Timothy B. Lee
Former senior correspondent
Latest articles by Timothy B. Lee

For years advocates have been pushing for network neutrality as a way to make sure the web remains a level playing field. But the internet is changing in ways that could make their efforts obsolete.


President Obama has endorsed reclassification, a controversial legal maneuver that would give the FCC authority to enact strong network neutrality protections.


The Digital Millennium Copyright Act was supposed to stop piracy, but in recent years it’s interfered with car repairs, security research on medical devices, and more.


With Republicans controlling both houses of Congress in 2015, we could see action on several big tech policy issues.


Larry Lessig’s Mayday PAC hoped to prove that voters are concerned about money in politics. But Tuesday’s results suggested the opposite.


Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) was a leading critic of NSA surveillance and CIA torture policies, but he lost his seat in Tuesday’s election.


The best way for voters to trust election results is to cast ballots on paper.


In these ads, candidates think outside the box as they make the case for voters to vote for them.


Brownback engineered the defeat of several moderate Republicans in 2012. They responded by endorsing Brownback’s Democratic challenger.


The growth of Bitcoin ATMs could be a threat to conventional money-transfer services.