AT&T’s Cooperation With NSA Pits It Against Shareholders In Legal Quagmire

Proposals want companies to issue reports on requests for customer information by US and foreign gov’s.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In the wake of the continuing National Security Agency’s surveillance scandal, in which the NSA allegedly surveilled not only on terrorism suspects but also American citizens and foreign leaders, many of the implicated telecommunication utilities that have been accused of releasing consumer data to the government have attempted to justify their

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Organization Seeks To Bridge The ‘Digital Divide’

A new advocacy group is working to find ways to bring much-needed Internet access to the developing world.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

Recently, the call to expand Internet coverage globally has driven many to seek new solutions toward spreading the technology. One novel attempt toward achieving this is being undertaken by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), a newly created group that aims to “drive down artificially high Internet prices in developing countries. By

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Tech Leaders Pull Plug On Zuckerberg’s Political Advocacy Group

Silicon Valley leaders criticized FWD.us for its connection to ads promoting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which was also rebuked by Obama donors.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

The Keystone XL pipeline route doesn’t reach the borders of California, yet the debate over the merits of the plan are just as fierce in the state’s Silicon Valley as they are in the heartland of America. Days ago, PayPal co-founder and Tesla founder Elon Musk pulled the plug on his involvement with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us, a

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Could Immigration Bill Set Off Another Backlash?

A Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

As a Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation, advocates are watching warily to see whether relatively tame opposition balloons into the kind of fierce resistance that killed Congress' last attempt to overhaul the system. Last time around, in 2007, angry calls overwhelmed the Senate switchboard

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Activists Use Facebook To Call Out Zuckerberg For Keystone XL Support

Though the social media giant’s new organization claims to be pushing for immigration reform, it has ties to groups activists say are problematic.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

Facebook co-creator Mark Zuckerberg is taking heat from users over his political advocacy organization’s funding of political TV ads supporting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The “pro-immigration” advocacy organization, Fwd.us, was founded by Zuckerberg, along with other tech

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