| Excerpt: | Rather than gathering facts and then reporting the more complex details of this event, a whole bunch of stories appear to have been written on the basis of a press release and a company end of life document. A simplistic narrative has once again prevailed over the more complicated reality. |
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| Published at: | 1:58 PM on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Interoperability, Media Criticism |
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Category Archives: Technology
Media coverage of BlackBerry’s end of support for legacy mobile services high on nostalgia, but low on accuracy and precision
Federal, state governments allege Facebook is an illegal monopoly in major antitrust case
| Excerpt: | Having foolishly chosen to allow Facebook's acquisitions of Whatsapp and Instagram several years ago, the federal government is now belatedly moving to unwind those mergers as well as stop the growing power and anticompetitive behaviors of Facebook. |
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| Published at: | 7:26 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Economic Security, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Ethical Business |
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Tim Eyman says he’s worried about facial recognition. So why won’t he wear a mask?
| Excerpt: | Throwing on a face covering can help frustrate the very technology that Tim Eyman says is a danger to our personal liberty. But Eyman has likened mask wearing to tyranny. |
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| Published at: | 10:17 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Healthcare, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, Personal Wellness, Privacy |
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Book Review: “Dawn of the Code War” looks at the modern age’s cyber battlegrounds
| Excerpt: | Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin and journalist Garrett Graff's book focuses on the new challenges posed by cyber threats to national security. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Monday, June 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Books, Hacking |
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Massive unemployment fraud reminds us that online signature gathering is a terrible idea
| Excerpt: | The last thing anyone who cares about the integrity of our democracy should want to do is lessen public confidence in elections, which is exactly what would happen if online signature gathering were to be permitted. |
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| Published at: | 1:30 PM on Monday, May 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Signature Requirements, WA-Ballot |
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ICANN refuses to sign off on proposed sale of .ORG domain registry to private equity firm
| Excerpt: | The Internet Society's attempt to sell the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital appears to have been foiled by the entity that operates as the de facto regulator of domains on the Internet. |
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| Published at: | 9:38 PM on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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ICANN delays decision on sale of .ORG Registry to private equity firm — again
| Excerpt: | The sale of PIR has been delayed, thanks to a strongly worded letter from California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra. In the letter, addressed to ICANN’s board chair and the corporation’s President and CEO, AG Becerra explains that his office had investigated ICANN’s role in approving the transfer of the .ORG registry to Ethos Capital. |
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| Published at: | 6:25 PM on Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
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Frontier Communications files for bankruptcy as it prepares to shed its Northwest assets
| Excerpt: | One of the Pacific Northwest's largest Internet Service Providers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with years of mismanagement and the consequences of ill-advised deals having taken a predictable toll. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Thursday, April 16th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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Trump fans flooded Iowa Democratic Party’s caucus reporting phone line with prank calls
| Excerpt: | Turns out sabotage is one of the reasons why the Iowa Democratic Party had such a difficult time pulling caucus results together. |
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| Published at: | 11:48 PM on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, Iowa Democratic Caucuses, US-Pres |
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton warns proposed sale of .ORG domain registry could harm nonprofits
| Excerpt: | A proposed sale of one of the Internet's biggest domain registries is attracting opposition all over the world, including here in the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Sunday, January 26th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business, Interoperability |
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Forty-eight states have launched a major antitrust investigation targeting Google
| Excerpt: | Search and advertising giant Google and its parent company Alphabet are about to face more regulatory scrutiny, but this time from the state level. |
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| Published at: | 11:25 PM on Monday, September 9th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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Documentary Review: “The Great Hack” shows how data insecurity impacts elections
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of The Great Hack, an essential, must-see film breaking down what happened to our democracy in the 2016 presidential election. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 PM on Sunday, September 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Brexit, Digital Freedom, Films, Privacy |
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Washingtonians overwhelmingly favor right to repair bill for electronics, NPI poll finds