Computers

FCC Fines AT&T $100 Million

In its ruling adopted on June 3 and released for public viewing on June 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it was...

Bob Adelmann June 18, 2015

China Hacks Government, Corporate Networks to Build Database on Americans

C. Mitchell Shaw June 9, 2015

Only a week after Russian "crime syndicates" hacked the IRS database and stole information on the tax returns of more than 100,000 people,...

Tech Industry Urges Obama: Don’t Weaken Encryption

C. Mitchell Shaw June 4, 2015

Strong encryption is an invaluable part of protecting privacy and liberty in the digital age. As more and more calls come from government...

Net Neutrality 2.0: Plans to Shift Control of Internet to Internationalists

C. Mitchell Shaw May 19, 2015

With the FCC regulating ISPs in the United States and some as yet unknown international organization assuming control of the assignment of Internet...

Net Neutrality Faces Legislative and Legal Challenges

C. Mitchell Shaw April 22, 2015

Mired in "governmentese" and steeped in double-talk, Net Neutrality has proven to be a tangled web of deceit. Now that the FCC's order...

Report: Facebook Chat Messages Monitored by CIA-Backed Company

C. Mitchell Shaw April 21, 2015

As if Facebook doesn't do enough damage to users' privacy without help, the social media giant has apparently been either the target or...

Facebook Tracks Users Without Consent, but Users Can Take Control

C. Mitchell Shaw April 18, 2015

Facebook has spent years earning a notorious reputation for sacrificing users' privacy for increased advertising revenue. Now the social networking giant may be...

Net Neutrality Lays Groundwork for Internet Taxes

C. Mitchell Shaw March 31, 2015

When the FCC created new rules for Net Neutrality by reclassifying the Internet as a Title II public utility, Chairman Tom Wheeler dismissed...

Net Neutrality’s Achilles’ Heel

C. Mitchell Shaw March 20, 2015

As pernicious as the Federal Communications Commission's "bright-line" rules prohibiting blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization on the Internet are, they pale in comparison...

A Look Inside the Net Neutrality Rules: It’s Worse Than You Think!

C. Mitchell Shaw March 17, 2015

After the FCC made its "Net Neutrality" rules public late last week, The New American began poring over the 400 pages of rules...

Google’s New Algorithm: Modern Version of Old-fashioned Censorship?

Rebecca Terrell March 16, 2015

Does Google's new algorithm mean more accurate search results, or does it amount to a modern version of old-fashioned censorship? ...

China’s Failing Attempts to Censor the Internet

Bob Adelmann February 26, 2015

Despite help from titans in Silicon Valley, China's attempts to censor the Internet continue to fail ...

Google Sounds Alarm Over FBI’s Proposal for Expanded Hacking Power

Michael Tennant February 21, 2015

Calling the FBI’s proposal to expand its authority to hack criminal suspects’ computers a “monumental” concern, Google is urging an advisory committee to...

Lawmakers Move to Shield Americans’ E-mails From Government Snooping

Michael Tennant February 13, 2015

Federal and state legislators have introduced legislation to force government agents to obtain a warrant before searching Americans' old e-mails, closing a convenient...