Josh Peterson

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Numerous Freedom of Information Act requests made by conservative groups pertaining to the influence of lobbyists on net neutrality policy were continually rebuffed by the FCC throughout 2011, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder whose strained relationship with Mark Zuckerberg was popularized by the 2010 Aaron Szorkin film, "The Social Network," offered his congratulations to his former partner on Facebook's IPO Friday. (more)

New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, silent about the Senate's inability to pass a budget after three years, is working overtime to pass a bill targeting Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. (more)

China's economic growth is being propelled forward by the growing rate of Chinese corporations using pirated software, according to a recent report from the Business Software Alliance. (more)

The author of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) --- a bill that would allow the sharing of network cyber threat information between private corporations and the federal government, particularly the NSA --- is staying quiet about the prospect of the FBI's separate push for the ability to wiretap social networks. (more)

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's renunciation of his American citizenship prior to Facebook's long-anticipated IPO has sparked speculation that the entrepreneur is looking to escape the expensive U.S. tax code. (more)

The FBI is quietly working to require Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online giants to make it easier for federal law enforcement to wiretap their websites. And major tech companies have been silent on the issue so far. (more)

Economists have had it with the forceful gaze of government regulators directed at Google. (more)

President Obama praised the role of a free press at home and abroad in a statement Thursday, but failed to address his administration's entangled alliances with special interest groups devoted to the destruction of Fox News. He also made no mention of the apparent decline of press freedom in the U.S. (more)

Two major advertising trade associations released a set of best practices on Thursday to ensure that companies do not place ads on websites dedicated to offering illegal copies of movies and music. (more)

A new report from Freedom House, a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization that works to promote democracy across the globe, suggests that press freedom in the United States experienced a slight decline in 2011. (more)

The Obama campaign's high level of social media penetration might not be directly translating into big-dollar donations, a new report suggests. (more)

The Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to require broadcasters to make information about political ad buying available online to the public. (more)

Facebook announced Thursday a new initiative to enable its 900 million members to track the complaints they submit to the company. (more)

Despite a veto threat from the White House, the House of Representatives voted to pass the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) on Thursday by a 248-168 margin. (more)

A new proposal by Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee threatens to give the Department of Homeland Security the power to spy on Congress and the Judicial Branch. (more)

Following public outcry over a House cyber-intelligence bill's implications for civil liberties, the White House issued a veto threat Wednesday in anticipation that the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) might end up on President Obama's desk.  (more)

The launch of Earth's first asteroid mining company was formally announced Tuesday. (more)

Mobile medical technology has always been a thing of science fiction, but new smartphone technology is now making fantasy a reality. The development of the medical tricorder is underway. (more)