David Greene

EFF Sues to Invalidate FOSTA, an Unconstitutional Internet Censorship Law

We are asking a court to declare the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (“FOSTA”) unconstitutional and prevent it from being enforced.  The law was written so poorly that it actually criminalizes a substantial amount of protected speech and, according to experts, actually hinders efforts to prosecute sex traffickers and aid victims.

FCC Chairman Pai: Net Neutrality Rules Treating Internet As Utility Stifle Growth

A Q&A with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai.

He wants the government to focus on correcting actual anti-competitive behavior that Internet providers might demonstrate, rather than regulating against hypothetical harms. "Preemptive regulation is appropriate when there's a major market failure — when the Internet is broken," he says. Chairman Pai argues that his predecessor, Tom Wheeler, unnecessarily inserted the government into the Internet economy, stifling its innovation and growth.