FCC Chair Commits to Enhancing WiFi/5G During Pandemic Despite Warnings From Experts
By B.N. Frank The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will use any excuse to promote, force, and speed up 5G deployment (see 1, 2, 3, 4,…
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Want Faster, More Secure AND Healthier Internet? Experts Suggest Wired Ethernet.
By B.N. Frank Due to the pandemic and quarantine – more people online at the same time in homes seems to be causing internet speed…
Coronavirus Fuels P2P Connectivity: Crypto-Driven Meshnet Gives Rural Towns Internet
By Jamie Redman While the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the economy across the U.S., a number of the 1,737 residents from Clatskanie, Oregon can’t obtain…
Large-Scale “Internet Rationing” Possible, Experts Warn
By Tyler Durden Netflix app downloads have exploded across Europe over the last several weeks as “Netflix and chill” “Netflix and quarantine” has been all the rage during countrywide…
Longest Internet Disruption in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Sets Dangerous Precedent
By Mong Palatino On 21 June 2019, Myanmar authorities ordered the blocking of the internet in nine townships of Rakhine and Chin States in northern…
The Rise of Internet 2.0
By George Gilder “The computer of the future will be as portable as your watch and as personal as your wallet. It will recognize speech…
Who Turned off Moscow’s Internet During Recent Protests?
By Maxim Edwards The situation in Moscow remains tense after renewed protests; thousands have taken to the Russian capital’s streets and squares in recent months to…
Netizen Report: In Nigeria and Russia, Laws Against Online “Insult” Put Internet Activists on Thin Ice
The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in technology and human rights around the world. This report covers…
Life-Altering Copyright Lawsuits Could Come to Regular Internet Users Under a New Law Moving in the Senate
By Ernesto Falcon The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to vote on the CASE Act, legislation that would create a brand new quasi-court for copyright infringement…
Netizen Report: Conflict Triggers Internet Shutdowns in Mauritania, Myanmar and Ethiopia (Again)
By Netizen Report Team The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in technology and human rights around the…
German President: Internet Regulation Could “Take the Wind out of the Sails of Populists”
By Daniel Taylor In a speech delivered during the re:publica internet conference in Berlin, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier scolded Big Tech platforms for not…
Fiber for Internet: When Small Cells are Added, It’s Not Safe At All
By B.N. Frank Activist Post published another article about this in December, “What is Dark Fiber?” You may not be aware of this but The…
Amazon to Launch 3200+ Satellites to Blast Harmful WiFi At Us Despite Expert Warnings About Excessive Amount of Dangerous Space Junk
By B.N. Frank Environmentalists everywhere should be losing their planet-loving minds right now because: Rocket fuel is highly polluting. Experts have warned there’s too much…
This Agency Might Wreck Internet Economics
By Jeffrey A. Tucker The Department of Housing and Urban Development has filed civil charges against Facebook for allowing advertising to target some groups and…