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The legacy of Barlow’s cyberspace declaration of independence
The day after President Bill Clinton signed the 1996 Telecommunications Act into law, the act was harshly rebuked by a classic rant emanating from the plush confines of Davos, the policy playground of...
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5 wireless technologies that will change the world
Some remarkable technologies are emerging from the field of wireless engineering, and they promise to make radical improvements in the ways we work, play, learn, and communicate in the fairly near...
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Making the FCC great again
Celebrity businessman Donald Trump raised more than a few eyebrows when he called for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fine his critic Rich Lowry and ban him from the airwaves. Lowry’s...
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Encryption: The FBI’s “Comedy of Errors”
The comedy of errors continues in the case of the FBI’s attempt to penetrate the iPhone issued to San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook by his employer. To review, the phone in question was issued to...
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Labeling for no good reason
In a political season dominated by bravado and bumper-sticker slogans, it’s no wonder that labels have surpassed logic in policy discourse. It’s not limited to the campaign trail; consider, for...
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Net neutrality is effectively random
Net neutrality is a program of price regulation, and it has always run aground on the question of service differentiation, as my colleague Bronwyn Howell pointed out last week. Net neutrality advocates...
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Surge in data localization laws spells trouble for Internet users
Data localization laws — restrictions against the transfer of various kinds of personal information across national or regional boundaries — are increasingly common. These laws are driven by two...
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12 things Mary Meeker wants you to know about the Internet, 2016 edition...
The release of Mary Meeker’s annual slide deck on Internet trends is an occasion for everyone with a stake in the development of the Internet economy to take stock of where we are and where we’re...
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12 things Mary Meeker wants you to know about the Internet, 2016 edition...
In a post published earlier this week, I distilled six important insights from Mary Meeker's “Internet Trends” slide deck. Today’s post offers six more nuggets of wisdom, this time focusing on trends...
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Four ripple effects of the FCC’s net neutrality rules
Fans of the FCC’s 2015 reclassification of Internet service under Title II argued the move would protect consumers and edge companies from arbitrary charges from the ISPs, increase our privacy by...
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