Internet Regulation
Upcoming FCC Events
Jan 21, 2010 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has already held over 35 workshops as part of its work on the national Read More
Commentary: Why We Need Telcom Reform - And Won't Get It
Jan 13, 2010 | The following guest post by Steve Wildstrom originally appeared on his blog; it's cross-posted here with his permission. No matter Read More
TPS' Guide to Tech Policy at 2010 CES
Jan 5, 2010 | We're getting ready to head to Las Vegas this week for the 2010 International CES where we'll be co-hosting Read More
Supernova Conference Returns to SF, Dec. 1-3
Nov 9, 2009 | We're looking forward to taking part in this year's Supernova Conference as a media sponsor, and we hope you'll Read More
You're Invited: Tech Policy Summit @ CES
Nov 4, 2009 | Join us in Vegas! We're very excited to be partnering with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to co-host a special Read More
FCC Site Offers Details on Open Meeting
Oct 26, 2009 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an "Open Meeting portal" at OpenInternet.gov where you can find videos, slides and Read More
Today is OneWebDay
Sep 22, 2009 | Founded in 2006 by Susan Crawford, who now serves as President Obama's Special Assistant for Science, Technology and Innovation Read More
FCC Proposes Net Neutrality Principles; Launches OpenInternet.Gov
Sep 21, 2009 | In a speech this morning at the Brookings Institution, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski formally declared his intent Read More
FTC Plans Privacy Workshops
Sep 16, 2009 | The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced plans to host a series of free public workshops about digital privacy, beginning Read More
Podcasts from Tech Policy Summit
Sep 14, 2009 | We received an inquiry from someone asking where to find the podcasts from our last Tech Policy Summit conference, Read More
U.S. CTO's Silicon Valley Visit
Aug 12, 2009 | Silicon Valley welcomed Aneesh Chopra to town last week for a series of events and meetings designed to introduce him to Read More
FCC Commissioners Sworn In; Broadband Workshops Starting
Aug 3, 2009 | Good news! It's official...After months of transitioning, there are once again five commissioners in place at the Federal Communications Commission Read More
Senate Confirms FCC, NTIA Leadership
Jun 26, 2009 | Yesterday evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of three individuals who are sure to play a pivotal role in Read More
At Tech Policy Summit '09
May 12, 2009 | The 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit is underway at the San Mateo Marriott and, while registration is closed, there are Read More
Agenda for TPS: Broadband Innovation and Tech Policy Summit '09
May 6, 2009 | There are only a few days left until the opening of TPS: Broadband Innovation conference and the 3rd annual Read More
FCC Kicks Off Effort to Develop a National Broadband Plan
Apr 8, 2009 | At its public meeting in D.C. earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took the first step toward creation of Read More
Exclusive: Steven Levy's Interview with Vint Cerf
Apr 2, 2009 | As part of the run-up to our 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit conference, taking place May 11-13 at the Read More
C-PET Hosting Lunch Event in D.C. on Thursday
Mar 23, 2009 | The Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET), a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank focused on key emerging technologies Read More
Meet-up with Tech Policy Central in Silicon Valley
Mar 13, 2009 | As we announced last month, Tech Policy Central is hosting a free breakfast meetup on Wednesday, March 25th at the Read More
Vint Cerf on the Future of Net Regulation
Mar 10, 2009 | Informilo recently published a video interview with Google's vice president and chief Internet evangelist Dr. Vint Cerf about the future Read More
Spending the Broadband Stimulus Dollars
Mar 10, 2009 | As might be expected, there were more questions than answers during today's inter-agency meeting on the broadband stimulus programs. Still, Read More
Obama Makes Genachowski Nomination Official (brought to me by Twitter)
Mar 4, 2009 | I was on my way home yesterday from the DEMO conference in Palm Springs when I learned, via Twitter, Read More
Internet SAFETY Bill Proposes New Data Retention Rules
Feb 20, 2009 | Two Republican lawmakers from Texas, Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Lamar Smith, held a press conference yesterday to promote their Read More
Join Us March 25th for a Breakfast Event Featuring Dr. Vint Cerf
Feb 18, 2009 | As we pre-announced earlier this week on Twitter, we are very excited to be hosting a new Tech Policy Read More
Who's on the "People to Watch" list?
