Internet
Is It Possible to Build an Internet So Decentralized That It's Beyond the Government's Reach? BitTorrent is Going to Try.
"Denying gatekeepers their grip on our future."
Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year
Governments are expanding online controls "rapidly" and adopting new laws that effectively criminalize online dissent.
Silk Road, Online Freedom, and Why the Prosecution of Ross Ulbricht Should Worry Us All
The mother of the alleged "Dread Pirate Roberts" speaks out.
Silk Road, Online Freedom, and Why the Prosecution of Ross Ulbricht Should Worry Us All
The mother of the alleged "Dread Pirate Roberts" speaks out.
Obama's Scheme to Regulate U.S. Into 'Net Neutrality' Nirvana Could Kill Broadband
The best use of the FCC in the modern world-or, indeed, the world of decades past-is to hold a pillow over its face until it stops twitching.
Net Neutrality—and Obama's Scheme for the Internet—Are Lousy Ideas
"Net neutrality" and public-utility style regulation are about Internet freedom, just not the way advocates think.
How Buying Drugs Online Became Safe, Easy, and Boring
Silk Road is dead, but anonymous Internet sales of illegal substances are here to stay.
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Sentenced to Prison in Denmark
Gottfrid Warg gets 42 months in jail.
White House Computer Network Was Attacked
Could be work of Russian hackers, sources say
The Government's "Truthy" Squad Monitors Political Speech on Twitter. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The reference to Stephen Colbert is cute, but the feds' unbridled passion to monitor our communications is surely no joke.
How Internet Activism Helps Sex Workers
Marginalized groups seek justice, community, and self-help online.
'Watching the Game' Has Found a Completely Different Meaning Online
A massive, worldwide audience has developed to watch people play video games, and it's worth billions.
The Surprising Power of Subtitles
From Jesus on a bed sheet in Tagalog to Rasputin rapping in Ukrainian
The New Face of Television
How murder, treachery, and mayhem made TV a 'vast wasteland' no more
How Kids Find Online Privacy
Three ways kids keep their virtual lives to themselves.
Girl Tries to Kill Family; Sheriff's Office Blames…Slender Man?
A new wave of Slender Man hysteria