Tag: net neutrality

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: March 5, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of March 5th, 2021 Judge rules that California can continue with its net neutrality law Californians first passed their net neutrality law, SB 822, back in 2018 after the FCC repealed net neutrality laws for the entire country. Since 2018, internet service providers and various lobbying groups have been … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: March 5, 2021”

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  • Feb 26, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

Judge rules that California can continue with its net neutrality law

Judge John Mendez of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California has ruled to let the state of California enact SB 822, a net neutrality law that was passed in the aftermath of the federal repeal of net neutrality. It’s been two years since SB 822 passed the California legislature. Soon after … Continue reading “Judge rules that California can continue with its net neutrality law”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 14, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of August 14th, 2020 Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September The Chinese government is rolling out a real name authentication and verification system to all online games in the country by the end of the month. Some of these verification systems … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 14, 2020”

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  • Aug 7, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

The Department of Justice wants to stop California from having net neutrality

The US Department of Justice has filed for an injunction to stop California from implementing their own net neutrality laws. Net neutrality has been repealed in the United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) effective since summer 2018, and now the effort of states to bring their citizens back under net neutrality protections is being challenged … Continue reading “The Department of Justice wants to stop California from having net neutrality”

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  • Feb 21, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

ISPs sue Maine; claim their First Amendment right to free speech allows them to sell your internet history

Internet service providers (ISPs) are taking the state of Maine to court over an internet privacy law that the ISPs do not want to follow. The lawsuit was first reported on by ArsTechnica’s Jon Brodkin. Back in 2017, Maine legislatures on every side of the bench came together to propose a law that forbade ISPs … Continue reading “ISPs sue Maine; claim their First Amendment right to free speech allows them to sell your internet history”

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  • Oct 9, 2019 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

US Court says that states can ignore FCC and pass their own net neutrality laws

A circuit judge has ruled that States can enact their own net neutrality laws – like California is doing – and that isn’t against the current federal rules on net neutrality. Ever since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) outlawed net neutrality protections in 2016, the question of whether states could enact their own net neutrality … Continue reading “US Court says that states can ignore FCC and pass their own net neutrality laws”

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Join the Epic Livestream to Save Net Neutrality

About one year ago, ISP’s like Comcast, Verizon & AT&T killed net neutrality, giving themselves control over everything we see and do online. Millions of citizens fought back, demanding that Congress bring back net neutrality, prompting the House of Representatives to pass the Save The Internet Act. However, Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, who … Continue reading “Join the Epic Livestream to Save Net Neutrality”

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  • Mar 25, 2019 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News,

Tell your representatives today to save net neutrality by supporting the Save the Internet Act of 2019

Supporters of net neutrality in America need to mobilize this week as the legislative battle to bring back net neutrality heats up. The current front runner in saving net neutrality is none other than HR 1644, also known as the “Save the Internet Act of 2019.” The full text of HR 1644 can be found … Continue reading “Tell your representatives today to save net neutrality by supporting the Save the Internet Act of 2019”

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  • Jan 9, 2019 |
  • Derek Zimmer |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, VPN,

OpenVPN 2.5.0 – What is Coming to OpenVPN in 2019

OpenVPN is the old guard of the VPN world. It is powerful, stable, and it has a large and enthusiastic dev community backed by multiple commercial interests. A new dot release is scheduled to be released this year, with many new features that aim to make OpenVPN easier to use and resist censorship. Here is … Continue reading “OpenVPN 2.5.0 – What is Coming to OpenVPN in 2019”

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