Internet access

A woman wears a bright yellow blouse and sits in a radio studio

Mexico’s community radio network shares critical COVID-19 info in Indigenous languages

April 21, 2020COVID-19

Messages to stay at home and follow social distancing measures are seemingly everywhere in Mexico. But for those living in remote, rural communities with little or no internet access, getting those messages is not so easy.

Kashmiri journalists display laptops and placards during a protest demanding restoration of internet service, in Srinagar, Nov. 12, 2019.

Internet restrictions make it virtually impossible for Kashmiris to get COVID-19 info

March 24, 2020COVID-19

The census goes digital — 3 things to know

February 27, 2020Cybersecurity

Satellites on the roof of a red brick school in Oaxaca state surrounded by green trees.

Mexico wants internet access for all. Getting everyone online could reduce poverty, too.

November 26, 2018Technology

An FCC vote to dismantle net neutrality is expected this week. Here’s what that means.

December 10, 2017Technology

Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix spent two years in Swaziland teaching English.

Netflix goes live in the sub-Saharan, because ‘the future is in places like Africa’

January 13, 2016Business

Netflix is streaming in Africa, betting on a booming middle class. The benefits include a push for higher bandwidth throughout much of the continent.

A Libyan student stands with newly received textbooks in Benghazi on January 18, 2012.

Kids in Libya have been out of school for months, so this woman is bringing the classroom to them

February 26, 2015Education

Haifa El-Zahawi, a Libyan who lives in New York City, has given kids in her home country access to education for the first time in months thanks to a Skype connection.

Pro-net neutrality Internet activists rally in the Los Angeles neighborhood where President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser on July 23, 2014.

The FCC prepares for its historic net neutrality vote

February 24, 2015Technology

The inventor of the term “net neutrality” says government involvement is key to great Internet service, and the FCC looks set to agree. The regulatory agency will vote next on a plan to make the Internet a public utility, allowing the government to block service providers from creating “fast lanes” for content.

How the Netflix move will help Cubans

February 10, 2015Culture

The biggest beneficiary of Netflix’s move into Internet-challenged Cuba may have nothing to do with the service on the island. It will be the ability to feature some of Cuba’s best filmmakers to a global audience.

Lori Erlendsson attends a pro-net neutrality Internet activist rally in Los Angeles.

The FCC delivers an Internet declaration of independence

February 6, 2015Global Politics

Net neutrality has been the battle cry of many people who fear that business interests will take over what they consider a public tool supporting freedom and democracy. The FCC chair has finally come around to that view. His newly-announced plan, though, may not end the battle over control of the Internet.