net neutrality
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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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Oakland, Stand Up! The Black Power Movement Continues With a Panel Discussion and New Exhibits at OMCA
Anyone familiar with the Black Panther Party knows its genesis was Oakland, Calif.—and the area continues to be a locus of activism, attracting some of the country’s most prominent voices. This Sunday, several of those voices will gather at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) to discuss the lasting legacy and impact of the movement…
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#NetNeutrality: Pelosi, et al Plan to ‘Save the Internet’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that House Democrats plan to introduce a bill that would replace the open internet protections that were in place until the Federal Communications Commission repealed them in December 2017. The Hill reports that Pelosi wrote a letter to her colleagues advising that the bill, called the “Save the…
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#NetNeutrality: Supreme Court Hands Over a Major Victory for Open Internet Advocates
Every time I see a picture of Ajit Pai, I want to kick him in his Reese’s cup. In 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that favored the 2015 net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration Federal Communications Commission. Several internet providers took…
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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: Turns Out 99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Wanted to Keep the Internet Open
As the Federal Communications Commission prepared to repeal the laws of net neutrality last year, 22 million comments were left on its website expressing arguments either for or against keeping the open internet protected and in place. A new report says that 99.7 percent of the unique comments left on the agency’s site were pro-net…
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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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Fox Reaches $10 Million Discrimination Settlement
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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…