Monday, March 16, 2026

Tag: internet

FCC restores Net Neutrality protections

The reinstated Net Neutrality protects will "reclassify high-speed-internet access services as telecom services subject to Title II of the Communications Act."

Republicans want to defund our libraries

Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers.

How to get to the root of the social media crisis

Section 230 reform isn’t going to solve our problems.

Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks

Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play.

Tech billionaires are actually dumber than you think

It turns out that many of today’s billionaires are selfish, lonely men fantasizing about how they will survive the end times they have played a part in creating.

Why the internet itself is a major environmental problem

If the internet were a country, it would be the sixth biggest user of electricity.

Why Closing the Digital Divide Will Strengthen America and Help US...

With huge disparities in internet access across America, building out the information superhighway will be as essential as modernizing roads and bridges as the nation strives to rebound from the pandemic, grow a more powerful economy and forge a brighter future for all.

Google faces major antitrust lawsuits for alleged search monopoly

"As the gateway to the internet, Google has systematically degraded the ability of other companies to access consumers."

Making internet easier

The idea behind the foregoing is to make communication easier, prevent cheating, and make dispute resolution simpler and more acceptable in small cases.

Democrats bring net neutrality to Senate floor, McConnell ignores their will

"With voters from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly united in support of an open internet, it's only a matter of time before net neutrality is restored."

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Trump administration threatens media licenses and treason charges over Iran war coverage

Critics warn FCC pressure on broadcasters and presidential threats of treason charges represent a dangerous escalation against press freedom during an active military conflict.

Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America – if we survive!

So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.

Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE

As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.

Neocon nightmare: Americans flee Iraq as US embassy is hit and oil ports are...

Now that the US is again involved in a major war in the region, Iraq tilts to Washington’s enemy, Iran.

Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?

A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.