• Report Shows How Big Bad Bills Bulldoze Broadband

    Josh Levy
    January 8, 2013
    Here’s a fun experiment: Grab the next person you see and tell her you’re about to talk about tech policy (you know, to prepare her). If she hasn’t screamed, pulled out all of her hair or fled the room, tell her you’re about to take a voyage to strange lands where laws exist that make it harder for people to access the Internet.

  • More Warrantless Wiretapping from the U.S. Government

    Josh Levy
    January 7, 2013

    Talk about a crappy present. Before the holidays we warned you that Congress was about to hand us a lump of coal in the form of the FISA Amendments Act.

    Well, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! You got your coal.

  • Deck the Halls With Internet Freedom

    Josh Levy
    December 20, 2012
    2012 was a huge year for Internet freedom. We stopped SOPA and PIPA. We forced AT&T to relent when it blocked the FaceTime video-calling app. We stopped the march toward privacy-killing cybersecurity legislation. And we put forward a vision of Internet freedom for all.

  • The Government Has Your Number

    Josh Levy
    December 13, 2012

    Think your phone calls are protected? Think again.

    Every day, companies like AT&T and Verizon hand over records of our phone calls and Internet activity to federal agencies — without telling users anything. And Congress seems intent on squashing any attempt to stop this behavior and protect our privacy.

  • Alphabet Soup in Dubai

    Josh Levy
    December 6, 2012
    Hungry for some global tech policy? Heard rumblings about the ITU meeting in Dubai and an alleged United Nations takeover of the Internet? Here's your bowl of Internet-flavored alphabet soup.

  • Costa Rica President Chinchilla Signs the Declaration of Internet Freedom

    Josh Levy
    November 30, 2012
    Two years ago, the Costa Rica Constitutional Court declared that access to the Internet is a fundamental right. And earlier this year, Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla gave a stirring speech in which she called the Internet "the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and equality." Now President Chinchilla has signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom.

  • Don't Let Our Right to Privacy Expire

    Josh Levy
    November 27, 2012
    [UPDATED 11/29/12]: Great news: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sen. Patrick Leahy’s amendment to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The bill now requires government officials to obtain warrants before examining your online content. The legislation now goes on to the full Senate for a vote.

  • Verizon vs. Humans

    Josh Levy
    November 21, 2012

    Last summer, Verizon — joined by smaller cellphone carrier MetroPCS — sued the Federal Communications Commission for adopting some Net Neutrality rules.  The companies even claimed the constitutional right to censor everyone’s online speech. But with the court case moving forward, more and more people are countering this dangerous argument.

  • Rep. Pingree Signs the Declaration of Internet Freedom

    Josh Levy
    November 19, 2012

    The Declaration of Internet Freedom, which was launched earlier this year by a diverse coalition of open Internet advocates, has been signed by more than 2,000 organizations and companies. And the names keep rolling in.

    This week, yet another member of Congress — Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine — joined Reps. Anna Eshoo, Darrell Issa and Jared Polis and Sen. Ron Wyden in adding her support.

  • In Your FaceTime, AT&T

    Josh Levy
    November 14, 2012
    In a major about-face, AT&T has decided to give more iPhone users access to mobile FaceTime without forcing them to upgrade to more expensive plans. But our work isn’t over yet. If we keep pushing, we can get AT&T to open up FaceTime to everyone.

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