Ed Markey Claims to Have Brought the World the Internet
If it weren’t for Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) the world would still be without smart phones, Facebook, Skype, and even Google. So says a recent ad released by his Senate campaign. Markey explains that...
View ArticleThe First White House Website Is Still Online
The Airship has uncovered the first White House website created by the Clinton administration in 1994, showing the American public “how far” the Internet has progressed. Built by the Clinton...
View ArticleNew Study Uncovers Iranian Internet Censorship
A new academic study by University of Michigan computer science professor Alex Halderman is uncovering the methods Iran is using to censor its Internet, the Tower reports. The study found that almost...
View ArticleWFB’s Sonny Bunch Discusses Govt. Internet Regulation Push on TheBlaze TV
Free Beacon Executive Editor Sonny Bunch appeared on TheBlaze TV Monday to discuss moves by the Federal Election Commission to place new rules on Internet-based campaigning. Bunch said the proposed FEC...
View ArticleCongress Looking Into White House’s Role in FCC’s Net Neutrality Regulations
The secrecy surrounding the Obama administration’s plans for regulating the Internet has prompted a congressional inquiry into whether the independent Federal Communications Commission or the White...
View ArticleFCC Commissioner: ‘If You Like Your Wireless Plan, You Should Be Able to Keep...
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai is out with a new message to fight net neutrality: “If you like your wireless plan, you should be able to keep it.” Borrowing the phrase from President Obama, the Republican...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov Still Unfinished Year After Feds Issued Dire Warning
More than a year after the federal government issued an emergency contract and deadline to fix Healthcare.gov, the back-end of the website is still not finished. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
View ArticleReport: Islamic State Winning Propaganda War Against U.S.
The U.S. government is losing the propaganda war to Islamic State terrorists who are recruiting jihadists and inspiring more lone-wolf attacks, according to a report by a crowd-sourced global...
View ArticleOpportunity Lives Launches Solution Center
News website Opportunity Lives today debuted a new feature dubbed the “Solutions Center,” an interactive policy hub for concerned Americans looking for specifics in the fight to resolve some of our...
View ArticleA Gathering of Great Minds
The problem with the Age of Search, as opposed to the old Age of Libraries, is that you can no longer find what you weren’t looking for. From my very first job as a county library page in Burke,...
View ArticleReport: U.S. Government Dead Last Among Major Industries in Cybersecurity...
U.S. government organizations have the worst ranking cybersecurity protections when compared to more than a dozen private industries, including construction, food, and hospitality, according to a...
View ArticleHarrington Explains John Oliver’s Supposed Grassroots Campaign Against the FCC
The Washington Free Beacon‘s Elizabeth Harrington appeared Wednesday on Fox Business to explain how television host John Oliver's campaign against the Federal Communications Commission is not the...
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Report: Net Neutrality Leads to Higher prices, Less Innovation
Keeping Obama administration-era net neutrality rules would result in higher Internet prices for consumers and less innovation, according to a new report. The Competitive Enterprise Institute released...
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FCC Votes to Begin Reversing Net Neutrality Rules
The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 to begin the process of reversing the Obama administration's net neutrality rules. Chairman Ajit Pai said this is "just the beginning," as his proposal...
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Porn Sites Join Amazon, Netflix to Fight Net Neutrality Roll Back
Major pornography sites are joining the protest against the Federal Communications Commission's efforts to roll back Obama administration net neutrality rules. The list of companies and organizations...
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Apple Appeasing Communist Chinese Regulators as CEO Tim Cook Hits Trump
Tech giant Apple has taken more steps to appease the Chinese government amid falling sales in the communist country even as Tim Cook, the company's chief executive, has launched a steady stream of...
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China Imprisons Man for Helping People Access the Internet Past the ‘Great...
Chinese authorities have imprisoned a man from Guangdong province in southern China for helping people avoid government surveillance of their internet usage. Court papers show Deng Jiewei, 26, was...
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Sen. Harris Quiet as Civil Rights Group Throws Support Behind...
The National Urban League has thrown its weight behind a bill aimed at fighting online sex-trafficking, putting more pressure on Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) to take a public stand on the bill. The...
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Turley Warns of ‘Reckless and Chilling’ Attacks on Free Speech by Regulating...
Jonathan Turley, a noted law professor at George Washington University and a leading liberal voice, has joined conservatives in condemning Democratic efforts to regulate political speech on the...
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NARAL: ‘Repealing Net Neutrality Is a Direct Threat to Reproductive Freedom’
NARAL Pro-Choice America on Tuesday tweeted an article that said repealing net neutrality qualifies as "a direct threat to reproductive freedom." In the article on Vice’s tech site Motherboard, author...
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