The Internet is becoming a defining infrastructure of our economy and society in the 21st century. Internet service providers are gatekeepers to this infrastructure, providing access, managing traffic, and making rules that can shape and limit the public’s Internet use. Once online, search engine/ advertisers Google and Yahoo! are widely used to navigate the web. Their increasing need to generate revenue through online advertising raises important privacy concerns. Consumers have a right to strong privacy protections.

As You Sow is concerned with two specific aspects of consumer privacy online: behavioral advertising which tracks user activity and threats to freedom of expression in countries that repress free speech. Learn about: