Postmortem: Ajit Pai’s main argument against net neutrality still doesn’t add up As time passes, FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s central argument for doing away with net neutrality rules looks weaker and weaker. The rules, which prohibited internet service providers (ISPs) from slowing or...
Companies such as AT&T and Verizon had argued for years against net neutrality rules that forced them to treat all internet traffic equally. The companies said that without such restrictions, they would be able to charge companies more for delivering their internet traffic faster, bringing in money...
Morrow, D. R. (2014). When technologies makes good people do bad things: Another argument against the value-neutrality of technologies. Science and Engineering Ethics, 20(2), 329-343.Morrow DR. When technologies makes good people do bad things: another argument against the value-neutrality of...
The employment of the specious Inertia Argument not just against individual action, but against collective action, as in Scott Morrison’s argument, is especially stupid. Collective action is where the payoff is, when the effects of individual actions are negligible. So, the next time you hear ...
the President, but are just friends with someone who does. Civil Liberty Groups: Senator Reid could use civil libertarians to his advantage while working on the Cyber Security Act of 2012. The ACLU has already come out against the SECURE IT Act, and the ACLU could be a pivotal partner in...