A Cable Merger Too Far

There are good reasons the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission should block Comcast’s $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable.

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FCC failing on its No. 1 priority

For more than a decade, the Federal Communications Commission has been failing to protect the public interest and strengthen the nation's broadband infrastructure.

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FTC Chair Edith Ramirez Fights for Data Security and Privacy Rights

A Q&A with Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. She is putting the agency front and center as the nation’s leading enforcer on privacy and data security.

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Trans-Atlantic war over Google

Europe’s moves to rein in Google -- including a court ruling this month ordering the search giant to give people a say in what pops up when someone searches their name -- may be seen in Brussels as striking a blow for the little guy. But across the Atlantic, the idea that users should be able to edit Google search results in the name of privacy is being slammed as weird and difficult to enforce at best and a crackdown on free speech at worst.

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Tech: DC’s biggest loser?

Silicon Valley just can’t win in Washington.

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Chairman Walden Fears Rough Waters Ahead for FCC

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler agreed to be the lone witness at the House Communications Subcommittee FCC oversight hearing May 20, where he could hear it from both sides of the aisle on network neutrality, and Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) indicated May 19 that it was not going to be a triumphal return for Chairman Wheeler.

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It’s not a “fast lane” but Comcast built a CDN to charge for video delivery

Comcast is now competing against content delivery networks (CDNs) such as Akamai with a new service that can improve delivery of video to Comcast subscribers in exchange for payment.

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What to make of Obama’s tepid response on network neutrality

Nearly a decade after he vociferously defended an Internet that didn't speed up Web traffic to Fox or slow traffic to BarackObama.com, President Barack Obama's stance on network neutrality has considerably softened.

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