Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet Regulation

Kids Online Safety Act is back, with the potential to change the internet (techcrunch.com)
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been reintroduced into Congress. If passed into law, this bill could impose some of the most significant legislative changes that the internet has seen in the U.S. since the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998.

Internet Regulation, Online Safety, Legislation, Children's Privacy

9 points by Willingham 9 days ago | 0 comments

Congress moves forward with new attempts at internet censorship (techdirt.com)
Here’s a puzzle: How do you write a law that’s so badly designed that (1) the people it’s meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone involved admits it will be abused? The answer, it turns out, is the Take It Down Act.

Politics, Censorship, Legislation, Internet Regulation

20 points by theahura 25 days ago | 0 comments

How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer (2024) (npr.org)
Australia passed one of the strictest internet crackdowns in the world last month, banning children under 16 from being on social media or opening new accounts.

Australia, Social Media, Internet Regulation, Children, Law

41 points by segasaturn 112 days ago | 47 comments

Russian Government Orders ISPs to Hand over Names of VPN Users (cyberinsider.com)
Russia's internet regulator, Roskomnadzor (RKN), has issued a directive requiring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to supply information that could identify users accessing blocked content via VPNs.

Russia, Government Censorship, VPNs, Internet Regulation

18 points by quibuss 147 days ago | 0 comments

Where Big Tech can't send you down rabbit holes or algorithmicaly overcharge you (theregister.com)
China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun

China, Censorship, Internet Regulation, Big Tech, Social Media

14 points by rntn 179 days ago | 0 comments

Cable companies and Trump's FCC chair agree: Data caps are good for you (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Communications Commission's plan to investigate and potentially regulate data caps is all but dead now, after President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he will promote Commissioner Brendan Carr to the chairmanship role.

Politics, Internet Regulation, Telecommunications, Data Caps

10 points by pseudolus 184 days ago | 0 comments

Malaysia backtracks on DNS redirection decision (thesun.my)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has been asked not to proceed with its directive requiring all internet service providers (ISPs) in Malaysia to implement Domain Name System (DNS) redirection.

Malaysia, Internet Regulation, DNS, Censorship

86 points by yen223 257 days ago | 44 comments

How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (bbc.com)

Internet Censorship, United States, Pornography, Internet Regulation, Social Impact