net neutrality

The Senate’s push to overrule the FCC on net neutrality now has 50 votes, Democrats say
The tally leaves supporters just one vote shy of the 51 required to pass a Senate resolution of disapproval, in a legislative gambit aimed at restoring the agency's net neutrality rules. ...[Read more]
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The Year the Open Internet Came Under Siege: 2017 Year in Review
The fight between the Federal Communications Commission’s choice to abandon the principles of net neutrality and the majority of Americans started early in 2017 and continued into the very last month of the year. But even with the FCC’s bad vote ...[Read more]
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FCC Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Regulations
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reclassified net neutrality from Title II to Title I of the Communications Act of 1934, slashing regulations on what Internet Service Providers (ISP) can do regarding internet speed. The five-member panel, w ...[Read more]
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FCC Set to Roll Back Digital Civil Rights with Thursday vote to Repeal Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Thursday on whether to repeal the landmark net neutrality protections passed under President Obama in 2015. Net neutrality is the principle that internet service providers treat web content equally and ...[Read more]
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All 535 members of Congress, and how much money they got from ISPs
The FCC is about to give massive internet service providers the power to divide the internet. It is at risk of becoming unrecognizable. A vital global utility that has been a boon to creative and economic freedom for people around the world may be turned ...[Read more]
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Net neutrality: ‘Father of internet joins tech leaders in condemning repeal plan
More than 20 internet pioneers and leaders including the “father of the internet”, Vint Cerf; the inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee; and the Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have urged the FCC to cancel its vote to repeal net neutrality, d ...[Read more]
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The man who could doom Internet: Ajit Pai ignores outcry from all sides
Over the last few weeks, critics have attacked Ajit Pai online, protesters have covered his house in cardboard signs and he has publicly squabbled with celebrities including Alyssa Milano, Mark Ruffalo and Cher. Why? Because Pai, the chairman of the Feder ...[Read more]
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If FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, Elites Will Rule the Internet and the Future
Net neutrality is the First Amendment of the Internet. It guarantees that speech is equal on the network of networks—whether the words come from Walmart, the corporate behemoth that identifies as the largest retailer in the world, or Walmart Watch, the ...[Read more]
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F.C.C. Plans Net Neutrality Repeal in a Victory for Telecoms
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 users more to see certain content and to curb access to ...[Read more]
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Verizon is disconnecting 8,500 customers who need its service the most
Back in June, reports first started surfacing of Verizon disconnecting customers in rural areas who were using too much data on Verizon partner networks. At the time, Verizon downplayed the changes as only affecting a “small group” of customers whose ...[Read more]
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Poll: 60 percent of voters support FCC’s net neutrality rules
A new poll has found that 60 percent of registered voters support the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rules, even as the agency’s current leadership is in the process of repealing them. The survey from Politico and Morning Con ...[Read more]
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