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#NetNeutrality: Justice Department Sticks a Pin in Its Battle With California for Now
The United States Department of Justice and the state of California have come to a deal of sorts in their battle over the rules of net neutrality—at least for now. The state of California said Friday it would not enforce what has become labeled the nation’s strictest state-level net neutrality law when it goes into…
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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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#NetNeutrality: Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Side With the FCC in Killing the Open Internet
It has been nearly eight months since the Federal Communications Commission repealed the net neutrality that keep the internet open and free for everyone, and the repeal officially went into effect on June 11. As lawmakers in individual states do their part to try and ensure net neutrality is still a reality for their constituents,…
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#NetNeutrality: California Senate Approves Strict Open-Internet Protections for the State
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with its plan to repeal the net neutrality protections put in place by the Obama administration in 2015. That has not stopped lawmakers in California from taking action to protect the open internet in their state. On Wednesday, the California State Senate approved a bill that would impose…
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#NetNeutrality: Senate Votes to Overturn FCC Repeal of Open-Internet Rules
On May 10, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the agency’s new rules repealing net neutrality would go into effect June 11. On Wednesday the U.S. Senate voted to approve a resolution that would stop that from happening. NPR reports that Senate Democrats were joined by three Republicans—Susan Collins of Maine, John Kennedy…
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#NetNeutrality: The Open Internet Isn’t Dead Just Yet
Although you may have seen news reports to the contrary, the rules of open internet are still in place as of Monday, April 23. Yes, the Federal Communications Commission published its “Restoring Internet Freedom Order” in the Federal Register 60 days ago, signifying its intent to repeal the Obama-era protections that kept net neutrality in…
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#NetNeutrality: Where Are We Now?
Although the issue of net neutrality may not be making the headlines as it was earlier this year, the fight for the open internet still continues. Do not be lulled into a false sense of security, thinking that everything will be OK. We still need legislation that will protect us from prioritized content, bandwidth/data throttling…