• AT&T, Verizon and the NSA: Suspicious Silence

    July 24, 2013
    UPDATE: Rep. Justin Amash's amendment to the defense appropriations bill, which would have cut funding for the National Security Agency's phone-record-collection program, just lost by a vote of 217–205. Don't be upset — this is an AMAZING moment.
  • Our Freedom to Connect

    June 27, 2013
    It’s been three weeks since the National Security Agency’s spying scandal erupted — and millions are outraged. Nearly everyone gets it: Individual freedom and social justice simply cannot survive in a surveillance state.
  • Investigate the NSA

    June 18, 2013
    Mass surveillance and democracy are like oil and water: They just don’t mix. Millions agree. And already close to 220,000 people have joined the movement at StopWatching.Us to urge Congress to investigate the National Security Agency’s spying programs.
  • The Government May Be Reading This Blog Post

    June 11, 2013
    The government is spying on you. In fact, the National Security Agency may be reading this very blog post. So the Free Press Action Fund has teamed up with Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access, Demand Progress, Fight for the Future and other groups to launch StopWatching.Us — a call for Congress to investigate the NSA’s privacy-killing surveillance schemes.
  • The Series of Tubes: Feminist Face-Off with Facebook

    May 31, 2013

    It’s a hot, hot Friday here on the East Coast, a perfect time to dig into this week’s Internet happenings — including feminist wins, the online hacking of our friend (boo!) and campaigns to get us more information and stomp out the trolls.

  • Think Bigger

    May 30, 2013

    Two years ago, entrepreneur and activist Jim Gilliam spoke to an audience in New York City about how the Internet — the people he connected with online, the information he depended on every day — helped him survive cancer. “The Internet is my religion,” he said to an emotional crowd.

  • The Series of Tubes: AT&T's Up to Its Old Tricks

    May 17, 2013
    AT&T is at it again, blocking the open Internet and finding devious new ways to stomp on innovation, nickel-and-dime its customers and add to its ever-growing profits.
  • The Series of Tubes: Unlock Everything

    May 10, 2013

    Want to learn how to be a better online spy? Curious to see a very brief history of the Internet? Tired of all those TV spoilers from your Twitter feed? Read on. 

    Also: Whatever you do, do NOT click that last link at the bottom. It might ruin your weekend.

  • The Series of Tubes: The First Website EVER

    May 3, 2013
    In the second installment of “The Series of Tubes,” we bring you more far-flung facts from across the webosphere. We celebrated the anniversary of the first website EVER, the pro-Net Neutrality vote from Verizon shareholders and a man who had the fortitude to spend one year away from the Internet.
  • One-Quarter of Verizon Shareholders Vote Yes on Net Neutrality

    May 2, 2013
    Today 24.1 percent of Verizon shareholders voted to support a pro-Net Neutrality proposal.

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