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US Announces Dedicated Cyberthreat Center

An anonymous senior Obama administration official announced on Tuesday that the government is creating a new cybersecurity agency called the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC). The new entity will monitor threats, collect information and analyze potential threats. The new agency will be an “intelligence center that will ‘connect the… Continue reading

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New Proposal from FCC Chairman Heralded as Victory for Net Neutrality

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has detailed a new approach to enforcing net neutrality that will treat Internet Service Providers as common carriers like phone service providers, and that would make it illegal for them to blocking or slowing down web traffic. Continue reading

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How an Internet Startup with Registrar Roots Plans to Take On Municipal Broadband

For one Internet startup, President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of municipal broadband services could not have been better-timed. Continue reading

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Internet Service Providers in China Forced to Monitor Parody Accounts

As of Mar. 1, 2015, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) will require Internet providers to monitor services for users registering for service under a fake name. The ban will include accounts that impersonate foreign leaders and government agencies. According to a report by the Global Times, “the ten clause… Continue reading

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China’s Internet Crackdown Continues with VPN Blocks and New Regulations

Many Chinese citizens rely on virtual private networks (VPNs) to circumvent censorship in China by creating a tunnel to the outside world. That tenuous lifeline is being strangled by the Chinese government as several VPN companies such as StrongVPN, Astrill and Golden Frog reported service disruptions this week. According to… Continue reading

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