"Online Politics" Posts
Why Net Neutrality Is A Debate Worth Watching
The debate over net neutrality in the U.S. has become, like so many other things, a partisan brawl. In December 2010, after a year of wrangling, the FCC set forth rules concerning net neutrality. Three high-level rules…
How Wikileaks Is A Napster Moment For Democracy And What That Means For Net Neutrality
Wikileaks’ recent release of confidential cables hasn’t been that different from a newspaper publishing a story based on a confidential source. It’s just been a lot bigger. And the fallout is proving to be a Napster moment…
What Does AOL’s Move Say About The Rush Of Political Advertising To The Web?
AOL is offering a robust platform for political advertising, called the Politics hub, that will allow marketers to create targeted campaigns across AOL’s growing properties across the web. The move should be one of many as ad…
Online Privacy Concerns Spread To Europe
The controversy surrounding a potential online privacy bill which attempts to partially regulate the use of behavioral targeting has not yet abated in the U.S. and it is now spreading to Europe.
A few days…
Net Neutrality Mandated in $7.2 Billion Broadband Stimulus Funding
Good news for Net Neutrality. This administration has shown that they are committed to the principals of Net Neutrality based on language in the rules recently released for the broadband stimulus funding. The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP)…
Google and The Doublespeak of “Network Neutrality”
This whole issue is one of doublespeak. Net Neutrality is really free and open access for all, yet the opposition calls it excessive regulation of the Internet. Senator Ted Stevens kicked this off back in 2006 when he said, “Until somebody tells me what net neutrality means, until they can give me a definition, I don’t want it in there. Right now, nobody knows what it means, so why put it in the bill?”
CJ proposes $1 Million settlement over Malware Class Action
The class action filed against ValueClick subsidiaries CJ.com and BeFree has taken a new turn with ValueClick proposing a $1,000,000 settlement fund to be distributed to members of the class action suit.
The lawsuit was originally filed against CJ after…
It’s not our Olympics: Retailers omit mention of sponsorships in American advertising
Merchants are often desperate for any excuse to run a promotion or distribute a coupon. “Groundhog Day is coming? Let’s put out a coupon for that: the more shadow the higher the discount!” With such a mindset typical in…
Should MyPoints Award Points for Political Action?
Today I received a MyPoints BonusMail email message with the unusual subject line “Tell Congress to Protect Seniors’ Medical Benefits.” That subject line immediately piqued my interest because of its political nature. I was, however, immediately troubled because I knew…
Overstock Files Lawsuit w Supreme Court to Fight New York Tax Law
Breaking news as first reported by Linda Buquet at 5StarAffiliatePrograms.com, Internet retail giant Overstock who most recently dismissed their estimated 3,400 New York affiliates from their affiliate program which I had written about in a previous post…
