Since he was first elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2010, Scott Wiener has proven to be a highly effective legislator, passing bills regulating the environment, housing protections, and the LGBT community. Now, as San Francisco's representative in the ...read more
Last month, California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced bill SB-822, which would extend net neutrality protections throughout the state and strike a major blow to the FCC and its chairman, Ajit Pai. Today, the bill received a hearing from the State's Energy, Utilities, and ...read more
Since repealing net neutrality last December, the FCC has faced significant pushback. In the federal government, Senators have introduced a resolution to overturn the decision. The governments of Montana, New York, and Hawaii have passed laws protecting consumers from ISPs that ...read more
Today, the FCC voted in a 3-2 decision to end Net Neutrality, allowing major service providers - Verizon, AT&T, Comcast - to control our internet access. Thanks to this, they'll be able to charge us to access sites we should have for free, like Yelp, or that we already pay to ...read more
Net neutrality is on the chopping block, and if this doesn't scare you because you either A) Don't really know what it is, or B) Heard about it the last time it was under attack but stopped worrying about it because it pulled through, then you better steel your nerves real fast, ...read more
Edward R. Murrow spoke truth to power when, in 1954, he attacked Senator Joe McCarthy on his program, See It Now. For too long, McCarthy had gone unchecked by the media as he attacked the foundations of our democracy. Murrow is rightly lionized for his crusade against the ...read more
Happy Friday. Here's what's going on in the world -- or at least on the internet -- that you can use to pass the time until you get to start your weekend. 1. All the talent that NBC has unceremoniously dumped over the years that's actually been, you know, talented and somehow ...read more
Happy Tuesday; we've got a long way left to go. Here's what's happening on the interweb: 1. Syria War Stirs New U.S. Debate on Cyberattacks The Obama administration has been engaged in a largely secret debate about whether cyberarms should be used like ordinary weapons, ...read more
It was reported that in the wake of new net neutrality laws, Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to ensure that its movies and TV shows stream more quickly . Now I already spent a few hundred words last week discussing how Netflix not only climbed out of a grave, but has thrived ...read more
It's Friday, so kick back, relax and pore over these headlines and internet goodies while you wait to bail and go get to drinking. 1. An "Orwellian Monopoly." That's a good way to put it. The New Republic: The United States of Comcast 2. Matt Taibbi is back with a lengthy piece ...read more
Most of the East Coast is covered in snow and terrified. Here's what's happening on the interweb: 1. Comcast to Buy Time Warner Cable Comcast is set to buy Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal, CNBC's David Faber reported Wednesday night. Faber shared the news on ...read more
Remember how we were all brought up to believe that monopolies were bad things, frowned upon by the United States government since the 1890s? Yeah, well screw that. From the New York Times: Comcast is expected to announce on Thursday an agreement to acquire Time Warner Cable ...read more
By Chez Pazienza: Like just about anybody who's spent a good portion of his or her career in the TV news industry, I watched Aaron Sorkin's new show, The Newsroom, on HBO a couple of nights ago. I did this because, like anybody who's spent a good portion of his or her career ...read more
