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Net neutrality is a set of rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which say Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, and Verizon, cannot block, throttle, or prioritize certain content on the Internet.
The battle over net neutrality is far from over. Although the Federal Communications Commission last year officially nixed the Obama-era rules governing the ...
FCC asks court for delay in case that could restore net neutrality rules Ars TechnicaFCC asks court to delay oral arguments, citing government shutdown.
Court Signals Green Light for Net Neutrality Argument Broadcasting & CableIt looks as though oral argument in the Mozilla et al. challenge to the FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom order rollback, Title II-based network neutrality ...
FCC Seeks Postponement of Net Neutrality Oral Argument Broadcasting & CableWith the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit signaling it planned to hold the Feb. 1 oral argument in Mozilla vs. the FCC partial government shutdown or not ...
Ajit Pai thanks Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules Ars TechnicaDemocratic effort to reverse repeal fell short as Congressional session ended.
What Is Net Neutrality and Why Is It Important in 2019? TheStreet TechNet neutrality is back in the news, and it's about to change your life....CMCSA.
Net neutrality battle heads to court in 2019 CNETTime's run out for net neutrality supporters hoping to restore Obama-era regulations using a legislative loophole, but the fight's far from over as it heads to federal ...
FCC Wants Delay In Net Neutrality Trial Due To Government Shutdown, But Isn't Likely To Get It TechdirtThe FCC is requesting a delay in the opening arguments in the looming lawsuit over the agency's repeal of net neutrality rules, citing the government shutdown ...
A year after net-neutrality’s repeal, the Internet is alive and well — and faster than ever The Boston GlobeHERE'S A PIECE of news you may have missed: The internet is getting faster. The technology news website Recode reported this month that “US internet ...
Duff leads new net neutrality effort in Connecticut Thehour.comConnecticut lawmakers will weigh again this year whether to require broadband companies to adhere to “net neutrality” rules guaranteeing equal rates for the ...
The Year Without the Open Internet Order: 2018 Year in Review EFFIn the waning hours of 2017, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order, ending net neutrality protections for the ...
House Dems campaigned on net neutrality. But will they act on it? The Daily DotA majority of the newly-sworn in Democrats in the House of Representatives have made public statements supporting net neutrality, giving advocates hope that ...
Rep. Doyle wins subcommittee chairmanship, improving his odds of addressing net neutrality Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle couldn't muster the support he needed last term to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules, but Congress is different now, ...
The State of Net Neutrality American LibrariesThe Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO) took effect June 11, 2018, overturning the net neutrality rules the ...
Dori: Guess what? Net neutrality repeal wasn't the apocalypse MyNorthwest.comContrary to what Jay Inslee, celebrities, and other loud Democrats were predicting, the repeal of net neutrality did not bring about the apocalypse.
AT&T Plans to Fire 7000 People Despite Tax Breaks, Net Neutrality Repeal ExtremeTechIn 2017, the CEO of AT&T told America that his company would use its $20B tax windfall to invest in ...
Appeals court shoots down FCC's request to postpone start of legal battle over net neutrality Phone ArenaA federal appeals court rejected the FCC's request to postpone the start of oral arguments in a suit filed by 23 attorneys general. The suit asks the court to force ...
Philly Dems support net neutrality — but not a petition for, you know, net neutrality Philly.comPhilly Dems in the U.S. House say they support net neutrality — just don't ask them to sign a petition for it. Funny what a Comcast-shape shadow can do to you.
California Could Soon Have Its Own Version of the Internet WIREDThe Chinese internet is not like the internet in the rest of the world. More than 150 of the world's 1,000 most popular internet sites are blocked in China, including ...
Stop Sending Regular Text Messages GizmodoThanks to a Federal Communications Commission vote last week, wireless carriers now have more control over your text messages. If that sounds ominous, ...
In 2019, net neutrality takes the first step toward an eventual Supreme Court ruling Phone Arena2018 was not a great year for net neutrality. The Obama-era rules were designed to prevent ISPs and wireless carriers from charging *content* streamers to ...
