
On Tuesday, at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) inquired if the Federal Communications Commission has the power to shut down websites used by the Islamic State and other terrorist groups.
by John Hayward17 Nov 2015, 8:35 PM PST0

A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” on Thursday, according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages was not known, officials said.
by Breitbart News12 Nov 2015, 8:09 PM PST0

A new poll shows that a majority of leftist college students oppose censorship in general – but support censorship in reality when it boosts their “politically correct” progressive ideology.
by William Bigelow28 Oct 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

As the effects of Net Neutrality have begun to appear in the tech industry, California’s Employment Development Department reports that the government created more jobs than the private sector did in the Bay Area in August.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Sep 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

As James T. Areddy at the Wall Street Journal tells it, the Chinese military was deeply troubled by the role a supposedly U.S.-dominated Internet played in destabilizing other despotic governments and warned Beijing could be next. The warning described the Internet as “a new form of global control” and the United States as a “shadow” hovering behind various uprisings.
by John Hayward29 Jul 2015, 8:43 PM PST0

A video shot in Japan’s port city of Osaka has been making the rounds online, displaying a swarm of white spherical objects of unknown origin flying across the sky. The low-quality footage has triggered speculation over extra-terrestrial life and UFOs.
by Breitbart News29 Jul 2015, 7:04 AM PST0

The value of the euro compared to major peer currencies is already dropping as the financial effects of the Greek ‘No’ vote in Sunday’s referendum filter into the global market. With analysts predicting banks facing funding crises and individuals unable to take their money from ATMs, volatility is set to reign for some time.
by Sarkis Zeronian5 Jul 2015, 5:14 PM PST0

In a speech in South Korea, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Internet needs heavier regulations to “be able to flourish and work properly.”
by Warner Todd Huston18 May 2015, 8:13 PM PST0

Wednesday on Fox News Radio’s “The Alan Colmes Show,” FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said the government taking control of the infrastructure of internet with “net neutrality” will eventually lead to attempts to take control of content on websites like the
by Pam Key14 May 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Over the weekend Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Ajit Pai said he anticipates that, as a result of the passage of net neutrality regulations, federal regulators will attempt to control political websites – such as the Drudge Report – through the FCC or Federal Elections Commission (FEC).
by Dr. Susan Berry5 May 2015, 8:20 AM PST0

John Malone, Chairman of Liberty Media, the dominant shareholder of Charter Communications, reportedly called Time Warner Cable CEO Rob Marcus in recent days about a friendly merger following the collapse last week of an offer by Comcast to buy Time Warner, according to the Wall Street Journal blog. Malone and Marcus appear be discussing a 3-way merger that would challenge Comcast’s industry dominance.
by Chriss W. Street4 May 2015, 4:50 AM PST0

TechCrunch’s Kat Zakrzewski has an odd argument against Republican bills to curb the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent decision to impose Net Neutrality: we don’t really need transparency, after all. Zakrzewski’s stance shows how far Silicon Valley’s “progressive” activists have come after years of pushing for the maximum transparency possible in public affairs. When the feds are doing what they want, the public is better off in the dark.
by Joel B. Pollak22 Apr 2015, 5:57 AM PST0

The European Union has been involved in what seems like a permanent investigation of Google for abusing its search-engine dominance. There is a certain through-the-looking-glass quality to Reuters’ report on the latest developments, as Google is punished with anti-competitive regulations for allegedly engaging in anti-competitive practices.
by John Hayward20 Apr 2015, 2:42 PM PST0

The Wall Street Journal recently published a strange piece called “Why Cable TV Beats the Internet, For Now.” Despite pay-TV losing 1.4 million customers last year, it seems the WSJ is device-challenged and unwilling to embrace the obvious future dominance of Internet streaming media. And the war to discount your cost for pay-TV is heating up.
by Chriss W. Street26 Mar 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Democrat members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are now admitting that new net neutrality regulations may allow them to determine pricing for Internet service, an admission that’s seen as “a vindication to critics of the new Internet rules, who have long warned that the agency’s powers will give it unprecedented control over the Web,” according to a report from The Hill.
by Dan Riehl18 Mar 2015, 7:34 PM PST0

Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said because of the new FCC net neutrality rules passed in February that reclassified broadband as a telecommunications, which placed it under Title II regulations and taxes of
by Pam Key17 Mar 2015, 12:03 PM PST0

Thursday on Newsmax TV’s “MidPoint,” Sen. John Thune (R-SD) explained he is working on a six-page bill and getting support from Democrats on Capitol Hill to stop the FCC’s now-passed net neutrality plan, which turns the Internet into a utility
by Pam Key5 Mar 2015, 11:11 AM PST0

The hard-Left publication The Nation and their allies advocated for the FCC’s “Net Neutrality” passage to regulate and tax the Internet as “People Power”. But in politics, it is always best to “follow the money.” For 2014, lobbying expenditures by computer/Internet companies hit $139.5 million. The Left likes to talk about “People Power”, but Silicon Valley lobbying cash is “Corporate Power.”
by Chriss W. Street1 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Communications Committee has welcomed the vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow the government to take control over the Internet.
by Dr. Susan Berry27 Feb 2015, 11:21 AM PST0

Verizon, prepared for the FCC decision to embrace “net-neutrality” rules on Thursday, had a ready response once the decision became final. The company issued a press release mocking the new standard by dating the press release February 26, 1934, and titling it, “Title II Regulations a ‘Net’ Loss for Innovation and Consumers: FCC’s ‘Throwback Thursday’ Move Imposes 1930s Rules on the Internet.”
by William Bigelow26 Feb 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

Thursday at the Federal Communications Commission meeting on open Internet rules and access to broadband Internet, Commissioner Ajit Pai made a statement before the FCC vote to take unprecedented control over the internet with a secret plan. Transcript as follows:
by Pam Key26 Feb 2015, 10:26 AM PST0

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve a wildly controversial Net Neutrality policy that will regulate and tax the Internet intensely, much like the old AT&T telephone monopoly. To help secure political support, Chairman Tom Wheeler made last-minute revisions at the request of Google, according to Politico’s sources at the Commission.
by Chriss W. Street26 Feb 2015, 10:19 AM PST0

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on strict new regulations for the Internet, and because the FCC is controlled by Democrats, Barack Obama’s plans for more government control of online traffic may well come true.
by William Bigelow26 Feb 2015, 9:45 AM PST0

Wednesday, fresh off her Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the FCC’s attempt to seize control of the internet by non-elected commissioners passing a 332-page secret plan, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said the FCC is attempting to apply 1930’s era
by Pam Key25 Feb 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

The whiz kids of Silicon Valley are celebrating the GOP’s apparent collapse on Net Neutrality. The New York Times exults: “the little guys appear to have won.” It omits that the “little guys” are some of the richest people in America, and–by their own lights–the smartest. The odd thing is that the nerds who have an app for everythng seem to be unable to explain what Net Neutrality actually is, and why we need it. Case in point: Tuesday’s epic failure by Tumblr CEO David Karp on CNBC.
by Joel B. Pollak24 Feb 2015, 6:49 PM PST0