Feb 4, 2009 | Ars Technica has just unveiled its picks for the 2009 Tech Policy "People to Watch" list -- check out the Read More
Commerce Secretary v.2
Feb 4, 2009 | Now that President Obama has ended the suspense about who will replace Governor Bill Richardson as the Commerce Secretary designate, Read More
FCC Chair Kevin Martin Heads to Aspen Institute
Jan 15, 2009 | With the focus already shifting to predictions of what the next Federal Communications Commission chairman (presumably Julius Genachowski) will do, Read More
What Will Boucher Do?
Jan 13, 2009 | We were sitting in a tech policy session at the International CES show in Las Vegas last week when the Read More
Nevermind Who...What Will the National CTO Do?
Dec 30, 2008 | Like others, we are very curious to learn more about President-elect Barack Obama's pick for the nation's first Chief Technology Read More
Debating Decriminalizing File-Sharing
Dec 24, 2008 | Should people who share copyrighted material online without permission be punished, or should the act of doing so be decriminalized? Read More
Reid's Picks for Senate Committee Chairs
Dec 16, 2008 | According to The Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has announced whom he's recommended to chair the various U.S. Read More
The Morning After...the WSJ Article on Net Neutrality
Dec 15, 2008 | I've become rather addicted to Twitter. So much so that it's not unusual for me to spend hours each weekend, Read More
Announcing the Tech Policy Predictive Market
Dec 10, 2008 | As we first mentioned on Twitter, we have been working on a new project in partnership with the Information Read More
Free Press Releases Its 2009 Priorities
Dec 3, 2008 | Free Press, the nonprofit behind the Save the Internet net neutrality campaign and the Stop Big Media coalition, has published Read More
FTC Changes Could Impact Bloggers, Net Marketers
Nov 25, 2008 | Last Friday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was seeking public comments on proposed revisions to its rules Read More
Competitiveness and the 'Venturesome Economy'
Nov 24, 2008 | Ask 10 different people why the United States -- or, specifically, Silicon Valley -- is a good place to innovate, and Read More
Call for Nominations: People to Watch
Nov 18, 2008 | We are excited to officially announce the launch of the first 2009 Tech Policy Who's Who: People to Watch Read More
Global Network Initiative Launches
Oct 29, 2008 | Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society launched its Global Network Initiative site today. The coalition, which was Read More
South Korea's Crackdown on 'Cyber Defamation'
Oct 13, 2008 | The New York Times published a story yesterday about the South Korean government's efforts to crack down on Internet-based defamation Read More
Appeals Court Rules COPA Is Unconstitutional
Jul 22, 2008 | The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling today, affirming that the Child Online Protection Act Read More
ISPs Make Deal with NY to Fight Child Porn
Jun 10, 2008 | Internet service providers (ISPs) Sprint, Verizon and Time Warner Cable are the latest Net companies to respond to pressure from Read More
TX May Ask Amazon for Millions in Tax Dispute
May 9, 2008 | Amazon.com may have to pay the state of Texas millions of dollars in uncollected sales taxes. Federal law allows states Read More
Trying to Bring DOPA Back
May 7, 2008 | If sites like Second Life won't protect kids from obviously inappropriate content, the Congress will. That quote is from Rep. Read More
Chinese Sites "Volunteer" to Self-Censor
Feb 22, 2008 | According to Reuters, China has asked Web site owners to voluntarily pledge to censor their content as part of its Read More
Last Day for Comments on ICANN's Independence
Feb 15, 2008 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) wrapped up its 31st international public meeting in New Delhi, India Read More
Bringing Net Neutrality Back
Feb 13, 2008 | Coverage of the net neutrality issue may have quieted down for a time. But rumblings about Comcast allegedly interfering with file-sharing traffic Read More
UK's Three-Strikes Rule Against Piracy
Feb 12, 2008 | According to U.K. newspaper The Times, the British government plans to consider new copyright enforcement legislation that includes a tough Read More
The Countdown to China's Video Crackdown
Jan 30, 2008 | Tomorrow is the day when new regulations on Internet video content go into effect in China, and it's still unclear Read More
Govt.'s Fight Against Terrorism Hitting Net
Jan 21, 2008 | "If we are ready and willing to take action to stop the grooming of the vulnerable young on social networking Read More
France's Plans to Give Pirates the Boot
Nov 23, 2007 | If you illegally download music or movies via the Internet in France, you may lose your Net access altogether. That's Read More
Cuban to Comcast: "Hang in There"
Nov 20, 2007 | In an open letter to Comcast, maverick billionaire and blogger Mark Cuban implored the cable provider (in all caps) to "BLOCK Read More
AP: Resentment About U.S. Influence on Net Will Grow
Nov 16, 2007 | The United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded its second meeting in Rio yesterday. At the outset of the four-day event, Read More
Annual Report to Congress Cites Concerns with China
Nov 15, 2007 | The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, established in 2000 to advise Congress on its policy toward China, released its Read More
Who Decides When Videos Cross the Line?
