For the last eight months, a remote Brazilian tribe has been getting high-speed internet for the first time. The Marubo people live in one of the most isolated spots on the planet and although they have contact with the outside world, the tribe has preserved a traditional way of life for centuries. They sleep in…
Sen. Hawley called it ‘the most important antitrust case in a generation’ Lawmakers in the House and Senate on Tuesday welcomed the Justice Department’s (DOJ’s) move to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google that claims the tech behemoth used its power to preserve its monopoly via its search engine. “Today’s lawsuit is the most important antitrust…
In his great and prophetic novel 1984, George Orwell laid out his vision of what totalitarianism would look like if taken to its logical extreme. The government – in the form of Big Brother – sees all and knows all. The Party rewrites the past and controls the present. Heretics pop up on television screens…
Photo by: 23ABC News – Empty tables in a school library. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The Panama-Buena Vista school district sent a warning about internet connections being spotty starting this week due to distance learning. Distance learning begins full force on Monday, Panama-Buena Vista wanted parents to be aware all local internet service providers will experience…
Demonstrators protest at a Free Internet rally in Moscow in March. A new law takes effect on Friday that could restrict Internet access. -Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP A Russian law has taken effect that, in theory, would allow the Russian government to cut off the country’s Internet from the rest of the world. The “sovereign Internet law,”…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting during a visit to the Interior Ministry in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 28. (Alexei Nikolsky / Associated Press) Russian lawmakers want to tighten the screws on Russia’s internet access by creating an “sovereign” network that the Kremlin could shut off from the greater World Wide Web. Proponents of…
It’s cool — all the creepy totalitarian countries are doing it. Illustration by Koren Shadmi Russia is planning to disconnect itself from the global internet in a test sometime between now and April. The country says it is implementing an internal internet (intranet) and an internet “kill switch” to protect itself against cyberwar. The question is, would this actually…
Germany outlined measures designed to curb the increasing dominance of internet giants, including Google and Facebook, by boosting the powers of its competition regulator. Reuters reported the initiative could see more restrictions placed on the bigger players from acquiring smaller rivals, following concerns in Germany that US internet companies are becoming too powerful. The effort follows…