Where open NGA policies meet net neutrality and OTT
Dr Bostjan Makarovic discusses broadband competition in connection with the notion of net neutrality in the EU and US.
Tag: USA
Monthly roundup, November 2014: Right to be Forgotten should apply worldwide and Net Neutrality should be protected
The EU wants worldwide Right to be Forgotten, and Obama is very busy with Net Neutrality and US-China climate agreement.
Obama’s climate change treaty to circumvent Congress in time for 2015 UN climate talks
The U.S. is reportedly planning to forge a politically binding climate change agreement to cut world carbon emissions.
Monthly roundup, August 2014: We never unplug, net neutrality in the US, Team Australia and EU telecoms in 2013
Revisit the US net neutrality debate, see Team Australia, and see if you are in the 43% that never unplug from technology.
(Un) Safe Harbor under Court of Justice of the European Union scrutiny
Does a national data protection authority have to blindly follow personal data transfers to the USA known as Safe Harbor?
Riley v California: Cell phones cannot be searched without a warrant says US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court has voted for the protection of digital information from an arrested individual’s cell phone.
End of open Internet in the United States?
In what is being labelled a major setback for free speech and open internet, a Washington DC appeals court has ruled that the country’s telecoms regulator cannot force internet service providers to treat the traffic on their network as equal, regardless of the source, platform or content.
Monthly Round Up: June 2013
June saw the Think.Eat.Save anti-food waste campaign, the rise of the PRISM spying scandal, the implementation of e-Call, the automated emergency call in cars, and has reminded us that roaming charges in the EU will once again be lowered come July. All this and more in our latest monthly round-up.
USA introduces ‘six strikes’ anti-piracy system
Yesterday, the United States of America began implementing an anti-piracy system under which users will receive a notice from their internet service providers (ISP) when sharing illegally downloaded content. After six such notices received, action by the ISP is to follow.
Monthly Round Up: January 2013
This January in the headlines: expect a reform of the EU telecoms rules, pluralism and freedom of media in Europe, how to support women in ICT and action against countries with poor air quality.
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