What You Should Know About the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Rules
They would stop Verizon's zombie cookie in its tracks, but allow AT&T to keep charging customers extra if they want privacy.
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Will $9.25 a Month Be Enough to Get Poor Americans Online?
With the rise of low-cost broadband, the new FCC proposal could certainly help. But the way the subsidy works might mean giving up mobile phone service in the process.
High-Speed Internet and ‘Our Nation’s Greatest Challenges’
The Obama administration just announced its support for a new FCC plan to subsidize Internet access for low-income families. How much will it really help the poor?
On the Front Lines of Computer Literacy
From San Francisco to New York, non-profits and public libraries are educating the technologically illiterate, giving them tools they need to thrive in an ever-shifting world.
The End of the Telegenic President
Establishment candidates will from now on have to answer to the long, unforgiving memory of the Internet.
The Digital Divide Is About Much More Than Access
A new survey of low- and moderate-income families shows that 94 percent of them have Internet access, but many say it's slow and unreliable.
Meet the People Who Don’t Use the Internet
They stay in touch via the postal system, landlines, and pizza dinners.
Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century
When EducationSuperHighway was founded in 2012, only five million students had high-speed broadband access. That number has now jumped to 25 million. What is the blueprint to the organization's success?
Ranking—and Improving—Digital Rights
Priya Kumar writes on Internet rights—and what we all must do to further them.