Tag Archives: Network neutrality in the United States

FCC Rules Against Petition to Delay Open Internet

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On Friday, May 8, the Federal Communications Commission categorically denied requests to halt any reclassification of Internet service providers as common carriers. The petitioners were industry...

FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules

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Net neutrality is an essential component to an open Internet. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today voted to protect the Internet, preserving it as a platform for innovation, free...

The Biggest Net Neutrality Lie

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This week, filings are flooding into the FCC about its latest effort to pass “net neutrality” rules, the first phase of public comments on the proposal that will continue for the next several months...

Every Internet User Needs to Watch This: John Oliver on Net Neutrality

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John Oliver had a great piece on the FCC Net Neutrality issue on his new show Last Week Tonight. He rips into the FCC's plans to break net neutrality allowing cable companies to charge companies for...

New Net Neutrality Proposals Worry Campaigners

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler will today present his proposals for net neutrality – which reportedly include the provision that content firms should in some cases be...

The End of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules, at Least For Now

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As most commentators, myself included, predicted last fall, a federal appellate court has vacated the FCC’s controversial 2010 “net neutrality” rules, holding that the agency wildly exceeded its...

Net Neutrality Ruling: What Happens Now?

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Yesterday’s Appeal Court ruling against the FCC's net neutrality rules will probably not mark the end of the internet as we know it. Following the ruling, internet providers now in theory have the...
    






Appeals court sets aside Internet rules

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Appeals court sets aside government regulations designed to ensure equal access to Internet WASHINGTON (AP) — In a setback for the Obama administration's goal of Internet openness, a...