The Morning Reboot:
- A federal district court has struck down the Child Online Protection Act of 1998 — signed into law by President Bill Clinton — saying that it violates the First Amendment and is not the most effective way to keep children from adult websites due to the current state of web filtering software. 27B Stroke 6 has more.
- Oh the search engine wars. The analyst firm comScore says Google's share of U.S. web searches grew to almost 50 percent in February. Google's closest rival in web search, Yahoo, had just over 28 percent of the U.S. market, while Microsoft's share dipped to down to about 10 percent.
- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has started a “notice of inquiry” into the question of whether or not high-speed Internet providers like AT&T and Comcast should be barred from charging extra fees to guarantee access to the Internet — AKA net neutrality. The FCC's glacial pace has irritated some, Democratic commissioner Michael Copps said, “I want an FCC that unconditionally states its preference for nondiscrimination on the Internet.” So do I. Plus I want a pony.
- The EFF is suing Viacom claiming that the media giant is misusing copyright law by forcing YouTube to remove a parody video of The Colbert Report. Viacom denies the accusation and says it does not object to the video being on YouTube.
