Collaborate Disseminate
Cloudflare’s 2024 internet traffic report highlights a 17.2% global increase in traffic, with Google maintaining its position as the most visited service and the U.S. responsible for 34.6% of bot traffic. The Register reports: One surprise (or perhaps … Continue reading Cloudflare 2024: Global Traffic Up, Google Still King, US Churning Out Bots
Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly,” according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. The report was based on a survey of 1,391 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 conducted from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10, 2024. The Associated Press … Continue reading Nearly Half of US Teens Are Online ‘Constantly’
An anonymous reader shares a report: Russia has reportedly cut some regions of the country off from the rest of the world’s internet for a day, effectively siloing them, according to reports from European and Russian news outlets reshared by the US non… Continue reading Russia Tests Cutting Off Access To Global Web, and VPNs Can’t Get Around It
Cable industry lobbyists have urged the Federal Communications Commission to avoid regulating data caps and overage charges, comparing broadband plans to restaurant menus in a filing last week.
NCTA – The Internet & Television Association argued … Continue reading Cable Groups Fight Data Cap Regulation With Restaurant Analogies
Malaysian lawmakers voted in favor of broadening the government’s control over the internet, unmoved by criticism that the law risks suppressing dissent and free speech. From a report: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil told parliament Monday that th… Continue reading Malaysian Lawmakers Approve Bill To Broaden Internet Control
The Carnegie Endowment for Peace, a nonpartisan international affairs think tank, points out that when subsea internet cables were cut in November, Europe was more prepared:
Where in the past there were no contingency plans for sabotage, there are no… Continue reading Is Europe Better Prepared to Protect Undersea Internet Cables?
A Paris court order to block porn website xHamster in France over insufficient age verification has resulted in an unintended loophole. The ruling only restricted “fr[dot]xhamster[dot]com” subdomain following nonprofits’ complaint, leaving the main sit… Continue reading French Porn Block Fails on Site URL Detail
Ars Technica’s Jon Brodkin reports: Lobby groups for Internet service providers claim that ISPs’ customer service is so good already that the government shouldn’t consider any new regulations to mandate improvements. They also claim ISPs face so much c… Continue reading ISPs Say Their ‘Excellent Customer Service’ Is Why Users Don’t Switch Providers
CNN reports that investigators “are trying to crack the mystery of how two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea were cut within hours of each other.” But there’s now two competing viewpoints, “with European officials saying they believe the disru… Continue reading Sabotage or Accident? American and European Officials Disagree On What Caused Cuts to Two Undersea Cables
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VICE: It’s early on a Sunday morning in late 1994, and you’re shuffling your way through Fitzrovia in Central London, bloodstream still rushing after a long night at Bagley’s. The sun comes up as you come down. … Continue reading Remembering Cyberia, the World’s First Ever Cyber Cafe