Net Neutrality In the News
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May 01, 2009
Minnesota orders ISPs to blacklist gambling sites Declan McCullagh, CNET NewsThe state of Minnesota has handed Internet providers a 7-page blacklist (PDF) of gambling Web sites that they’re supposed to prevent customers from accessing, a move that raises First Amendment and technical concerns.
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Apr 30, 2009
DPI: It’s Going to Be About More Than Ads Stacey Higginbotham, GigaomThe practice of deep packet inspection has raised privacy concerns among several organizations, including The Free Press and Center for Democracy and Technology. Congress recently heard testimony about ISPs using the technology to target advertising at web surfers. But DPI vendors reveal that advertising is a blunt instrument when it comes to generating revenue. It’s likely most carriers will use DPI, which can determine the details of packets traveling over the web, to boost sales in far more subtle ways.
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Apr 29, 2009
Profanity Ruling Could Boost Net Neutrality Wendy Davis, Media PostThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week to back the Federal Communications Commission in its hard line against profanity on TV could also boost the FCC on a seemingly unrelated matter: its decision to sanction Comcast for violating net neutrality principles.
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Apr 29, 2009
Minnesota notifies telecoms to prohibit access between residents and gambling sites Park Rapids EnterpriseThe Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) today announced that it has served written notice to 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers (ISPs) instructing them to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based computers to nearly 200 online gambling Web sites.
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Apr 28, 2009
Time to Put the Brakes On the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 Jason Lee Miller, WebProNewsWhat is essentially a federal government power grab combined with a giant money grab for industry is a real and perhaps unnecessary threat to your privacy and personal security. On top of that hole in your privacy, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 plants a big, potentially exploitable hole on the network.
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