Nov 9, 2007 | As you've probably heard by now, a teenage gunman who went on a killing spree at a school in Finland Read More
UN's Internet Governance Forum Meets Again
Nov 9, 2007 | The United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is hosting its second annual meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next week. Read More
Update: Yahoo's House Hearing
Nov 6, 2007 | During the House Foreign Affairs Committee's hearing with Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang and general counsel Michael Callahan, as expected, Chairman Rep. Tom Read More
Yahoo Hearing Underscores Bigger Issue
Nov 6, 2007 | In a few minutes, Yahoo! co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang and the company's EVP and general counsel Michael Callahan are Read More
ICANN Elects New Chair; Vint Steps Down
Nov 2, 2007 | Prior to concluding its weeklong public meeting earlier today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) unanimously voted to elect Peter Dengate Thrush Read More
WSJ: Yahoo! Exec Apologizes to House Committee
Nov 2, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal (sub required) reports that Yahoo!'s executive vice president and general counsel Michael Callahan has apologized to Read More
Net Neutrality Supporters File FCC Complaint Against Comcast
Nov 1, 2007 | As expected, net neutrality supporters are continuing to rally against Comcast following reports by the Associated Press that the cable provider has interferred Read More
CDT, Others Fight Child Online Protection Act
Oct 30, 2007 | The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and 17 other organizations collaborated on a "friend of the court" brief that CDT submitted Read More
Sen. Obama Vows to Make Net Neutrality a Presidential Priority
Oct 29, 2007 | According to News.com, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) told an online audience today that, if elected, he will make Read More
ICANN's Plans for New Top-Level Domains
Oct 29, 2007 | As we wrote about earlier today, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is holding a public meeting in Read More
Vint Cerf Ending Tenure as ICANN Chair
Oct 29, 2007 | The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit that oversees Internet governance issues like the assignment of domain and IP Read More
Senators Call for Hearing on Content Blocking Claims
Oct 26, 2007 | The Associated Press is reporting that Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have written a letter to Senate Read More
ICANN Meeting Considers Privacy of Domain Reg Data
Oct 26, 2007 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is preparing for its 30th international public meeting in Los Angeles Read More
Senate Votes to Ban Net Taxes for 7 Years
Oct 26, 2007 | The Senate voted last night in favor of extending the Internet tax moratorium for another seven years, despite widespread efforts Read More
Zogby/463 Internet Poll: Not Your Parents' Survey
Oct 24, 2007 | 463 Communications has released the results of its latest Zogby/463 Internet Attitudes Poll. The survey is designed to shed light Read More
AP Tests of Comcast Raise Net Neutrality Questions
Oct 24, 2007 | Last Friday, the Associated Press (AP) published an article that has become a new centerpiece in the ongoing debate about Read More
Bloggers in Italy Fight Proposed Regulations
Oct 23, 2007 | A popular Italian blogger named Beppe Grillo blew the whistle on a proposed law that would require bloggers in Italy Read More
WSJ: Google's Lessons on Doing Business in Brazil
Oct 19, 2007 | The front page of The Wall Street Journal features an article about Google's social networking site Orkut that reads as Read More
Net Censorship in China
Oct 18, 2007 | There are several reports in the news today about China blocking, and in some cases unblocking, access to Web sites. Read More
House Votes to Extend Ban on Net Taxes
Oct 15, 2007 | Despite calls for a permanent ban on Internet taxes, the House of Representatives voted 405-2 today in favor of Read More
Om Malik on Facebook's Week