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Maurice Carney on Congo Elections, Timothy Karr on FCC & Net Neutrality FAIRElite US media, recently granted a rare audience with Congo's Joseph Kabila, seemed most interested in learning his favorite movie.
Morning Docket: 01.18.19 Above the LawTrump instructed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, which was a rotten thing to do to America's hottest lawyer. [Buzzfeed] * Skadden settles with government ...
A Year Without Net Neutrality: No Big Changes (Yet) WIREDInternet providers have refrained from blocking *content* or creating "fast lanes" while battles continue in the courts and among lawmakers.
Net neutrality could get a reprieve once Democrats take control of the House NBC NewsDemocrats are expected to use their upcoming control of the House to push for strong net neutrality rules, highlighting how the once-wonky concept has become ...
My 2018 Advertiser Of The Year Has An Appetite For Big Ideas ForbesEver since the financial crisis of 2008 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, companies have been leery of risk. This is true of their marketing operations also.
Net Neutrality Has Officially Been Repealed. Here’s How That Could Affect You. The New York TimesNet Neutrality rules that required internet *service* providers to offer equal access to all web *content* are no longer in effect as of Monday.
The Supreme Court won’t take up net neutrality Washington PostThe Supreme Court said Monday that it will not hear a closely watched case over the future of the Internet — rejecting a petition by telecom industry groups to ...
California Passes Far-Reaching Net Neutrality Rules ForbesOn Thursday the California Assembly passed net neutrality bill SB 822 with a 58-17 vote. This net neutrality law fills a void for the state left by federal lawmakers ...
Congress has refused to restore net neutrality as Dec. 10 deadline nears Ars TechnicaThere's almost no Republican support for forcing vote to restore net neutrality.
The Loss Of Net Neutrality: The Stakes For Sports Content Providers ForbesCould your internet *service* provider block certain sports events from viewing, or bar your sports blog because it consistently criticizes a team owned by that ...
Sonic Announces Internet Service Improvement in the Bay Area The Silicon Valley VoiceSonic and eero have teamed up to bring high speed internet *service* to the Bay Area. Users can Gigabit Fiber in many local cities — not yet in Santa Clara.
Brad Johnson column: Sen. Rounds' town hall falls short Watertown Public OpinionI phoned into a Wednesday evening “town hall” event with Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds out of curiosity as to whether an end is in sight to our government ...
Net neutrality fight continues for state AGs, other supporters of Obama-era rules USA TODAYAttorneys general in twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have asked a federal appeals court to bring back the Obama-era net neutrality rules, which ...
Why feds can’t block California’s net neutrality bill The VergeCalifornia just passed the toughest state-level net neutrality law in the nation, and within hours, the Department of Justice sued the state to block the law from ...
What's The Plan Now That Net Neutrality Is Dead? ForbesPreviously, I've written about the threat that net neutrality could be finally killed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and it looks like that day has ...
Justice Department Sues to Stop California Net Neutrality Law The New York TimesWASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Sunday sued California to stop the state's new law that would guarantee full and equal access to the internet, ...
Austrian Telecoms Regulator Rejects “Informal” Pirate Site Blocks TorrentFreakFollowing a dispute over informal 'pirate' site blocking requests sent to ISPs in Austria by rights holders, several providers reported themselves to the authorities ...
Report: AT&T plans layoffs despite claiming tax cut would create 7,000 jobs Ars TechnicaAT&T is reportedly planning a significant round of layoffs, despite receiving a large tax break and various regulatory favors such as the repeal of net neutrality ...
For AT&T and Other ISPs, Net Neutrality Is Far From Settled D MagazineDallas-based AT&T and other Internet *service* providers got what they wanted in June when the Federal Communications Commission abandoned its ...
Here’s how the FCC plans to defend its net neutrality repeal in federal court Washington PostThe Federal Communications Commission told a federal court on Thursday that it acted properly when it eliminated net neutrality rules, marking its first salvo in ...
