Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
Emerson once said that we should do the thing we fear, and then death of fear is certain. Similarly, parents that fear their child’s use of technology can use technology themselves to monitor, filter and block their children’s Internet use. I’m a member of the NTIA Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG) along with [...]
I have ranted once or twice before about the regulatory requirement that Google—a search engine—post a link to a privacy notice on its home page. Not all computers all places may see it, but Google appears to be experimenting with a bit of javascript that leaves the page blank but for the Google image and [...]
None of the usual watchdogs are barking about the FCC letting the White House comment on its net neutrality regulations before they were proposed.
My colleague Jerry Brito and I are attending the annual meeting of the State Policy Network in Asheville, NC. In the process, we’ve heard a lot of things said about open-source software that we don’t agree with, and some things that are just plain wrong. The reasons for this are obvious. There are a lot [...]
What to do about the influences of media and advertising on children? Generally, the saying goes that where you stand depends on where you sit–but that was not apparent at today’s event on children and media. There were 4 seats (plus moderator) at the panel on “Media, Kids, and the First Amendment” that was co-hosted [...]
January 29, 2012
The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.
