Open Internet

'Price Too High and Rising': New Report Blasts Broadband Industry for Fueling Digital Divide

Alayjah Burnett, 12, attends an online class at her home in Vallejo, Calif. on Thursday, April 23, 2020.

Biden's $100 Billion Broadband Plan Hailed as Crucial Effort to Close 'Digital Divide'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"President Biden's $100 billion infrastructure plan acknowledges an important fact about broadband today—it is an essential service, like water and electricity, and our public policy should reflect that fact."

Groups Urge Lawmakers Against Gutting of Section 230 as Big Tech CEOs Testify

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Digital rights advocates are once again warning against repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

"Of course Facebook wants to see changes to Section 230. Because they know it...

Warning Against 'Democratic Version of Ajit Pai,' Groups Call for FCC Pick Without Telecom Ties

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Americans desperately need a return to an FCC that is an empowered advocate...

'This Is Not a Game': Internet Defenders Warn Against Gutting of Section 230—Key Law for Online Speech

Progressives Applaud Biden Pick of Rosenworcel to Lead FCC Out of Carnage Left by Ajit Pai

'This Is Atrocious': Congress Crams Language to Criminalize Online Streaming, Meme-Sharing Into 5,500-Page Omnibus Bill

Digital Rights Advocates Warn Trump's FCC Nominee—Who Backs Plan to Censor the Internet—Is 'Even Worse Than Ajit Pai'

'Huge Victory for Net Neutrality': Top EU Court Rebuffs Zero-Rating Schemes

Global Digital Divide a 'Barrier to Wider Equality' That Must Be Closed, Says World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee

As US Faces Nationwide Social Distancing, Coronavirus Threat Renews Demand for Universal Broadband Access

Contract for the Web: Internet Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Unveils Global Plan to Battle 'Digital Dystopia'

To Ensure 'Genuine Public Service for All,' UK Labour Party Proposes Free, Nationalized Broadband

'Be Ready to Fight Like Hell,' Say Internet Defenders as Court Upholds FCC Repeal of Net Neutrality

With Open Internet Under Assault, 2020 Democrats Urged to Sign Pledge to Reject Telecom Cash and Restore Net Neutrality

On One-Year Anniversary of Net Neutrality Repeal, Over 100 Groups Demand McConnell Immediately Allow Vote on Save the Internet Act

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Reset the Net: Don't Ask for Privacy, Take It Back

Some of the world's largest websites and rights groups are planning a coordinated day of action on June 5, the first anniversary of Snowden's revelations, to oppose mass online surveillance. The Reset the Net campaign, launched by Fight for the Future, will feature a splash screen offering tips for direct action, like how to install NSA-resistant encryption tools , to ensure Internet privacy.