Feb 15 Watch Live and Discuss: Secretary Clinton Speaks About Internet Freedom Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to speak Tuesday afternoon about Internet freedom around the world. The speech, entitled "Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices & Challenges in a Networked World," will begin around 12:30 p.m. at… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch In NBC-Comcast Merger, Concerns Linger Over Concentration of Media Power Ray Suarez and Jessica Vascellaro of The Wall Street Journal examine the marriage of the nation's largest cable and Internet provider with one of the largest entertainment companies in a $30 billion deal approved by the Federal Communications Commission on… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Charities Look to Social Media to Turn Friends Into Funders Americans are expected to have given roughly $300 billion in charitable donations in 2010 with individuals making up $220 billion of that. For a closer look at the role of social media in philanthropy and its limitations, Ray Suarez speaks… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Should the Government Control Who Tracks You Online? The Federal Trade Commission earlier this month proposed the creation of a so-called do-not-track option for Web users. Ray Suarez speaks with FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Mike Zaneis, general counsel of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, about the state of… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch FCC Rolls Out New Rules for Regulating Internet Traffic The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved new rules, known as net neutrality, for regulating how information and traffic flow on the Internet. Jeffrey Brown talks to Washington Post reporter Cecilia Kang for more. Continue watching
Dec 21 Divided FCC OKs Net Neutrality Rules FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski; Getty file photo Tuesday's Federal Communications Commission vote on new rules regulating the Internet went much as expected, with commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael J. Copps voting with Chairman Julius Genachowski in favor of the… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Gawker Hacking Exposes Some Web Users’ Bad Password Habits Gawker Media, one of the web's largest publishers, was hacked over the weekend and information for about 1.3 million users was made public. Jeffrey Brown speaks with the NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan about the cyber attack and what it means for… Continue watching
Dec 03 WikiLeaks Stays Visible, But Is Net Closing In? The cat-and-mouse game between WikiLeaks and its detractors continues. The site found itself without a domain name after its registrar, EveryDNS shut down WikiLeaks.org Thursday night, saying attacks on the site were threatening other customers. More… Continue reading
Dec 01 WikiLeaks Booted by Amazon, But Site Lives On After a morning of spotty service, Wikileaks reported Wednesday afternoon that Amazon.com had decided to stop hosting the controversial site on its cloud platform. .bbpBox10058229002272768 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/3147857/WL_Hour_Glass.jpg) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6}… Continue reading
Dec 01 Could WikiLeaks Be Stopped? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London on Oct. 23.; Getty photo Update, 3:30 p.m.: Wikileaks says it has been ousted from its Amazon cloud hosting. .bbpBox10058229002272768 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/3147857/WL_Hour_Glass.jpg) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid… Continue reading