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#NetNeutrality: Appeals Court Provides a ‘Net’ Win for States’ Rights, but Upholds the End to Federal Protection
A federal appeals court has affirmed the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to end net neutrality at the national level—but the court has OK’d the ability of state and local governments to set their own rules when it comes to the issue. Tuesday’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit…
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#NetNeutrality: Will FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Face the Music at a Congressional Hearing This Week?
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai is going to have some explaining to do when he appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Thursday morning at a hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the committee, said, “From efforts to better utilize…
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The Model Minority Is Not a Myth: It’s Ajit Pai
In the week after liberals clutched their organically grown pearls that our president would (openly) call the first black republic a “shithole,” many immigrants jumped on Twitter to quip about the shithole countries they come from. But immigrants come from various kinds of shitholes, some more palatable to white America than others. Ajit Pai and…
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#NetNeutrality: The Fight for an Open and Free Internet Continues Across the Country
Nearly a month after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the rules of net neutrality, lawmakers across the country are doing what they can to keep the internet open and free. In California, this comes in the form of Senate Bill 460. NBC Bay Area reports that the California Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality…
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#NetNeutrality: FCC Reveals Details of ‘Restoring Internet Freedom’ Order
Just three weeks after it voted to repeal the rules of net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission finally released the details of its “Restoring Internet Freedom” order Thursday. As expected, the 539-page order removes a lot of protections that President Barack Obama’s administration put in place—the biggest being the end of public utility regulation of…