Senate Set to Vote on Neutering Net Neutrality
Facing a veto threat, the Senate is likely to vote within days on a measure to overturn net neutrality rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.
View ArticleLines Are Drawn on Legislation Against Internet Piracy
Both supporters and opponents of the bills in the House and the Senate are making their cases through well-financed advertising campaigns.
View ArticleDon’t Break the Internet [Internet]
Internet Two bills now pending in Congress the PROTECT IP Act of 2011 in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House'represent the latest legislative attempts to address a serious global...
View ArticleBrett Greene: SOPA and PIPA Bills Threaten Job Creation and Innovation
The Stop Online Piracy Act in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we've all come to expect.
View ArticleSOPA and PIPA postponed indefinitely after protests
When the entire Internet gets angry, Congress takes notice. Both the House and the Senate on Friday backed away from a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills, tossing them into limbo and throwing...
View ArticleLaw professor weighs in on SOPA
Technology companies and consumers have been lobbying against online piracy for weeks. However, it wasn't brought to the majority of American's attention until Wikipedia announced its 24-hour blackout...
View ArticleNigeria: Senate Resolves to Increase High Court Judges to 100
Leadership] The Senate, yesterday, endorsed moves to increase the number of Federal High Court judges from 70 to 100.
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott’s top advisor arranged $5 million no-bid contract in Senate
The governor's chief of staff, Steve MacNamara, used his Senate clout to sign a contract for a web-based budget system developed by the business partner of a friend
View ArticleSenate may go on recess without passing cyber bill
The Senate could leave town this week for a monthlong break without passing legislation to protect the U.S. electrical grid, water supplies and other critical industries from cyberattack and electronic...
View ArticleAP asks for accounting of fake FBI news stories
SEATTLE Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and The Associated Press sent separate letters to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday expressing concerns that the FBI faked an AP story to...
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