6 posts and columns on Internet freedom

Bill Aims to Curb Tech Firms’ Exports

in News on December 9, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Pressure mounted Thursday on U.S. and Western companies that sell censorship and surveillance technology to repressive regimes, with a congressman introducing a bill that would restrict such exports.

A Very Short Letter From a Friend in Cairo

in Enterprise on February 1, 2011 at 5:27 pm PT

After a few days of trying, and despite the restrictions on communication to and from Egypt, today I heard back from a friend who’s in the thick of events unfolding there.

China on “Google Farce”: Our Internet Is Open

in News on January 22, 2010 at 7:06 am PT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Internet censorship Thursday and her call for an investigation into charges that Chinese-backed hackers attacked Google have met with a bristling and indignant response from Beijing. In a statement posted to China’s Foreign Ministry Web site, Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said the United States should “cease using so-called Internet freedom to make groundless accusations against China.”
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Clinton Calls on China to Probe Google Hack

in News on January 21, 2010 at 8:06 am PT

China has denied involvement in the recent cyber attacks against Google, but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would like it to investigate them anyway. “Google’s review of its business operations in China has attracted a great deal of interest,” Clinton said during a speech this morning on Internet freedom at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. “We look to Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the cyber intrusions that led Google to make this announcement.”
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FCC to Comcast: Cut It Out

in News on August 1, 2008 at 1:35 pm PT

Saying it wants to “send a message to the industry that bad actors will end up being punished,” the Federal Communications Commission punished Comcast today for slowing some Internet traffic–with a precedent-setting reprimand.