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GOP Attacks Internet Rules

in News on February 17, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

In a contentious hearing, House Republicans attacked new regulations for broadband Internet lines and criticized the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission for adopting them. Republicans are targeting the “net neutrality” rules, which would bar Internet providers from blocking or slowing Internet traffic and services, as well as new regulations in such areas as health care and the environment, as unnecessary and overly burdensome on industry.

No Harm, Big Foul: Google Intercepted Passwords and Email Extracts

in News on June 21, 2010 at 7:31 am PT

Google’s troubles over the inadvertent collection of user data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks by its Street View cars are mounting. According to a preliminary analysis by the French National Commission on Computing and Liberty, the payload data fragments Google intercepted and stored included “data that are normally covered by…banking and medical privacy rules.”

Democrats Tell FCC to Push for "Net Neutrality"

in News on September 17, 2009 at 11:46 am PT

Senior House Democrats told the Federal Communications Commission Thursday it should do more to stop Internet providers from playing favorites among content providers, brushing aside opposition from Republicans and some large telecom firms.