Open Internet

• U.S. appeals court delivers blow to Biden’s push for open internet rules

  Net-neutrality rules require internet service providers to treat data and users equally rather than restricting access, slowing speeds or blocking content for certain users.

  Tech

  Jan 3
  
• Experts: Home, baby cameras not secure worldwide

  Experts have a message for anyone with a webcam, baby monitor or home security camera: change your password now, because feeds from the cameras are being posted online by a Russian website.

  Nov 21, 2014
  
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• Russian website posts baby monitor, home camera video from Canada, US

  Experts have a message for anyone with a webcam, baby monitor or home security camera: change your password now, because feeds from the cameras are being posted online by a Russian website.

  World

  Nov 20, 2014
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• Facebook releases first look at global government data requests

  Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this year, the company said Tuesday.

  Tech

  Aug 27, 2013
• Facebook joins the fight to connect the entire world to the web

  Social media giant Facebook is the latest Internet company to announce a plan to help get more of the world’s population connected to the World Wide Web.

  Tech

  Aug 21, 2013
• Facebook aims to get the world online

  Facebook wants to get more of the world's more than 7 billion people — all of them, actually — online through a partnership with some of the world's largest mobile technology companies.

  Money

  Aug 21, 2013
• China in big push against opinion-leading blogs

  Beijing is tightening its grip on China's already heavily restricted Internet by making influential microbloggers uncomfortable when they post material the government doesn't like.

  Tech

  Aug 19, 2013
• Obama, tech leaders discuss NSA concerns

  President Barack Obama has met with executives from tech companies including Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. about concerns stemming from the disclosure of sweeping government surveillance programs.

  Tech

  Aug 9, 2013
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• Court sides with Yahoo in data collection case

  Yahoo has won a court fight that could help the public learn more about the government's efforts to obtain data from Internet users.

  Money

  Jul 16, 2013
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• German minister: Drop U.S. sites if you fear spying

  Internet users worried about their personal information being intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies should stop using websites that send data to the United States, Germany's top security official said Wednesday.

  Tech

  Jul 4, 2013