What you need to know about net neutrality in 2019 PC GamerOn June 11th, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission repealed rules protecting net neutrality. These rules prevented private internet *service* providers ...
What is net neutrality and what does the repeal of it mean for you? Atlanta Journal ConstitutionOn Monday, the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of the net neutrality rules went into effect. The rules had prohibited internet providers from ...
The Future of Net Neutrality The Nation.Internet freedom went from hot-button issue to political sideshow. What happened?
Net-neutrality is over. Now California, Oregon are stepping in USA TODAYNet neutrality is dead. Long live Net neutrality. The longtime hot-button issue — essentially about whether your Internet *service* provider should be able to block ...
Net neutrality bill 38 votes short in Congress, and time has almost run out Ars TechnicaLegislation to restore net neutrality rules now has 180 supporters in the US House of Representatives, but that's 38 votes short of the amount needed before the ...
U.S. defends FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules ReutersThe Trump administration defended the Federal Communications Commission repeal of landmark open internet rules known as net neutrality, urging a federal ...
Another Net Neutrality Day of Action Draws Fewer Big Names WIREDEtsy and Tumblr will prod users to call legislators ahead of a Dec. 10 deadline for Congress to restore net neutrality protections.
California’s net neutrality bill is back and as tough as ever The Washington PostCalifornia lawmakers will be moving forward with tough provisions in a legislative proposal that could turn into one of the most ambitious net neutrality laws in ...
FCC chairman ramps up defense of net neutrality repeal ReutersWith a federal appeals court preparing to consider the Trump administration's reversal of Obama-era U.S. net neutrality regulations, the chairman of the Federal ...
California's Net Neutrality Publicity Stunt Comes To An End ForbesCalifornia threw in the towel on its recently-passed state net neutrality law, acknowledging in a court filing that it had no legal basis to challenge an FCC ruling ...
What Is Net Neutrality? The Complete WIRED Guide WIREDNet neutrality is the idea that internet *service* providers like Comcast and Verizon should treat all *content* flowing through their cables and cell towers equally.
What the midterm election results could mean for net neutrality MarketWatchThere could be a renewed push to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules.
Can the FCC Really Block California's Net Neutrality Law? WIREDWithin hours of California governor Jerry Brown signing a sweeping net neutrality bill into law, the US Department of Justice sued the state, sparking the latest ...
California agrees not to enforce its net neutrality law as Justice Dept. puts lawsuit on hold Washington PostCalifornia has struck a temporary agreement with the Justice Department not to move forward with a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new net neutrality law ...
California is leading the state-by-state fight for net neutrality The VergeAfter the FCC's repeal of net neutrality, states like California are getting involved.
U.S. Federal Appeals Court Wont Delay Talks About Net Neutrality http://www.newsgram.com/A federal appeals court said Thursday it would not delay oral arguments set for Feb. 1 on the Trump administration's decision to repeal the 2015 landmark net ...
California's Net Neutrality Law Is A Bad Idea -- It's Also Illegal ForbesCan you imagine trying to govern quintillions of bits and bytes, traveling at near light speed, through the air and down optical fibers, across state lines and ...
Senate Democrats force vote to reinstate net neutrality CNNMore than a dozen Democratic senators called publicly Wednesday for reinstating net neutrality protections, and moved to force a vote on the proposal.
Net Neutrality: There are 5 Days to Save What Ajit Pai Killed Last Year InverseA year ago, on December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal a package of consumer protections defined as net neutrality, ...
Internet providers are joining Trump’s DOJ in suing California over net neutrality Washington PostInternet providers have sued the state of California in an effort to block its new net neutrality law from going into effect, adding momentum to a high-stakes legal ...
Democrats to force vote Wednesday on net neutrality CNNSenate Democrats will force a vote Wednesday to repeal changes to net neutrality rules that were recently adopted by the Republican-controlled Federal ...
U.S. 'net neutrality' rules will expire on June 11: FCC ReutersLandmark U.S. "net neutrality" rules will expire on June 11, and new regulations handing providers broad new power over how consumers can access the ...
