This report describes “Phish For The Future,” an advanced persistent spearphishing campaign targeting digital civil liberties activists at Free Press and Fight for the Future.
Efforts have begun to try and derail the planned renomination for FCC boss Ajit Pai. Pai has been an indisputably anti-consumer ally of large broadband ISPs since taking office earlier this year.
Sprint hired a lobbying firm with close ties to President Donald Trump's administration on Sept. 1, adding to Sprint's stable of federal lobbyists as it nears a deal to merge with wireless rival T-Mobile, according to disclosures filed with Congress this week.
Sinclair is controversial for its size — it’s often been compared to the radio conglomerate Clear Channel — its unabashedly right-wing politics (which it pushes in the “must-run” segments it forces all its stations to air) — and its close connections to the Trump White House.
While the Lifeline program was a crucial step toward providing low-income Americans with internet access, it’s also become the target of uproarious criticism.
Net Neutrality advocates are planning two days of protest in Washington, D.C., this month as they fight plans to defang regulations designed to protect the open internet.