On Wednesday morning, Democrats in the US House and Senate released a legislative proposal that, in three pages, would reverse two years of Republican-driven FCC shenanigans regarding the free and open, net-neutral Internet.
Almost as soon as it was signed, California’s radical net neutrality bill faced suits from the Department of Justice and the broadband industry’s four main lobbying groups.
The FCC vote to tear down the protections that safeguard net neutrality is scheduled for today. Here’s how things stand.
FCC chair Ajit Pai, expressing worry that government is micromanaging the business models of corporations like AT&T, has expressed his intent to eliminate the hard-fought protections of net neutrality.
Wednesday, more than 80,000 websites participated in “Day of Action,” a campaign to engage users to protect net neutrality.
The FCC is set to undo the rules of net neutrality. Those who wish to step up and fight for net neutrality can make their public comments known at the FCC page and contribute to organizations like Fight for the Future.
The FCC and local governments want to promote net neutrality and freer access to broadband services in cities, but did the FCC go too far in preempting state laws?
What will the Internet look like in the U.S.? The FCC believes it should be a utility without slow and fast lanes based on market conditions, and an appeals court agrees.
Last year, the online conversation hub promised to give 10% of its 2014 ad revenue to charities. They made good—ten nonprofits will benefit from their giving.
Yesterday’s FCC ruling enshrines a stronger policy on net neutrality, founded on the declaration that broadband Internet service is a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act.
