Category: internet

The Warnings Unheeded Now Threaten Our Fundamental Freedoms

Commentary The First Amendment is at a critical juncture. Recent congressional hearings on the Twitter Files brought the matter into full public view. Freedom of speech and of the press are hanging by a precarious thread. Do we want a future in which information flows freely, or one in which an information elite controls those…


Biden Officials Champion Digital Privacy, Policies Tell a Different Story

News Analysis White House and Department of Commerce representatives called for federal legislation to protect online user data on Monday, and said the Biden administration is committed to digital privacy. Since taking office, however, the administration has enacted policies that give the government greater access to private data. Speaking at the “State of the Net”…


Biden Officials Champion Digital Privacy at TikTok-Sponsored Event

WASHINGTON—Biden administration officials on March 6 called for federal legislation to protect online user privacy at an event sponsored by TikTok. The China-owned TikTok was listed as a “platinum sponsor” for the “State of the Net” event. The Biden administration late last month gave the federal government 30 days to ensure TikTok is removed from work…


Italy Suffers Widespread Internet Outages

ROME—Thousands of Telecom Italia (TIM) customers across Italy complained of internet outages and glitches on Sunday which the company blamed on problems with an international link. Users from the northern city of Milan to the Sicilian capital Palermo reported problems, with the issue mainly focused on fixed-line internet services. Some soccer fans bemoaned interruptions to…


Supreme Court’s Section 230 Case Could ‘Upend the Internet’, Google Claims

An upcoming decision in the U.S. Supreme Court case regarding online social media companies’ liability for content posted on their platforms could transform the internet for the worse, Google said in a court filing. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Gonzalez v. Google next month and answer important questions surrounding the scope of Section…


Supreme Court’s Section 230 Case Could ‘Upend the Internet’: Google

An upcoming decision in the U.S. Supreme Court case regarding online social media companies’ liability for content posted on their platforms could transform the internet for the worse, Google said in a court filing. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Gonzalez v. Google next month and answer important questions surrounding the scope of Section…


[PREMIERING NOW] Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…


Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…


[Premiering 1/5, 10:30 AM ET] Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…


Ohio Taking Google Search to Court Over What State Attorney General Says is ‘Unfair Practice’

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced his team will be meeting Google Search in court in May of 2024. The Republican official is seeking to declare the search engine a common carrier in order to make them subject to state regulation. Yost alleged in a press release about the case, “By manipulating search results to…