EFF Criticizes FCC Plan to Abandon Net Neutrality and ISP Privacy

The chairman of the FCC announced his desire to abandon the agency’s net neutrality protections – which  protect online competition, free speech, and privacy from interference by Internet service providers like Comcast and AT&T – by undermining the legal authority behind those protections. Rolling back the FCC’s Open Internet Order would mean losing the only …

Burkina Faso ISP Monopoly Fined For Internet Disruptions

Burkina Faso Telecom workers were on strike again this month, leading to phone and internet interruptions. The country has only one internet service provider, Onatel, but the days of the telecom monopoly in Africa may ending. The Burkina Faso telecommunications authority fined Onatel 5 billion CFA francs ($8.5 million U.S.) in response to the strike, …