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By Jim Cashel “In the 25 years since the World Wide Web appeared with the launch of the Mosaic browser, about half the population of the planet has gained access… Continue reading Broadband Everywhere: Media Implications of Internet Access for the Next Three Billion

“This video describes some of the realities faced by the Native American population, regarding treatment and repatriating their culture. It is a harsh reality that is dealt with on a… Continue reading Repatriating Native American Cultural Property

Libraries are important access points for information and the Internet. Around the world, communities are finding their local libraries can provide free Internet access and more. This paper, drawing from… Continue reading A Social Justice Mission: Libraries, Employment and Entrepreneurship

By day, Pat Scannell is a professional technologist, who has spent a 25+ year career commercializing disruptive technologies into mass market adoption, and he has done this in domains ranging… Continue reading Join a Discussion: We Should Focus on Human Intelligence, as We Invest in Artificial Intelligence

On February 13, 2019, NTIA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the White House Offices of American Innovation, Management and Budget, Science and Technology Policy, and the National Economic Council announced the… Continue reading American Broadband Initiative to Expand Connectivity for all Americans

By Mark Buell To truly close the digital divide, we need to aim for infrastructure solutions to make sure rural and remote Indigenous communities can keep up to a rapidly… Continue reading Investing in Indigenous Connectivity Is an Investment in Our Future Online

Through a review of “LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media” by P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, you can enjoy a fascinating read about the origins of the social… Continue reading How Science Fiction Helped Create Social Networks

The New York Times reports on a new study by Microsoft that found as many as 162.8 million Americans do not use the Internet at high speeds. Predominantly affecting citizens… Continue reading New Microsoft Study Indicates that Millions of Americans Lack Access to High-Speed Internet, a Figure Significantly Higher than Existing FCC Estimates

The Internet is known to be a democratizing force, yet much of the content published on sites like Wikipedia remains skewed towards the biases of their North American or European… Continue reading Build an Internet for, and from, Us All

Ordinary people can do extraordinary things when given the opportunity. When the right circumstances align, we can all band together to collectively invent something that can improve our world. The… Continue reading Before the Internet There Was… CB Radio!