Sep 28, 2007 | Om Malik weighed in on the reports earlier this week that Microsoft (or another suitor like Google) may be investing Read More
DOJ's Opposition to Net Neutrality
Sep 7, 2007 | The debate over whether or not the federal government should mandate network neutrality made headlines again yesterday when antitrust lawyers Read More
Kid-Friendly Technology and Regulation
Sep 5, 2007 | Progress and Freedom Foundation senior fellow Adam Thierer, who has authored a book about online child safety called "Parental Controls Read More
Professors Call for Code of Conduct on Net Censorship
Aug 15, 2007 | Professors Jonathan Zittrain of Oxford and John Palfrey* of Harvard have written an open letter to members of the technology Read More
New Report on Internet Censorship
Jul 27, 2007 | The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which includes 56 member countries in Europe, Central Asia and North Read More
Ask.com Introducing New Privacy Controls
Jul 20, 2007 | The Associated Press is reporting that Ask.com, the search engine owned by InterActivCorp, will launch a feature called AskEraser later Read More
Google on EU's Data Retention Directive
Jul 11, 2007 | At Google's policy blog, the company's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer writes about privacy concerns surrounding data retention laws in Read More
Protesting Over Net Radio Royalties
Jun 26, 2007 | A number of U.S. webcasters have been observing a "National Day of Silence" today to protest a planned royalty increase Read More
Google: Net Censorship is a Trade Barrier
Jun 22, 2007 | Google has been making policy-related headlines on everything from privacy and copyright to antitrust issues and even green tech. This Read More
ATT Partners With Hollywood on Piracy Initiative
Jun 13, 2007 | The Los Angeles Times (free sub required) and Red Herring reported yesterday that AT&T is partnering with Hollywood film studios Read More
China Cracks Down on New Net Cafes
Jun 4, 2007 | There's an Associated Press report in Yahoo! News today that ties in with our last blog post, about Net usage Read More
Tech Politics Podcast: Internet in China
Jun 2, 2007 | In this podcast, News.com's Charlie Cooper and Declan McCullagh speak with Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu, who is probably Read More
DOD Bans YouTube, MySpace
May 14, 2007 | According to an Associated Press report in Yahoo! News, the Department of Defense (DOD) is implementing a new policy -- Read More
Tech Politics Podcast:Taxation, Real ID
Apr 13, 2007 | With tax day just around the corner, News.com's Tech Politics Podcast focuses on the issue of Internet taxation. Hosts Declan Read More
ICANN Votes Against .xxx
Mar 30, 2007 | The Associated Press reports that the Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted 9-5 against Read More
Data Retention Bill Introduced in House
Feb 7, 2007 | News.com's Declan McCullagh (one of the session hosts at Tech Policy Summit) reported yesterday evening on new data retention and Read More
As China's Net Population Grows, Talk of More Regulation
Jan 24, 2007 | After reports yesterday that China's Internet population had soared to 137 million people in 2006, and could surpass the U.S. Read More
Highlights from Coverage of ITU Telecom Event
Dec 4, 2006 | There have been a handful of news stories today surrounding the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) conference, which is taking place Read More
UN Meeting Addresses Net Governance
Nov 1, 2006 | As we mentioned in this post last month, the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is hosting its first international Read More
"Blogs Just Scare the Pants Off of Me"
Oct 18, 2006 | After discovering that its employees were spending "thousands of hours a week and potentially more than $2 million a year Read More
Remember DOPA?
Oct 16, 2006 | A few months ago, we blogged (here and here) about the Deleting Online Predators Act - aka DOPA - that Read More
"Balkanization" of the Net?
Oct 12, 2006 | Technology Daily (sub required) points to a BBC News article about Nitin Desai, chair of the UN's Internet Governance Forum Read More
Will Congress Mandate Online Data Retention?
