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Aerial views of an Amazon Web Services Data Center known as US East 1 in Ashburn, Virginia

World Oct 20

What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage

By Associated Press

World Oct 18

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Massive leak exposes how China’s ‘Great Firewall’ is being exported to other countries

For years, China’s government has used what’s known as the “Great Firewall” to censor the internet inside its country and block access to select foreign websites. Now, a document leak shows that a little-known Chinese company is exporting these tools…

By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery

Nation Oct 01

The AOL logo is seen on the outside of the building housing the companies corporate headquarters in New York
AOL ends dial-up internet service, marking the end of an era

AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago.

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

Politics Oct 12

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Is childproofing the internet constitutional? A legal expert explains

A wave of state laws have recently passed across the U.S. to address a variety of online harms affecting children as a result of alarming revelations about youth experiences with digital technologies.

By Meg Leta Jones, The Conversation

World Aug 25

Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested at Paris airport, French media report

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram, was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday.

By Barbara Surk, Associated Press

Jul 30

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Bill aimed at protecting children online sparks debate over censorship and privacy

By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Azhar Merchant

The U.S. Senate passed the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday. If the bill is approved in the House, it will mark the first time in 25 years that Congress has passed a law aimed to better protect children from…

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Jun 22

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The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet

By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Andrew Corkery

The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It’s adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost,…

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Apr 30

Lawmakers and advocates scramble to extend affordable internet subsidy

By Kavish Harjai, Associated Press/Report for America, Pablo Monsivais, Associated Press

The Affordable Connectivity Program provided families $30 a month toward their internet bills. The White House has pushed for an extension but it has not happened so far.

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Apr 25

Net neutrality reinstated as FCC passes measure to regulate internet providers

By David Hamilton, Associated Press

The FCC on Thursday restored “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others.

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Apr 11

Woman who stabbed classmate to please ‘Slender Man’ won’t be released from psychiatric hospital

By Ed White, Associated Press

A judge has turned down a request to release a Wisconsin woman from a psychiatric hospital, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12.

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