How We Lost the Internet to Big Brother How We Lost the Internet to Big Brother
In case you hadn’t noticed, the nets of corporate and government phishing are in the water, already being drawn up around you.
May 29, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Computer Programs Are People, Too Computer Programs Are People, Too
How treating smart programs as legal persons could change privacy as we know it.
May 29, 2014 / Samir Chopra
Conservative Jones, Boy Detective, and the Mystery of the Unhinged Netizens Conservative Jones, Boy Detective, and the Mystery of the Unhinged Netizens
Why are certain Internet users so irrationally attached to the notion of net neutrality?
May 27, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
How Muslim Americans Combat Online Hate Speech How Muslim Americans Combat Online Hate Speech
A new report documents incidents of bigotry and suggests fighting bad speech with counter speech.
May 21, 2014 / Anna Lekas Miller
Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now
The commissioners are considering rules that would allow telecom giants to control it with “pay to play” schemes.
May 21, 2014 / The Editors
The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal Explained The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal Explained
What the proposal means and how you can make your opinion heard.
May 21, 2014 / Leticia Miranda
Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress
Major tech donors are investing in Ro Khanna. To get to Washington, he’ll have to push another Democrat out of the way.
May 21, 2014 / Feature / Ellen Cushing
Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet
After the FCC's vote to kill net neutrality, it's time to fight back.
May 15, 2014 / NationAction
I Almost Blew Off Edward Snowden—and the Largest National Security Leak in a Generation I Almost Blew Off Edward Snowden—and the Largest National Security Leak in a Generation
The NSA leaker indisputably proved all that the US government had done to destroy the privacy of Americans and people around the world.
May 13, 2014 / Glenn Greenwald
Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?
Libertarians and leftists alike predict a world of competing digital currencies.
Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Doug Henwood