Puritanical sexual attitudes should not outweigh a commitment to economic justice.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Facebook might pose dangers, but it isn’t a monopoly
Reining in the social media behemoth is a matter for Congress, not antitrust enforcers.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Facebook’s free service comes at a high cost
Antitrust lawsuits filed last week detail how the platform’s monopolistic power harms its users.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Antitrust laws are no match for Big Tech
Century-old statutes can’t cope with companies that maintain market dominance through harvesting data for free.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Enforcement of Maine’s strict online privacy law begins without clear strategy
The state’s attorney general said most internet service providers affirm they are complying, but a group of large providers is fighting the law in court.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Post-9/11 policing is being used on us
From a federal crackdown in Oregon to a secretive police intelligence unit in Maine, we are seeing counterterrorism tactics turned on the public.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s internet privacy law survives legal challenge
A federal judge dismissed most of a lawsuit against the state, filed by internet service providers who want to sell customers’ personal information.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Hearing on Maine fusion center fails to provide answers
The Legislature has no choice but to order an investigation into the secretive unit.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine fusion center suit shows it’s time to confront mass surveillance
Government and big corporations are crunching our data and sorting us into different categories for their purposes.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
ACLU steps in to support Maine’s online privacy law
Internet industry groups filed a lawsuit challenging the law, which takes effect in July and is seen as one of the strictest in the country.