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The largest collection of public internet censorship data ever compiled shows that even citizens of the world's freest countries are not safe from internet censorship. https://phys.org/news/2020-11-extremely-aggressive-internet-censorship-world.html Social Sciences Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:38:37 EST news524824712 Some of the most hated companies in the U.S. are also the most profitable. https://phys.org/news/2019-12-bad-customer-wont-anytime.html Economics & Business Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:06:57 EST news496051614 A new study looks behind closed doors to reveal how UK viewing habits are shifting away from traditional broadcasting with more data-intensive streaming options now the default for many. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-uk-unsustainable-viewing-habits.html Other Mon, 13 May 2019 11:58:56 EDT news476967523 The House has passed bill Wednesday to restore Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, but the legislation faces slim odds of making it through the Republican-controlled Senate. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-house-bill-net-neutrality.html Telecom Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:11:05 EDT news474117057 For much of the past decade, fierce political battles over the internet have involved concerns that the fastest access would go only to those with the greatest ability to pay. In testimony last week in Washington, however, a Princeton professor said measuring such performance is no longer so simple. On the internet, speed no longer rules. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-net-neutrality-internet-tools-princeton.html Internet Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:14:19 EDT news473321652 Disney has closed its $71 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment business, putting "Cinderella," ''The Simpsons," ''Star Wars" and "Dr. Strange" under one corporate roof. https://phys.org/news/2019-03-disney-71b-fox-assets.html Business Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:58:06 EDT news472269370 Democratic US lawmakers Wednesday unveiled legislation to restore so-called "net neutrality" rules requiring internet providers to treat all online traffic equally. https://phys.org/news/2019-03-democrats-unveil-bill-net-neutrality.html Telecom Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:42:11 EST news471098524 Key parts of the internet infrastructure face large-scale attacks that threaten the global system of web traffic, the internet's address keeper warned Friday. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-issued-internet-infrastructure.html Security Sat, 23 Feb 2019 04:09:13 EST news470117344 A December 2017 decision by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), the American agency responsible for regulating the US telecom sector (equivalent of the French ARCEP and the European BEREC), has changed the status of its Internet-service providers. While Europe is protected because of the law on open Internet access, adopted in 2015, the change in the United States provides a good opportunity for reflecting on the neutrality of Internet services. https://phys.org/news/2019-01-web-neutrality-internet.html Internet Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:26:56 EST news467972807 EU ministers raised concerns Friday about whether citizens' rights are protected in a bill aimed at speeding up investigators' access to email and other digital evidence in cross-border terrorism cases. https://phys.org/news/2018-12-eu-ministers-privacy-e-evidence-bill.html Internet Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:04:57 EST news463399487 An internet traffic diversion rerouted data through Russia and China and disrupted Google services on Monday, including search, cloud-hosting services and its bundle of collaboration tools for businesses. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-internet-traffic-hijack-disrupts-google.html Telecom Tue, 13 Nov 2018 02:47:32 EST news461299640 STOP! This is illegal. You may be monitored and fined. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-music-explicit-anti-piracy-deterrent.html Internet Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:54:03 EST news460738432 The Supreme Court has ended the court fight over repealed Obama-era "net neutrality" rules that required internet providers to treat all online traffic equally. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-supreme-court-net-neutrality-appeal.html Telecom Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:55:59 EST news460634154 Vietnam may give internet companies like Google and Facebook one year to comply with a controversial cybersecurity law, according to a draft decree that outlines how the draconian bill could be implemented. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-vietnam-tech-companies-year-cyberlaw.html Internet Sat, 03 Nov 2018 18:18:33 EDT news460487907 California won't enforce the nation's toughest state-level net-neutrality law when it takes effect in January, agreeing Friday with the Trump administration and internet companies who sued that the state law should wait for the outcome of a separate lawsuit pending in Washington. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-california-net-neutrality-law.html Telecom Sat, 27 Oct 2018 04:48:58 EDT news459834532 California now has the strongest net neutrality rules in the nation, after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill during a last-minute flurry of bill signings and vetoes Sunday. A little over an hour after the announcement, the Department of Justice sued the state. