The internet is filled with sites and services we loathe yet it seems, to paraphrase Brokeback Mountain, we just don’t know how to quit them. This points to an environment where big platforms can act ...

The internet offered a world of connection and cooperation. What we got was a world of ruthless monopolies and oligarchs.

In my latest blog post, I illustrated that the increased privacy rationale used by the majority of the commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission to support the reclassification of ...

This week the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear two major cases involving big technology companies, with key aspects of the internet on the line with its rulings later this year. First up, on Feb. 21, ...

Activist-journalist Cory Doctorow argues that e-commerce and social media platforms evolve and implode in three stages. He’d like to see “more emphasis on making them less destructive when they give ...

Since the earliest days of online networks such as AOL and Prodigy, there has been a tension between the media (print and electronic press) and online platforms. That’s because they compete for ...

Q. Traditional media (newspapers, radio, TV) have long been held accountable for what they publish and post. In 1996 when the internet was just getting started, Congress enacted Section 230 of the ...

Celebrities and high-profile influencers also under scrutiny, with regulators pursuing hundreds of such cases in recent years China's tax authorities have told internet platforms to avoid passing tax ...

The online environment is full of child abuse and exploitation for the sake of profit which demands an immediate solution The shock and trauma of child sexual abuse caused by uncontrolled content on ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that it will launch a public inquiry into “censorship by tech platforms,” soliciting comments from people who feel they have been demonetized, banned ...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's internet platforms are quietly reviving consumer lending, taking Beijing's push to make household borrowing cheaper as a signal that regulators may be easing a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook China has rolled out new tax reporting rules for internet platforms in a move to boost ...