Internet Access

The Case for Using Algorithms to Validate Broadband Data

Consider it Moneyball for the FCC.

  • By Geoffrey Starks

There’s Too Little Outcry When a Government Blocks the Internet

For its own citizens’ safety, and for grand strategy’s sake, the U.S. government needs to up the pressure.

  • By Samuel Woodhams, Defense One

It’s Not Just the Citizenship Question—the Digital Divide Could Hurt the Count of Latinos in the Census

Fear of government, a question about citizenship, and uncertain internet connections have created the perfect storm for an undercount of the Latino population, a new report argues.

  • By Emma Coleman

The End of Cyberspace

Internet theorists and companies once declared themselves free of nations and governance, but that’s all over now.

  • By Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic

USDA Accepting Applications to Fund Rural Broadband Services

The agency is making at least $600 million available for the project.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Russians Will Soon Lose Uncensored Access to the Internet

A new law allows the Kremlin to spy on, filter, and control the country’s online activity, alarming human-rights watchdogs.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

DISA Awards Two Contracts to Build a Moat Around the Pentagon’s Internet

The two selected vendors will prototype cloud-based systems that isolate the department’s internal network from the public internet while still allowing employees to browse the web.

  • By Jack Corrigan

When a Country Bans Social Media

Sri Lanka’s ban on social media forces a question nobody wants to ask: What if a global media network is impossible?

  • By Ian Bogost, The Atlantic

Hurd: Congress Must Make Sure Artificial Intelligence Maintains Western Values

Lawmakers need to pave the way for AI by encouraging widespread 5G adoption, Rep. Will Hurd said.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Silicon Valley Mayor to Feds: ‘Get Out of the Way’ of Innovation

The federal government could do more to promote innovation at the state and local levels by doing less, according to San Jose’s mayor.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Finding the Flaws in the Federal Broadband Maps

Frustrated with the FCC maps, the National Association of Counties and other federal agencies are looking to figure out which communities lack broadband access.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

New York's Online Voter Registration Will Become Accessible to Blind Voters

Websites for the board of elections and DMV must be accessible by the end of the year under the terms of a lawsuit settlement.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

Trump Administration Releases Rural Broadband Strategy

Officials estimate that 24 million people in the United States can't get broadband internet service. Eighty percent of those people live in rural areas.

  • By Laura Maggi

Who Wins When Cash Is No Longer King?

It won’t be the poor.

  • By Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic

Congress Races to the Finish Line Amid Shutdown Threat

The Senate passed lots of tech-centric bills and set the stage for next year’s privacy debate.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Farm Bill Expands Rural Broadband Funding

But some remain concerned that the money will not get to many places that need it to expand access.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

5G Is Actually Going To Become a Thing in 2019

It’s totally just around the corner.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

Microsoft Is On Its Way to Bringing Internet to 3 Million People in Rural America by 2022

The software company is expanding its work into 10 more U.S. states.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

DISA Outlines Plans to Wall Off the Public Internet

The agency extended the deadlines for vendors to submit white papers for the cloud-based system.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Google Employees Stand With Amnesty International In Condemning Google

The tech company is moving forward with its plans to create a censored search engine in China

  • By Aisha Hassan, Quartz

The Father of the Internet Wants to Save the Web From Itself

Can the Internet change?

  • By Jane C. Hu, Quartz