The Disturbing Overlap Between Victims of the Equifax Data Breach and...
Perhaps it's because I'm “ABD” in math that I'm never really able to turn my brain off from this particular way of looking at the world. But whenever I hear numbers tossed around, I don't let go. I...
View ArticleFCC chair refuses to delay net neutrality vote, is unable to explain why
The Federal Comminications Commission, headed by Verizon shill Ajit Pai, has been unwilling to cooperate for weeks, after millions of fake hacked accounts gummed up the FCC’s net neutrality comment...
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So…you are a man or woman in the later stages of life―the golden years, some might say. Your doctor’s appointment is an hour away, but you cannot find your car keys. You go into panic mode and...
View ArticleFederal judge rules against AT&T in case about telecom's practice of...
In February, circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could pursue enforcement of AT&T’s throttling practices over their “unlimited” data plans. The FTC has...
View ArticleMelania Trump blames 'opposition' for news a 'Be Best' pamphlet was recycled...
Yes, yes, we're all having a good laugh at Melania Trump's expense.First lady Melania Trump’s anti-cyberbullying campaign brochure was largely recycled from an Obama-era publication in 2014, with most...
View ArticleAT&T continues fighting to declaw the agency they claim will police...
Ajit Pai and his telecom overlords love to say that the consumer protections being exposed by rolling back the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Obama-era net neutrality rules will be covered...
View ArticleThe likely new head of FTC consumer protections is a lawyer who fights...
Welcome to the swamp! The New York Times reports that lawyer Andrew M. Smith is expected to become the head of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) efforts to “police” companies violating consumer...
View ArticleStrictest net neutrality bill makes big comeback after being gutted under...
California’s net neutrality legislation has made a huge recovery. The bill had made moves through the state senate and subcommittees heavily pressured by big telecom lobbyists, but was gutted two weeks...
View ArticleI Don't Answer My Cell Phone If I Have a Choice.
RING RING RINGAre you ready to do something about those student loans? Did you know the warranty on your car may expire, but you can extend it if you act now? We have a wonderful health insurance plan...
View ArticleIt turns out that repealing net neutrality is leading to less broadband...
Back when the FCC, under chairman Ajit Pai, was lying about cyber attacks in order to ignore the overwhelmingly negative reaction to its plans to repeal net neutrality protections, Pai promised that...
View ArticleFTC Reneges on $125 Equifax Data Breach Payment
Amplifying this here so it can get pushed out as many places as it can be.The FTC failed to account for the sheer number of people who would opt for the $125 cash out payment, so they have basically...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren calls out Zuckerberg over new Facebook ad policies after his...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and 2020 presidential hopeful, tweeted a string of questions about Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday that has already received...
View ArticleSenate Democrats debut bill to let internet users stop their personal...
On Tuesday, Democratic senators unveiled a new online privacy bill, the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA), that could seriously strengthen protections for digital consumers. Sen. Maria...
View ArticleTrump’s FCC scrambles to get ISPs to do the things that net neutrality...
The FCC, under Trump’s pick Ajit Pai, has done away with net neutrality protections in part by arguing that the internet is not a utility in the same way as telephones. While this argument has been...
View ArticleConsumer watchdog shuts down scam tied to Trump’s former AG, orders $1...
Amidst the accelerating news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of March, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it would be refunding “more than $1 million” to victims of an...
View ArticleAmericans lose network services even after FCC pact with network providers...
The only positive—if it can be called that—in this entire tragic pandemic is that it has laid bare the inadequacies of our infrastructure, our economic structure, and the conservative political...
View ArticleMonopoly Money: 'BradCast' 7/30/2020
Guest: David Dayen on Wednesday's 'incredible' anti-trust hearing in the House and new book 'Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power'Also: Herman Cain dies of COVID; Trump tries to distract...
View ArticleRight-wing fraudster allegedly behind series of robocalls spreading voting...
Jacob Wohl is the right-wing scam artist fraudster who continues to make news because he somehow continues to not be in jail. As recently as May, audio recordings of Wohl and his strange crew of...
View ArticleBig telecom lackey Ajit Pai announces he will be leaving FCC with Trump
Not surprising anyone, Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai announced that he plans on leaving his post on Jan. 20 in the coming year. What Pai will do after leaving his government post is...
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♀️ This Week in the War on Women: June 19 - challenges to the status quo...
xYouTube Video A music video to start:[Creation of the] mural "Flying in sorority", by Mexican artist Adry del Rocío [in] Mexico City within the framework of the Generation Equality Forum.SEE THE...
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