Sen. Al Franken headed to Austin, Texas, on Monday to speak about net neutrality at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, one of the largest film, music and interactive gatherings. In his speech, Franken said that net neutrality is important for many of the artists who showcase their talents at More…
Before Congress has a chance to vote on a Republican-backed bill to repeal the Federal Communication Commission’s Internet-access regulations passed in December, a grassroots effort is in motion to uphold the FCC’s rule to enforce net neutrality, essentially preventing network service providers from blocking access to certain legal websites. More…
The Comcast’s acquisition of a controlling stack in NBC Universal, approved on Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), included a stipulation for Comcast to increase broadband access to low-income households.
Glenn Thrush has a keen, insightful post on how “Republicans are absolutely killing Democrats when it comes to leveraging the web to go negative,” using the spinning of David Axelrod’s Sunday morning remarks about turning the interrogation of the Christmas bomber over to the FBI as an example. Read More…
Reports yesterday of a massive security breach by the Transportation Security Administration, which accidentally posted online extremely sensitive information about its airport screening procedures, is coming up repeatedly in today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Included among the information TSA posted were the limitations of x-ray machines at airports More…
Via The Minnesota Independent, shortly after the Web-tracking site Technorati revamped its algorithm for ranking blogs and other Websites, The Washington Independent now ranks as Technorati’s No. 1 U.S. Politics News Site. TWI also ranks No. 4 on More…
The Iranian regime is able to shut down access to e-mail (by limiting bandwidth), SMS and Facebook. Lots of protesters and would-be protesters are unable to make phone calls or otherwise communicate with each other, thereby limiting the ability of the opposition movement to gather strength. But the regime is More…
For the past couple years, the Pentagon’s communications staff has tried to familiarize itself with all Internet traditions, with some frustration. The new-media staff took major strides in outreach to the blogosphere by launching blogger conference calls between military leaders and Cheeto dust-encrusted bloggers like myself. They even launched More…
Sen. Barack Obama has one of the most sophisticated organizations in political history, as many observers have noted, and his aides’ attention to detail is striking. The campaign has been pelting supporters with emails for 20 months now, for example, but it saved one email trick for the homestretch.
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“This man should be our president,” former President Bill Clinton told a boisterous, late-night rally for Sen. Barack Obama in Florida on Wednesday.
After the famous infomercial had aired — and while the pundits still traded their meta-analysis on cable news — Clinton made a strong case for why Obama More…
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