot more private for the average user thanks to a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling. [...]

By Warren Christopher Freiberg | December 14, 2016 | Advertising, Ethics, Law, Media, Privacy | Advertising, AT&T, Comcast, Donald Trump, Facebook, FCC, Google, ISPs, Monitoring, Rulemaking, Tracking