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Telecom Act 1996

Cause for celebration on the 20th anniversary of the Telecom Act?

February 11, 2016February 18, 2018By Observatory Admin

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996.  Celebrations have been sighted in and around Washington, D.C.[1] Helpful clarification of

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Safe Harbor

U.S. Dominance Over International Communications: A Status Report

February 3, 2016February 26, 2016By Observatory Admin

Two stories jump out this week. One concerns the Internet’s coordinating mechanism, the other the pact that enables European data to be sent to the

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Free Markets In Action

January 22, 2016By Observatory Admin

Even when it isn’t election season in the United States, there’s a lot of noise made about “the free market” and “entrepreneurialism.”  Government, goes the

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Low-Wage Workers & the Internet Industry

January 4, 2016February 9, 2016By Observatory Admin

What are the overall impacts of tech companies on occupational structures, employment patterns, and labor practices? This question is large, complicated, and vital.[1] To engage

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CANTV Venezuela

CANTV Venezuela: What’s at Stake?

December 19, 2015December 22, 2015By Observatory Admin

Available in Spanish. Kindly translated by Daniel Urbina Since the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998, his passing of a package of 49 laws meant

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Geopolitics and Economic Power in Today’s Digital Capitalism

December 14, 2015December 15, 2015By Observatory Admin

Presentation to the Hans Crescent Seminar, London[i] 13 December 2015 Dan Schiller During the second half of the 20th century, U.S. power was notably deployed

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