Tech at Night: Verizon, FCC, Net Neutrality, Google

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  January 22nd at 03:30 AM  | 

The big story as we close out this week is Verizon appealing the FCC’s Net Neutrality order. Verizon is choosing to go back to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, the site of the last Net Neutrality legal fight. That was the Comcast v FCC case, lost by the FCC because the FCC simply doesn’t have the legal authority to do it. Some say it | Read More »

An FCC Net Neutrality sunset is a no-win scenario

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  November 30th at 01:30 PM  | 

In my Tech at Night series at RedState we’ve been waiting on the FCC to tell us what they intend to do in December about Net Neutrality. Rumors say that the FCC may come to a compromise on the issue. Instead of declaring war on industry and attempting to take over the Internet under Title II, Chairman Julius Genachowski may try to pass a set | Read More »

Tech at Night: Red Alert

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  November 20th at 05:19 AM  | 

I know it’s a big day for Net Neutrality when I wake up and my Email Inbox is jammed full with links, so many basically saying the same thing: The FCC is on the move. I’m told it all goes back to a November 15 speech by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in which he expresses an urgency for the FCC to pass a bunch of | Read More »

Tech at Night: Post-Election Edition

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  November 4th at 03:00 AM  | 

Sorry for missing Tech at Night on Monday, but I had to rest up for Election Day. And of course, as you may have heard, Republicans ended up having a good night. What you may not have heard though, was that the forces of radical Internet regulation had a very bad night. Democrats went for broke on Net Neutrality but as covered by Moe Lane | Read More »

Tech at Night: Net Neutrality, Google, For The Children

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 30th at 03:00 AM  | 

Good evening. Through the magic of Claritin, my favorite drug, I’m able to bring you tonight’s edition. On the Net Neutrality front, the progressive left is getting delusional. They’re pretending that it matters what their members of Congress think when their President has done not one thing to stop his FCC from going off on its own to break the law, defy the courts, and | Read More »

Tech at Night: Google, FCC, Net Neutrality

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 26th at 02:00 AM  | 

Yes, we’re talking about Google again tonight. Of course they never did delist Daily Kos after the Chris Bowers manipulations, despite having gone after Kay Bailey Hutchison for breaking their rules. But we have more to ride them about: They’re blocking pro-life ads again. These ads are running on local television in DC for Republican Missy Reilly Smith who is challenging Delegate Holmes Eleanor Norton, | Read More »

Tech at Night: Google, Daily Kos, Net Neutrality

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 11th at 10:00 PM  | 

The Chris Bowers pagerank scam using a linking scheme driven by recruited websites is still in the works, but Google has not delisted Daily Kos. Interesting bit of bias there, huh? And all I need say about Net Neutrality this week, and the urgent need for legislation to stop the runaway FCC, was said by Seton Motley at the Washington Examiner.

Tech at Night: Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 7th at 02:00 AM  | 

Catch future episodes of The Needle for a special discussion of Tech at Night and my other project, UnlikelyVoter.com. Be warned, though, The Needle is a bit rowdier than RedState. I’ve said it in this space before, and I’ll keep saying because the Lame Duck session is coming: Republicans need to get out in front on Net Neutrality and we need to do it quickly. | Read More »

Tech at Night: Henry Waxman, Net Neutrality, California, New York, 4chan, Privacy

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 4th at 11:30 PM  | 

Apologies for missing the last two Tech at Nights. But unlike the paid staff of the well-funded Free Press, every word I’ve ever written here on technical issues has been on my own time, for free, because I care about the issues. And when work overwhelms me, as it did last week as a huge deadline approached, something had to give. And what gave was | Read More »

The Waxman Net Neutrality bill should move forward

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  September 29th at 04:36 PM  | 

Update: Waxman is now using Republican opposition to this bill to claim the FCC should now implement the worst case of Internet regulation. Republicans need to get behind a reasonable compromise and we need to commit to outlawing Title II reclassification. The FCC going on its own would do incalculable damage to the industry going forward. Action is needed sooner, not later. If you take | Read More »

Tech at Night: Domestic Internet spying, FCC, Free Press, Henry Waxman, Net Neutrality

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  September 28th at 04:00 AM  | 

Hello. The longer the Democrats are in Washington, the more the mask slips with respect to their true beliefs regarding freedom online. They claim they don’t want a government takeover, they claim they don’t want to regulate content, they claim they don’t want a kill switch, they claim they want to respect privacy, but time and again all of these issues just keep coming up. | Read More »