Federal Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality Rules, Sides with Verizon
A U.S. Appeals Court just invalidated the FCC’s net neutrality rules that would’ve made it illegal for telecom companies to favor certain types of traffic over others. The court ruled that the...
View ArticleComcast’s deal with Netflix makes network neutrality obsolete
For the past two decades, the Internet has operated as an unregulated, competitive free market. Given the tendency of networked industries to lapse into monopoly—think of AT&T’s 70-year hold over...
View ArticleHere’s what’s most likely to kill the free internet by 2025
A Pew report on the future of the internet tracks the worst-case scenarios First, the good news: a new Pew Research Center report on the future of the internet is mostly optimistic. The research agency...
View ArticleEU Publishes Net neutrality Guidelines
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) – which represents all the EU’s communications regulators – has published net neutrality guidelines clarifying how telecom...
View ArticleNet Neutrality fight turning nasty
Although net neutrality it’s a topic that doesn’t stir much interest in your average consumer, those who have opinions hold them very strongly and is it turning nasty? Verizon vice president in charge...
View ArticleThe World Battles for Net Neutrality Today
This week and today Wednesday 12 July especially, some of the internet’s most popular websites will look quite different, as they participate in a day of action to oppose changes to US rules which...
View ArticleF.C.C releases a plan to dismantle Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission released a plan on Tuesday to dismantle landmark regulations that ensure equal access to the internet, clearing the way for internet service companies to charge...
View ArticleSenators ask FCC to explain how net neutrality comments were filled with...
Two US senators Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, and Pat Toomey, a Republican, who both had their identities stolen and then used to post fake public comments on net neutrality — are calling on FCC Chairman...
View ArticleIt’s horrifically official, FCC repeal signals the death of Net Neutrality
It’s official. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s repeal of net neutrality rules, which had required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content, took effect on...
View ArticleVote for toughest net neutrality bill passes in California
Last year’s FCC decision to repeal net neutrality was arguably the most unpopular tech policy decision in the history of the modern internet. The repeal not only resulted in an unprecedented public...
View ArticleUS DOJ is suing California for its new stringent net neutrality law
The US state of California has passed a law that would be the strictest net neutrality protections in the country, and could serve as a blueprint for other states. Under the law, internet service...
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