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Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare Itbillion dollar investment in public infrastructureSupport Broadband for All in CAliforniaShare ItVisa, the credit card network, is financial technology company Plaid for $5.3 billion. The merger is bad for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it would allow a giant company with a controlling market share and a to snap...Episode 004 of EFF’s How to Fix the InternetCory Doctorow joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss how large, established tech companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook can block interoperability in order to squelch competition and control their users, and how we can fix this by...When there are only five people in charge of a major federal agency, the personal agenda of even one of them can have a profound impact. That’s why EFF is closely watching the nomination of Nathan Simington to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).Simington’s nomination appears to be the culmination of...Next time you hear someone blame Section 230 for a problem with social media platforms, ask yourself two questions: first, was this problem actually caused by Section 230? Second, would weakening Section 230 solve the problem? Politicians and commentators on both sides of the aisle frequently blame Section 230 for...If you are on Instagram, you have been probably bombarded by Instagram Stories and notifications about emojis, chat themes, selfie stickers, and “cross-platform messaging” that will allow you to exchange direct messages with, and search for, friends who are on Facebook. But the...AT&amp;T and Verizon secured arguably one of the biggest regulatory benefits from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the agency ending the last remnants of telecom competition law. In return for this massive gift from the federal government, they will give the public absolutely nothing. A Little Bit of Telecom...Update (10/29/2020): Our discussion of interoperability measures was altered to acknowledge that, while this is contemplated in the leaked document, the mentions are lacking the specificity of other measures under consideration.At the end of September, multiple press outlets published proposed for the a...Right now the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Broadband Council are collecting public comments to create the California Broadband Plan, per . The order’s purpose is to find a way to deliver 100 mbps-capable Internet connections to around 2 million Californians who lack...The long-awaited [pdf] by the House Judiciary Committee staff on Big Tech’s monopoly power hits all the right notes—and just a few wrong ones. Following a year of hearings and research, the staff of the Subcommittee on Antitrust found that Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple all...The early 1980s were a period of tremendous foment and excitement for tech. In the four years between 1980 and 1984, Americans met:The Vic-20 (1980);The Commodore 64 (1981);The IBM PC (1982); and (1984)But no matter how exciting things were in Silicon Valley during those years, even more...Share It

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare Itbillion dollar investment in public infrastructureSupport Broadband for All in CAliforniaShare ItVisa, the credit card network, is financial technology company Plaid for $5.3 billion. The merger is bad for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it would allow a giant company with a controlling market share and a to snap...Episode 004 of EFF’s How to Fix the InternetCory Doctorow joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss how large, established tech companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook can...

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