internet
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Will Coloradans ‘just have to live with it?’ Justices consider constitutionality of state harassment law
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If the Colorado Supreme Court decides yet again that part of the state’s harassment law is unconstitutional, residents may have to simply put up with targeted harassment that occurs online or via phone. The state’s justices pondered that possibility on Tuesday as they listened to oral arguments over a Garfield County judge’s decision to strike…
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Bill would let Colorado revenge-porn victims sue for damages
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While laws already exist criminalizing revenge porn, one state senator believes victims should be entitled to seek civil damages. Sen. Bob Gardner’s Senate Bill 100, approved unanimously Wednesday by the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, would allow people to seek damages for being victimized online. Revenge porn, typically the sharing of intimate images…
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Rural broadband bill heads to governor
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DENVER – The Senate Tuesday morning agreed to House amendments on Senate Bill 2, the bill to finance the buildout of rural broadband. With that resolved, the bill now heads to Gov. John Hickenlooper and a hoped-for signing. House amendments last week resolved several lingering issues. That included a lawsuit from Viaero Wireless that the…
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Major rural broadband bill clears the Colorado Senate, heads to House
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A bill that could put up to a hundred million dollars into financing rural broadband cleared the Colorado Senate Thursday morning with changes its sponsors say will speed up the process. Senate Bill 2 would take dollars from a fund that currently pays for landlines and shifts that over five years to pay for internet…
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Out West Roundup: Montana mandates ‘net neutrality’ for state contracts
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Montana Montana mandates ‘net neutrality’ for state contracts BILLINGS, Montana – Montana last week became the first state to bar telecommunications companies from receiving state contracts if they interfere with internet traffic or favor higher-paying sites or apps, under an order from Gov. Steve Bullock intended to protect so-called net neutrality. The Democratic governor’s order…
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IN RESPONSE: Don’t trust the legislature to improve rural internet
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In a recent article, Colorado Politics’s Joey Bunch writes about potential legislative efforts to cobble together some version of net neutrality at the state level. This is a direct response to the FCC’s recent controversial reversal of Obama-era internet regulations. “One of the most important things we can do for the economy of rural Colorado…
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Democratic AG candidate Phil Weiser talks net neutrality in a nutshell — and in law review articles
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Phil Weiser knows net neutrality. The Democratic candidate for attorney general and former University of Colorado Law School dean is an expert on the topic – the term was first introduced, after all, at the Boulder policy center he founded, the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship, and the FCC chairman who implemented the…
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Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette plans to co-sponsor bill to restore net neutrality
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat from Denver, plans to co-sponsor a bill next month to reverse last week’s administrative decision that eliminated net neutrality. Net neutrality was a rule requiring internet service providers to treat all internet data the same. In other words, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and other internet service providers could…
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FEEDBACK: Tax reform, auto addiction, digital divide and more
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U.S. tax code outdated, uncompetitive The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate budget recently, paving the way for tax reform. Markups have begun in House Ways and Means and changes are already being made to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While the passage of the budget was a significant step forward in advancing…
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Harber: The Netflix hacker’s mistake
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In a cyber attack on Netflix and major networks, a hacker who calls themselves “The Dark Overlord,” held hostage programs which have yet to be publicly released. In an attempt to extort the companies which own the shows, the hacker threatened to release the programs before their official release dates — thus preempting the channels, networks and…
