Promoting locally rooted, democratically accountable broadband networks that provide fast, affordable, and reliable Internet access to all Americans.
Are Flock safety cameras keeping communities safe, or just building a private dragnet for mass surveillance?
In this episode of Unbuffered, Chris sits down with independent reporter Daniel Boguslaw to explore Flock Safety—a network of automated license plate readers and surveillance cameras—and how it has sparked a nationwide debate over corporate surveillance, national databases, and civil liberties.
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Are broadcast license threats being weaponized to silence free speech? Chris, Gigi Sohn, and Berin Szóka unpack Disney’s landmark lawsuit against the FCC.
Town Councilors in East Longmeadow vote to take control of the town's digital future and provide its residents and businesses with next-generation Internet access.
Cleveland being labeled one of the worst-connected cities in the nation is changing, thanks to DigitalC, an innovative nonprofit community network provider.
"Digital equity work does not cost the federal government money," says broadband expert Christopher Mitchell.
A community broadband network, we define, as a publicly-owned, locally-controlled broadband network, which can include public-private partnerships. The most common kinds of community networks are municipal networks and cooperatives.
There are more than 1000 localities across the nation served by a community broadband network with many more in the planning or construction phase.
Having tracked and documented broadband developments for nearly 20 years, we have amassed the nation’s largest storehouse of information on community-driven efforts to solve local connectivity challenges.
We invite you to explore our trove of information on the birth and development of community broadband and portal into CommunityNetworks.org where we offer free access to over 4,000 stories, nearly 600 podcasts, dozens of reports, policy briefs, case studies, instructional videos, and other resources.
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The Verge published an in-depth piece authored by our own Sean Gonsalves and ILSR contributor Karl Bode that examines how BEAD became a billionaire boondoggle.
In The American Prospect, Sean Gonsalves reports on a recently filed bill in California that aims to strip telecommunications oversight authority away from the CPUC.
Three ILSR staffers talked to Liberation in a Generation and The Forge about the many dimensions of fighting corporate power — and building local power.
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves has a new piece in ProMarket on the continuing consolidation of telecommunication markets and why municipal broadband is a better option.
