Clarence Walker, Drug War Chronicle. May 25, 2012.
Warrantless cell phone tracking has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for police officials who use it aggressively with little or no court oversight.
David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. June 30, 2011.
4G wireless is supposed to be cutting-edge, super-fast technology better than most home broadband. But mobile companies mostly aren't delivering on the promise.
David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. June 16, 2011.
Telecom giants Verizon and AT&T have gamed the system, using regulations designed to foster competition to snatch up ever more of the wireless spectrum.
Eric K. Arnold, New America Media. December 5, 2010.
If big internet service providers have their way, they'll be able to choose which artists you get to hear and see on the media platforms from which art goes viral.
Waxman's legislation, under the banner of mandating network neutrality, would prevent the govt. from requiring broadband providers to treat all web traffic equally.
Google's market capitalization is $150 billion. Verizon's is $85 billion. They don't care about our wellbeing. Even if one of them tells us it won't "be evil."
Net neutrality ensures a fair Internet. The telecom industry has the money and power to make sure that doesn't happen -- but the people (and the FCC) can fight back.
Verizon management has aggressively intimidated employees who support forming a union, and has closed down facilities after workers tried to organize a union.
Christy Hardin Smith: In case you were wondering about the need for individual, particularized warrants for American citizens under FISA, wonder no more.