The FBI is now investigating fake anti-net neutrality comments The VergeThe federal government is now looking into faked comments posted to the FCC's website during its public comments period as the agency moved to roll back net ...
Trump administration rejects states' argument on net neutrality ReutersFederal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai rejected arguments Monday that states should be able to impose their own net neutrality protections ...
It's finally happening: Net neutrality rules that sparked intense debate to end next month USA TODAYThe Federal Communication Commission's net neutrality rules preventing Internet *service* providers from blocking or slowing legal traffic will be replaced on ...
WTF is California’s net neutrality bill? DigidayWith Comcast owning NBCUniversal, Verizon owning Oath, and AT&T owning WarnerMedia (née Time Warner), internet and wireless providers appear to have ...
Net neutrality activists, state officials are taking the FCC to court. Here’s how they’ll argue the case. The Washington PostOpponents of the Federal Communications Commission's decision to repeal net neutrality rules have outlined their chief arguments to a federal appeals court in ...
The Supreme Court and House Democrats breathe new life into net neutrality Brookings InstitutionTom Wheeler writes about what a Supreme Court decision not to hear an appeal and a new Democratic majority in the House mean for net neutrality.
Reliance Jio may be blocking proxy and VPN websites and violating net neutrality: Report BGR IndiaA new report has emerged on the internet indicating that Reliance Jio, one of the largest telecom operators in India may be violating net neutrality. As part of the ...
RIP Net Neutrality Unless Resurrected By Legislation Or A Court ForbesFor the most part, net neutrality died on Monday, April 23rd. It's death warrant was signed a couple of months earlier when the Federal Communications ...
Senate passes measure repealing changes to net neutrality rules CNNWashington (CNN) The Senate voted Wednesday to pass a measure that would repeal changes to net neutrality rules that were recently adopted by the ...
Internet groups urge U.S. court to reinstate 'net neutrality' rules ReutersA coalition of trade groups representing companies including Alphabet Inc, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc, urged a U.S. appeals court to reinstate landmark ...
FCC chairman says California’s net neutrality bill is ‘egregious’ and ‘illegal’ The VergeThe bill, which was passed last month but has not yet been signed into law, enacts even stricter net neutrality rules than those the FCC recently overturned.
Should Net Neutrality Be Restored? - Top 3 Pros and Cons ProCon.orgThe net neutrality rules adopted in 2015 regulated the internet as a common carrier, the same category as telephone *service*, under Title II of the ...
The wrong way to protect net neutrality | Clark Reno Gazette JournalSound bites may be a good way to win elections, but they are not the best way to govern. The latest proof comes out of California where the state's new ...
The FCC’s vote repealing its net neutrality rules is finally official. Here’s what happens now. The Washington PostThe FCC's net neutrality vote has finally been published in the Federal Register, the government's official record of all administrative actions. The moment is key, ...
You Can Make the House of Representatives Restore Net Neutrality EFFFor all intents and purposes, the fate of net neutrality this year sits completely within the hands of a majority of members of the House of Representatives. For one ...
Senators oppose FCC plan for ‘rollback of net neutrality’ for text messages MarketWatchThey urged the commission to avoid the 'blocking or discrimination of lawful *content*'
Prepare for the future without net neutrality Network WorldWith the end of net neutrality, it is important for organizations to prepare for any potential changes in their internet *service*.
The Motorola Razr could return as a $1,500 foldable smartphone TechCrunchMotorola has revived the Razr name a few times over the years, but the once-mighty brand has failed to regain the heights of its early days as an ultra-slim flip ...
What's Next for Net Neutrality? eMarketerCalifornia is blazing a trail for restoring net neutrality. On August 31, California state lawmakers passed a bill preventing internet *service* providers (ISPs) from ...
Santa Clara firefighters helped save net neutrality Fast CompanyBy shutting down their broadband in the middle of an emergency, Verizon may have unwittingly proved that California needs to regulate Big ISPs.
