“What Does Silicon Valley Need from Washington? Less”,” Forbes, October 15, 2012. Larry offers an election manifesto from Silicon Valley, assuming that either party was interested in technology issues. |
Category Archives: Media
CNET/ETNO
“EU Telcos Defend UN Internet Takeover”,” CNET News.com, September 23, 2012. Larry reviews a half-hearted effort by the European Telecommunications Network Operators Association to defend its Internet tax plan, part of the upcoming UN conference. |
Forbes/ITU
“U.N. Agency Reassures: We Just Want to Break the Internet, Not Take it Over”,” Forbes, October 1, 2012. Larry continues his campaign against the secret upcoming U.N. conference, taking a close look at clumsy P.R. efforts by the International Telecommunications Union to defend an expanded role for itself in Internet governance. |
TAI/SB1161
“Big Telecom Pushes De-Regulation Bill in California”,” The American Independent, September 10, 2012. Larry is quoted at length in another article critical of SB 1161, offering a counter-point to poorly-informed claims about the law’s likely impact. |
San Diego Reader/SB1161
“Qualcomm-backed Bill Would be ‘Cataclysmic’ for Cost and Quality of California Internet Service, Critics Claim”,” San Diego Reader, September 4, 2012. Larry is quoted at length in this article critical of SB 1161, which California Governor Jerry Brown signed later that month. |
EAF/SOPA
“Malaysia’s Internet blackout: Politicisation of online activism?”,” East Asia Forum, August 31, 2012. Larry analysis of the “bitroots” movement is compared to an online blackout in Malaysia staged in protest to new censorship laws. |