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Obama wants you to have cheap, fast Internet, but telecom giants don’t

February 2, 2015 By Leticia Miranda, ProPublica

On Jan. 20 during the State of the Union address, President Obama pledged "to protect a free and open Internet."

Canada’s Conservative Harper continues to push for unlimited spying

November 25, 2014 By Tim Pelzer

Last year, the government requested information 1.2 million times (every 27 seconds), and Bill C-13 will make the situation worse.

Net Neutrality: Who does it benefit?

November 17, 2014 By Prince K. White

The fight for net neutrality is not over; the FCC still needs to create a path toward regulation or create new rules allowing ISPs to charge different rates for faster/slower service.

AFGE hits plans to force “Internet only” on Social Security recipients

June 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Despite huge past problems with electronic verification , the Social Security Administrationis charging ahead with a plan to force almost all recipients into Internet-only communication.

Fake checks and Internet scams top 2013 fraud list

January 30, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The NCL reported that fake checks accounted for almost one in every four (24.23 percent) of scams last year. But Internet scams were not far behind.