F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Upcoming UN summit could change web freedom forever
An upcoming UN summit on international telecommunications could see wholesale changes in a global treaty that would diminish the internet’s role in economic growth…
Reddit users draft legislation to protect internet freedom
A group of Reddit users has banded together to write its own legislation aimed at protecting freedom on the web. The group, which has…
If SOPA was an aircraft carrier, ACTA and TPP are nuclear submarines
SOPA is on ice for now — some say dead — but we need to remain vigilant. It’s difficult however, when governments create new…
SOPA author withdraws controversial anti-piracy bill
Lamar Smith, the author of America’s proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has withdrawn the controversial bill. According to Reuters, the Texas congressman decided…
