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The Center for Democracy and Technology renews perennial hope for a privacy bill, and suggests national-security surveillance will also be curtailed

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Access Now and a coalition of civil society organizations filed an amicus brief in support of New York’s Affordable Broadband Act (ABA).

A second Facebook whistleblower came forward with allegations that the company prioritizes profits over people. Enough is enough. Facebook needs to be regulated.

Access Now 12 July 2021 | 4:39 pm After seven years of being mandated to produce guidelines for internet traffic management, the Mexican Federal Institute of Communications (IFT) has approved an internet traffic management regulation that, despite the recommendations and warnings from civil society, continues to disregard the rights of millions of people across the country. “We are disappointed to see that Mexico insists on adopting net neutrality regulations that generally do not ...

NEW YORK • Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you’ve specifically

Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you've specifically told it not to. This week, the company launched a program that forces users of many Echo smart speake...

Have an Echo device? Amazon may help itself to your Wi-Fi. Read more on Boston.com.

Own an Echo? Amazon may be helping itself to your bandwidth JOSEPH PISANI and MATT OBRIEN, AP Business Writers June 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail David Limp, senior vice president of Devices and Services at Amazon, displays a new Echo, left, and an Echo Plus during an event announcing several new Amazon products by the company, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Seattle. On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Amazon launched a program that forces users of many Echo smart speakers and Ring security cameras to auto...

On Tuesday, Amazon launched a program that forces users of many Echo smart speakers and Ring security cameras to automatically share a small portion of their home wireless bandwidth with neighbours. The only way to stop it is to turn it off yourself.