Internet Rights

FBI used Best Buy’s Geek Squad to spy on customers, lawsuit alleges

The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment.

On Jun 2, 2017 by Andrew Wyrich

The anti-censorship tech inspired by Turkey’s oppressive regime

Streisand, an open-source VPN suite, has been beating back creeping government censorship since 2014.

On Aug 30, 2016 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

U.S. court rules FCC lacks authority to upend state bans on community-run broadband

This is a big win for Comcast

On Aug 11, 2016 by Aaron Sankin

Separating fact from propaganda in post-coup Turkey

Turkey is awash in anti-American conspiracy theories.

On Aug 9, 2016 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

Iran bans Pokémon Go over ‘security concerns’

Iran’s censorship regime ramps up in the face of Pokémon mania.

On Aug 8, 2016 by Andrew Couts

Comcast wants to charge you more for better privacy

Can you afford to be private?

On Aug 5, 2016 by Dell Cameron

Facebook’s privacy chief insists Facebook is ‘a privacy-enhancing platform’

When it comes to privacy, Facebook wants you to trust yourself.

On Jul 30, 2016 by Aaron Sankin

How Ugandans can beat government censorship

As officials openly censors the Internet, citizens turn to Tor and Psiphon.

On May 12, 2016 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

Turkey’s YouTube ban violated free speech, European court rules

This is not the only time Turkey’s government has censored the Internet.

On Dec 1, 2015 by Kevin Collier

Google must extend ‘right to be forgotten’ deletions to its entire network

Google has warned that spreading ‘right to be forgotten’ further could have a chilling effect online.

On Sep 21, 2015 by Eric Geller

The British Library crowdsourced a Magna Carta for Internet rights

Magna Carta 2.0 is long overdue.

On Jun 8, 2015 by Eric Geller

Iranian Ayatollah condemns high-speed Internet as ‘un-Islamic’

But Iran’s president disagrees.

On Aug 28, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

One year after Snowden leaks, privacy campaign seeks to ‘Reset the Net’

“They depend on our mistakes—mistakes we can fix.”

On Jun 5, 2014 by Lewis Parker

Open Rights Group crowdfunds anti-censorship campaign in U.K.

U.K Internet censorship is old news—and that’s the problem.

On May 16, 2014 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Comcast exec to customers: Your uncapped-data days are numbered

Internet users could be charged more for using over 300GB of data a month.

On May 15, 2014 by Tim Sampson