Syrian authorities have cut phone and Internet service in select areas in the past to disrupt rebel communications when regime forces were conducting major operations.
20 years of cats, porn, Facebook and Gangnam style - Buzz60
The Internet turned 20 on Tuesday
EBay leverages users to oppose online sales tax legislation - TheDCNF
‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ would allow states to tax online transactions all over the country
Project aims to help humans communicate with animals -- and aliens - TheDC
‘Interspecies Internet’ received seed funding in February, backing from Peter Gabriel
Petition against illegality of unlocking cell phones gathers steam - TheDC
‘This is a clear example of an invasion of individual property rights’
ITU in search of relevance in Internet age
The ITU’s standard setting is no more responsible for the international success of the Internet, than then-Senator Al Gore was for “inventing the Internet.”
Online sales tax gets reintroduced to Congress - TheDCNF
The idea is gaining bipartisan support
Bob Menendez's domain names are not Bob Menendez's - TheDC
Anti-Menendez forces control senator’s name online
FCC wants free WiFi for all - TheDC
New plan for fast, free wireless Internet met with resistance by telecom companies
Email from Chicago Public Schools sends parents to adult website - TheDC
Looking for standardized testing info? Try this ‘intimacy destination’ instead
TV-over-Internet service expands despite lawsuits
A federal judge in New York ruled in July that the service doesn’t appear to violate copyright law
Obama's New Year's resolutions: Power grab the Internet -- and your wallet
It’s going to be a very long four years
Colleges help students scrub online footprints - AP
It’s a growing trend based on studies showing that most employers Google prospective hires and nearly all of them won’t bother to go past the first page of results.
China requires Internet users to register names - AP
Beijing encourages Web use for business and education but tries to block material deemed subversive or obscene.
Countries conclude UN conference with two different visions for future of Internet - TheDC
Countries split on whether to establish further control of web
In 11th-hour announcement, US, UK and Canada decline to sign sweeping UN Internet treaty - TheDC
‘The U.S. must communicate that it is not able to sign the agreement’
States postpone dreams of international control of the Internet - TheDC
China, Russia and Arab states withdraw support after uproar
UN Internet summit delegates affirm right to freedom of information online - TheDC
The much-anticipated telecommunications summit in Dubai has garnered substantial criticism
US seeks to drop Internet from UN telecoms talks - AP
The U.S. fears any U.N. Internet regulations could complicate commerce and be used by nations such as China and Russia to justify further cyber-crackdowns.