The FCC Has Made the Same Mistake for Text Messaging That It Did for Net Neutrality EFFAlmost exactly a year ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to strip net neutrality protections from the Internet and reclassify Internet ...
America’s Internet Freedom Rating Dropped Due to the Repeal of Net Neutrality MotherboardA prominent non-profit has decreased the US's internet freedom rating for 2018 due to the repeal of net neutrality. Freedom House, a US-based pro-democracy ...
William P. Barr has opposed net neutrality rules for years Fast CompanyWillam P. Barr, who was nominated today, has long opposed net neutrality rules, which would be welcome news for major ISPs like Verizon, AT&T, and ...
Applying The Trump Doctrine To Net Neutrality ForbesRepublicans should follow the Trump doctrine and insist that net neutrality regulation apply to big tech monopolies.
Senate votes to halt repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules USA TODAYSenate Democrats force vote to save net neutrality, but Obama-era rules face long odds in the House.
California just passed its net neutrality law. The DOJ is already suing CNNSan Francisco (CNN Business) The Department of Justice said it is filing a lawsuit against the state of California over its new net neutrality protections, hours ...
Wireless industry teamed up with ALEC to take on net neutrality Fast CompanyConservative nonprofits, such as ALEC, that support an anti-regulatory agenda, received more than $3 million in donations from high-profile telecom trade ...
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Admits Millions of Russian and Fake Comments Distorted Net Neutrality Repeal FortuneFCC Chair Ajit Pai admits millions of fake comments submitted in net neutrality process came from Russian email addresses and other sources.
India just approved new net neutrality rules The VergeIndia's Department of Telecommunications has approved net neutrality rules that were proposed last year. They ban blocking, throttling, and zero-rating internet ...
99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Favored Net Neutrality MotherboardA new report from Stanford University shows that most commenters were knowledgeable about the issue and very much in favor of keeping the protections.
AT&T CEO: State net neutrality and privacy laws are a “total disaster” Ars TechnicaAT&T CEO Randall Stephenson yesterday urged Congress to pass net neutrality and consumer data privacy laws that would prevent states from issuing their ...
California’s net neutrality legislation just got watered down in a big way Washington PostLawmakers in California's State Assembly have weakened a landmark bill aimed at implementing a local version of the Federal Communications Commission's ...
Can net neutrality be saved in Illinois? Chicago TribuneAs you may have heard, national regulations governing net neutrality were officially repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last month.
House Republican backs effort to restore net neutrality rules ReutersA Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday he will back an uphill battle to try to force a vote to restore net neutrality rules that were ...
Telecom lobbyists investigated over fake net neutrality comments The VergeThe New York Attorney General's Office subpoenaed over a dozen different telecommunications lobbying groups on Tuesday to help determine whether they ...
The term was coined by Columbia University media law professor Tim Wu in 2003, as an extension of the longstanding concept of a common carrier, which was used to describe the role of telephone systems.
A widely cited example of a violation of net neutrality principles was the Internet service provider Comcast's secret slowing ("throttling") of uploads from peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) applications by using forged packets. Comcast did not stop blocking these protocols, like BitTorrent, until the FCC ordered them to stop. In another minor example, The Madison River Communications company was fined US$15,000 by the FCC, in 2004, for restricting their customers' access to Vonage, which was rivaling their own services. AT&T was also caught limiting access to FaceTime, so only those users who paid for AT&T's new shared data plans could access the application. In July 2017, Verizon Wireless was accused of throttling after users noticed that videos played on Netflix and Youtube were slower than usual, though Verizon commented that it was conducting "network testing" and that net neutrality rules permit "reasonable network management practices".
Research suggests that a combination of policy instruments will help realize the range of valued political and economic objectives central to the network neutrality debate. Combined with strong public opinion, this has led some governments to regulate broadband Internet services as a public utility, similar to the way electricity, gas, and the water supply are regulated, along with limiting providers and regulating the options those providers can offer.