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NBC News Think: Brett Kavanaugh’s net neutrality views could have a broad impact if he joins the Supreme Court

Most critiques of the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, focus on his positions on a woman’s right to choose, his extreme deference to presidential power or his views on sensible gun laws. But, as the Senate Judiciary…

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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NBC News THINK: Losing Net Neutrality made it harder for Santa Clara to fight its Wildfires

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and his staff are fond of taking to Twitter to assert that, in the just over two months since the repeal of the FCC’s 2015 network neutrality rules took effect, the “Internet remains free and open” — and that opponents’ concerns that unconstrained broadband providers will…

Posted on August 24, 2018August 27, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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ProMarket: Would Sen. Warner’s Ambitious Plan to Regulate Social Media Giants “Ruin” the Internet—Or Save it?

After two years filled with privacy scandals, antitrust fines, and disturbing revelations, legislators on both sides of the Atlantic are finally beginning to come up with policy proposals to address the numerous threats posed by unchecked digital monopolies. In the UK, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has…

Posted on August 13, 2018August 27, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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Buzzfeed News: Two Companies Won, Democracy Lost

When a federal judge this week cleared AT&T’s $85 billion takeover of Time Warner, he urged that “the temptation by some to view this decision as being something more than a resolution of this specific case should be resisted.” But the consequences of his ruling will go well beyond one…

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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Medium: The Time to Get the Net Neutrality Rules Back is Now

Last December 14th, the Trump FCC repealed the 2015 network neutrality rules prohibiting broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from favoring or discriminating against Internet traffic. In doing so, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressly abdicated its role protecting consumers and competition in the broadband market, leaving powerful companies like AT&T…

Posted on May 15, 2018May 22, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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Wired: PROMISES MEAN LITTLE FOR CONSUMERS IN T-MOBILE-SPRINT DEAL

LAST WEEK T-MOBILE and Sprint, two of the four nationwide mobile wireless network operators, agreed to merge in a deal valued at $26.5 billion. Not surprisingly, the companies are making a lot of promises to gain the support of both the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, both of which must approve the merger.…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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CT General Assembly: Testimony of Gigi Sohn before the Energy and Technology Committee Testimony

Senators Winfield, Formica, and Representative Reed, my name is Gigi Sohn, and I have been an advocate for open, affordable and democratic communications networks for nearly 30 years. I am currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Technology Law and Policy at Georgetown Law and a Mozilla Fellow. I…

Posted on March 8, 2018March 12, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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Wired: Ajit Pai’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People

IT’S INDISPUTABLE: A broadband internet connection is vital to full participation in our society and economy. Increasingly, government services and job opportunities can only be accessed online. Indeed, homework assigned to seven out of 10 K-12 students in the US requires internet access, according to a recent study. The internet provides access…

Posted on February 21, 2018February 23, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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NY Daily News: Online Innovation at Risk Following FCC’s repeal of Net Neutrality Rules

Today’s vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealing its 2015 network neutrality rules will have an especially negative impact on online innovation. The rules prohibited broadband providers like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon from favoring or disfavoring any online content. Specifically, the rules prohibited broadband providers from blocking or throttling…

Posted on December 14, 2017December 20, 2017 by Gigi Sohn

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Mashable: Ajit Pai’s proposal to kill net neutrality is even worse than we expected

Few who follow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the history of its efforts to enshrine network neutrality rules into law were surprised yesterday when Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he would make public a proposal to deregulate broadband Internet access by “reclassifying” it as an information service under the Communications Act…

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