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-california-sued-doj-governor-net.html Internet Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:30:01 EDT news457772049 A U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit could delay the rollout of California's toughest-in-the country net neutrality law, which is set to take effect Jan. 1. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-doj-lawsuit-california-net-neutrality.html Telecom Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:08:38 EDT news457664905 California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved the nation's strongest net neutrality law, prompting an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration and opening the next phase in the battle over regulating the internet. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-california-internet-neutrality-law-lawsuit.html Telecom Mon, 01 Oct 2018 02:30:01 EDT news457579706 Canada's high court on Friday ruled that Hollywood studios and other copyright holders must pay internet service providers to chase down Canadians suspected of illegally downloading movies or other online content. https://phys.org/news/2018-09-canada-court-hollywood-alleged-internet.html Internet Sat, 15 Sep 2018 04:40:02 EDT news456204213 California lawmakers advanced an ambitious proposal Thursday to prevent broadband providers from hindering or manipulating access to the internet, bringing the state closer to enacting the strongest net neutrality protections in the country. https://phys.org/news/2018-08-california-legislators-advance-bill-strongest.html Internet Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:03:08 EDT news454932183 Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom announced plans Thursday to merge into a Aus$15 billion (US$11 billion) unit to take on key rivals Telstra and Optus as competition heats up in the telecommunications sector. https://phys.org/news/2018-08-tpg-telecom-vodafone-hutchison-australia.html Business Thu, 30 Aug 2018 04:20:02 EDT news454819030 Zambia will tax phone calls made over the internet to protect traditional telecoms companies, the government said Monday, a move activists warned would stifle freedom of expression. https://phys.org/news/2018-08-anger-zambia-tax-internet.html Telecom Mon, 20 Aug 2018 10:51:21 EDT news453981075 Senate Democrats, joined by three Republicans, pushed through a measure intended to revive Obama-era internet rules that ensured equal treatment for all web traffic, though opposition in the House and the White House seems insurmountable. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-democrats-net-neutrality-issue-votes.html Telecom Thu, 17 May 2018 03:41:28 EDT news445747278 The US Senate voted Wednesday to restore so-called "net neutrality" rules aimed at requiring all online data to be treated equally, the latest step in a years-long battle on internet regulation. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-senate-votes-net-neutrality.html Telecom Wed, 16 May 2018 17:06:46 EDT news445709187 The Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules will take effect in a month, it announced Thursday. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-net-neutrality-date.html Telecom Sat, 12 May 2018 14:10:01 EDT news445351919 In late April, the top federal cybersecurity agency, US-CERT, announced that Russian hackers had attacked internet-connected devices throughout the U.S., including network routers in private homes. Most people set them up – or had their internet service provider set them up – and haven't thought much about them since. But it's the gateway to the internet for every device on your home network, including Wi-Fi connected ones. That makes it a potential target for anyone who wants to attack you, or, more likely, use your internet connection to attack someone else. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-home-internet-hacked.html Security Fri, 04 May 2018 10:36:52 EDT news444649004 Iranian authorities have ordered internet service providers to block access to Telegram, a popular messaging app used by an estimated 40 million Iranians, state TV reported Monday. https://phys.org/news/2018-04-iran-internet-block-telegram.html Internet Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:43:34 EDT news444311008 If you can't beat them, join them. Comcast is trying to refigure the traditional cable bundle, adding services like Netflix to its subscription packages and offering internet-only TV streaming. https://phys.org/news/2018-04-comcast-cable-game.html Business Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:51:47 EDT news443893899 South Korea's telecoms regulator has fined Facebook for illegally limiting user access to its services from late 2016 to 2017. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-facebook-fined-south-korea-limiting.html Internet Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:12:00 EDT news440831512 Washington became the first state Monday to set up its own net-neutrality requirements after U.S. regulators repealed Obama-era rules that banned internet providers from blocking content or interfering with online traffic. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-washington-state-net-neutrality.html Telecom Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:22:23 EST news439525326