Net Neutrality – DIGIT INFO

Tim Wu, the ‘father of net neutrality’ reportedly owns over $1M in Bitcoin

DIGIT — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:50:16 +0000

Tim Wu, a one-time Bitcoin critic and current technology policy adviser at the White House, reportedly owns between 29 and 146 BTC.

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Netflix Tweet Hints at FCC Lawsuit

DIGIT — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 16:18:54 +0000

Late last year, the United States Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 in favor of dismantling Obama-era regulations that prohibited ISPs from privileging content. This was a huge defeat for internet rights activists and consumers everywhere. However, while the case seems shut to many, there is still a resistance ongoing – with some rather large companies in its ranks. Netflix tweets litigative threats at the FCC While I find it truly amazing that our world today has tech giants, government agencies, and influential people all duking it out 280 characters at a time, a tweet from Netflix demonstrates just how willing the

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On Net Neutrality, VPNs, the Decentralized Web, and Supercomputers

DIGIT — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:17:01 +0000

Now that net neutrality is dead here in America, you may be left wondering: is there anything I can do to fight this? Well, there’s a pretty strong case to be made for virtual private networks (VPNs) in light of the news, and there’s an even stronger case to be made for decentralized web protocols that run on the blockchain. Both VPNs and crypto platforms like Substratum and Golem could allow people to circumvent the potential manipulation of data access that net neutrality’s repeal may invite. Bye Bye Neutrality If you haven’t heard the news yet, we hate to break it

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Will the FCC Investigate the Net Neutrality Commenting Oddities?

DIGIT — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:00:51 +0000

The topic of net neutrality has been kicked around quite a bit over the past few weeks. It is obvious opinions are very divided on this front. The recent vote to repeal net neutrality has not been well-received by the general population, mainly because it will change everything we know about the internet. It is due time we had a thorough investigation of this matter, especially given the fraudulent comments filed regarding this proposal. Russians Commenting on FCC’s Proposal? Political tensions between the US and Russia have flared on more than one occasion this year. That situation won’t change in the coming years

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Hit On Net Neutrality Could Be Blow To Bitcoin

DIGIT — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:40:12 +0000

The FCC has repeals laws that kept the internet neutral and free for all which could have a broader effect on Bitcoin and the use of online exchanges. #ANALYSIS

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What is Substratum?

DIGIT — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:39:02 +0000

In response to US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voting to repeal Net Neutrality laws, Net Neutrality supporters who fear the worst are looking towards Substratum (SUB) as their saving grace. SUB has seen a significant boom in the wake of the vote, rising into the top 100 on Coinmarketcap recently. It currently sits at #98 with a market cap of just over $100 million. Substratum is an ERC-20 token aiming to decentralize the internet. In Substratum’s system, web users can access web browsing and hosting capabilities from other users in the network. These users represent individuals worldwide contracting their personal computers

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