The Internet is being used to recruit terrorists, to spread disturbing and abusive content, and fake news, and many of us want to stop this. Facebook allegedly sold ads to Russian operatives whose goal was to sow discord within the

Net neutrality means that your Internet service provider should not be able to treat some type of content on the Internet different from others. In other words, all websites and their content would be considered to be equal. Net neutrality

In the continental United States, the clouds are parting, and communities along the Gulf Coast can finally survey the devastation caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma.  After causing total losses of around $150 billion, they are currently the third and

In Lethal Weapon 2, a corrupt diplomat repeatedly mocks the protagonists by pointing out that he has diplomatic immunity and cannot be arrested for all of the drug smuggling and violence that forms the basis of the movie’s plot.  People

On April 9th, a video showing police officers forcibly dragging a passenger off a United Airlines flight sparked outrage on social media.  United asked for four volunteers in order to make room for United employees after passengers had been boarded

In October 2016, the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC, adopted new privacy rules that govern the relationship between Internet Service Providers, ISPs, and their customers. Federal law allows Congress to block agency rules.  Congress did just that with a joint

Click here to accept these terms.  That sentence, or a variation of it, is something that we routinely encounter. It shows up in app updates, on website registration pages, and during the installation of software and computer games. Most people

What do a security camera, a router, and a DVR have in common?  No, it is not that you need all three to re-watch Game 7 of the World Series. These are three types of Internet-connected devices that are blamed

Lately, Samsung has been having problems with its new smartphone product, the Galaxy Note 7.  The company, most notable for their electronics, has been the cause of cancelled airplane flights, burning cars, hotel room destruction, and house fires.  The cause

Last year, in Fortune magazine, Martin Shkreli was named the “most hated man in America”.The hedge fund manager-turned pharmaceutical CEO earned his title after he increased the price of a life-saving drug used to help AIDS patients by 5,500%.Recently, a