Sep 27, 2006 | According to News.com, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) of Colorado is reportedly working with Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Joe Barton Read More
IRS Considers Tightening Online Tax Reporting
Aug 23, 2006 | Individuals and businesses that sell goods online may find themselves facing tougher tax rules. According to CNNMoney.com, the IRS is Read More
Ad Campaign to Warn Teens about Online Predators
Aug 22, 2006 | The Department of Justice issued a press release yesterday announcing a new ad campaign that encourages teenage girls to be Read More
China Enforces Tough Online Copyright Rules
Aug 21, 2006 | An AFP article in Yahoo! News reports that China's National Copyright Administration is cracking down on online copyright violations following Read More
CDT Weighs In On DOPA
Aug 11, 2006 | Leslie Harris, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), blogged today about the Center's opposition to the Read More
More on DOPA From the 463
Jul 30, 2006 | As we posted on Friday, the House passed the DOPA bill 410 to 15, opening the door for sweeping restrictions Read More
House Passes Bill Restricting Access to Popular Web Sites
Jul 27, 2006 | The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, 410-15, in favor of the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006, otherwise known as Read More
Hearing on ICANN/DNS Transition Tomorrow
Jul 25, 2006 | News.com and Reuters report that the U.S. Commerce Department is holding a public hearing tomorrow to discuss Net governance under Read More
House Considers Limiting Access to Certain Sites As Part of DOPA
Jul 13, 2006 | The House's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held a hearing earlier this week on the Deleting Online Predators Act Read More
China Steps Up Monitoring of Blogs
Jun 30, 2006 | The Micro Persuasion blog points to a Xinhua news article about efforts by the Chinese government to control the content Read More
Is There a "Third Way" on Network Neutrality?
Jun 13, 2006 | In an effort to introduce new solutions, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a non-profit, nonpartisan policy think tank Read More
Update: Net Neutrality Loses House Vote
Jun 9, 2006 | Drew Clark, a senior writer at National Journal's TechnologyDaily reports that a proposed amendment by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) that Read More
To Store or Not to Store: Should Net Companies Retain Data for Feds?
Jun 5, 2006 | Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported on a meeting last Friday between federal law enforcement officials and representatives from Read More
A New Voice in Net Neutrality Debate
May 17, 2006 | While the publicized debate over net neutrality has focused on a discussion about whether cable and telecom providers can charge Read More
Congress Considers Banning Social Media in Public Schools, Libraries
May 11, 2006 | According to News.com, some members of Congress are reacting to recent media reports of online child predator cases by trying Read More
Smaller Cable Firms Chime In on Net Neutrality
May 9, 2006 | News.com reported yesterday that executives from a couple of the nation's smaller cable companies - Mediacom and Cable One - Read More
Talk Amongst Yourselves
May 5, 2006 | The Wall Street Journal Online asked Vinton Cerf and Esther Dyson about their thoughts on what the Internet might be Read More
New Telecom Legislation Introduced
May 2, 2006 | The Wall Street Journal reports that Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, has introduced telecom reform Read More
Democrats Lose Net Neutrality Vote
Apr 26, 2006 | News.com reports that a Democratic-backed net neutrality amendment failed to receive the support it needed today when members of the Read More
Telecoms Say "Hands Off" to Regulators
Apr 12, 2006 | Cingular, AT&T and Alcatel are among the telecom companies that have joined forces with a number of organizations to form Read More
Amazon.com Patents Online Tax Tool
Apr 11, 2006 | News.com reports that Amazon.com has published a patent with the U.S. and European patent offices to protect a method it Read More
EFF's Suit Against AT&T
Apr 10, 2006 | The Electronic Frontier Foundation, whose stated charter is " to defend freedom in the digital world," filed a class action Read More
Net Neutrality Legislation Emerging?
Apr 5, 2006 | According to a story yesterday by News.com reporter Declan McCullagh, who also publishes Politech, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) has announced Read More
Google Steps Up Lobbying Efforts
Mar 28, 2006 | An article in the New York Times highlights the fact that Google is investing more heavily in D.C. lobbying. Podesta Read More
Bloggers Appear to Get a Nod from the FEC
Mar 27, 2006 | The Washington Post reports that the Federal Election Commission has released proposed rules that would leave most online political activity Read More
Full House at the FCC?
Mar 10, 2006 | According to News.com's Politics Blog, the FCC is getting closer to filling the fifth and final commissioner seat. Robert McDowell's Read More
Citywide Wi-Fi for All?
Mar 8, 2006 | The District of Columbia is joining other municipal areas - including Philadelphia, San Francisco and Cambridge, MA - in providing Read More
Net Neutrality Debate Heats Up
Mar 2, 2006 | According to an article in Computerworld, a number of leading tech companies (including Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo and Amazon.com) signed on Read More
Free Speech or Annoying Email?
Feb 27, 2006 | A Scottsdale, Arizona company is challenging the constitutionality of a new federal law that makes it illegal to send "annoying" Read More
