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Fuel tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Linden Junction Tank Farm on May 10, 2021 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down the largest U.S. pipeline system on Friday after a ransomware attack. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
'Price Too High and Rising': New Report Blasts Broadband Industry for Fueling Digital Divide
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Alayjah Burnett, 12, attends an online class at her home in Vallejo, Calif. on Thursday, April 23, 2020.
"The steep price of a high-speed connection is the primary barrier—a hard truth that flies in the face of the wild claims broadband-industry lobbyists make about prices getting better for internet users."
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Wireless Companies Lobby to Weaken Bill That Would Protect Domestic Abuse Survivors From Threats
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A lobbying group for companies including Verizon and T-Mobile is fighting to...
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Signal Trolls Facebook by Showing How Data Is Collected for Targeted Advertising
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The encrypted messaging app Signal has exploded in popularity recently. (Photo: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
"You got this ad because you're a newlywed pilates instructor and you're...
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In this photo illustration, the WhatsApp application is displayed on an iPhone on April 6, 2016 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
Privacy Champions Urge Passage of 'Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale' Act
"America is facing a crisis of online misinformation that is eroding faith in our democratic institutions, threatening public health, stoking radical extremism, and fanning the flames of hatred and division," an anti-monopoly coalition warned on April 15, 2021. (Photo Illustration: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Biden Urged to Pick Appointees Who Will Strongly Enforce Antitrust Laws Against Big Tech
A child watches a video on a mobile phone at a house in Palu, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on September 4, 2020. (Photo: Basri Marzuki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Health Advocates Urge Facebook to Scrap Plan to Build Instagram for Kids 12 and Under
Digital rights advocates are once again warning against repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Groups Urge Lawmakers Against Gutting of Section 230 as Big Tech CEOs Testify
A cardboard cutout of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, dressed up as the QAnon Shaman on Thursday, March 25, 2021.
'Focus on Structural Power': Lawmakers Told to Press Big Tech CEOs on 'Toxic' Business Model
Silhouette of a man is seen in front of Amazon and Apple logos on September 5, 2018.
Fending Off Antitrust Push, Tech Giants Now Biggest Spenders on DC Lobbying
An Amazon delivery driver carries boxes on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Amazon to Delivery Drivers: Agree to Be Spied On Biometrically or You're Fired
Joe Biden speaks alongside Barack Obama during a signing ceremony on December 13, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
Progressives Demand Biden Break From Obama's 'Failed Leadership' on Antitrust
Protesters attend the hearing where Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing on April 10, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Coalition Forms to Challenge 'Predatory' Surveillance Advertising by Big Tech
Child advocates are alarmed by the possibility of an Instagram for children under age 13. (Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images)
'Deeply Concerning': Critics Decry Facebook Plan to Build Instagram for Kids 12 and Under
Invisiclip was invented by high school seniors Evan Alfandre and Will McCormack. (Photo: Fight for the Future)
Teens, Fight for the Future Sell 'Invisiclip' to Counter 'Menace of Facial Recognition'
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee attends the Campus Party Italia 2019 as keynote speaker at on July 25, 2019 in Milan. (Photo: Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty Images)
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