December 7th, 2010 | by mollysauter | published in Future of the Internet | 49 Comments
I just finished recording a podcast with Larry Lessig and the Berkman fellows about Wikileaks. It should be online within a day or two. In the meantime, we’ve been trying to simply nail down some of the facts surrounding the situation. We figured we’d share what we’ve gathered so far as a FAQ, and we’ll […]
December 3rd, 2010 | by zittrain | published in Future of the Internet, Generativity, net neutrality | 4 Comments
A few months ago it looked like there’d be no action on net neutrality in the US by the FCC or Congress. After some momentum gathered during both the Bush and Obama administrations, a federal court ruling had cast doubt on the FCC’s ability to regulate in the area, and a rancorous election season suggested […]
December 2nd, 2010 | by zittrain | published in Future of the Internet | Comments Off on The FTC’s do-not-track list
Yesterday the FTC announced a new project to encourage the formation of a “do-not-track” list, where Internet users could opt out of certain kinds of cookie-based Web tracking in one place and for good. The NYT room for debate blog asked for reactions — It’s amazing to think that the sophistication and intensity of behavioral […]
