Gigi Sohn

About

Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

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CNN Business: House Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a billto restore net neutrality protections that were repealed by President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission in a controversial move more than a year ago. The bill, called the Save the Internet Act, would reinstate protections that require internet service providers to treat…

Posted on April 10, 2019April 30, 2019 by Gigi Sohn

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House Net Neutrality Bill Expected to Have Little Chance in Senate

Odds are slim for Senate passage of legislation approved in the House on Wednesday to restore Obama-era rules barring internet service providers from interfering with web traffic, Republican senators said. “Very little chance of that being passed in the Senate,” Senator Roger Wicker, of Mississippi, who is chairman of the Commerce Committee…

Posted on April 10, 2019April 22, 2019 by Gigi Sohn

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Reuters: U.S. House to vote on net neutrality bill on Tuesday

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Donald Trump. Republicans oppose the effort arguing it would grant the FCC too much authority over the internet and deter…

Posted on April 8, 2019April 9, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Gigi Sohn Statement on Full House Energy and Commerce Committee Vote on HR 1644, the Save the Internet Act of 2019

A few minutes ago, the full House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to send HR 1644, the Save the Internet Act to the floor of the House of Representatives. The bill would restore the 2015 Open Internet Order, which included the strongest-ever net neutrality rules and restored the FCC’s authority…

Posted on April 3, 2019April 10, 2019 by Gigi Sohn

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Vice Motherboard: The FTC Makes It Clear It Can’t, Won’t Protect Net Neutrality

When the Ajit Pai-led Federal Communications Commission (FCC) killed federal net neutrality rules in late 2017, the order didn’t just eliminate rules protecting an open internet—it also dramatically rolled back the FCC’s authority to rein in giant broadband providers. At the time, the FCC stated that gutting this authority wouldn’t harm consumers…

Posted on April 2, 2019April 8, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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CNET: Why Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling for more government regulation

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't been able to get ahead of the problems that plague his creation. So now he's trying to get ahead of regulation that might do the job he hasn't been able to. Over the weekend, Zuckerberg called for government and regulators to play a "more active role" around harmful…

Posted on April 1, 2019April 2, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Cablefax: House Subcommittee Marks Up Net Neutrality Bill

The House Communications subcommittee held a markup Tuesday on the “Save the Internet Act,” which would restore Title II regulatory framework repealed by the FCC in December 2017. The legislation cleared the first hurdle in the House as lawmakers approved the bill in an 18-11 party-line vote after a relatively contentious markup.…

Posted on March 27, 2019April 8, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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The Hill: FCC Claims on Broadband Access Under Scrutiny

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being scrutinized over its claims that its deregulatory agenda has led to record gains in the private sector’s efforts to expand access to high-speed internet in rural and underserved communities. Internet players, watchdogs and lawmakers are calling for changes to how the agency collects…

Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Bloomberg: DirecTV to Hike Prices After Owner AT&T Promised Cheaper Bills

AT&T Inc. is hiking prices on its pay TV services for the second time since January, even after telling a judge during the U.S. antitrust trial last year that prices would go down if it was allowed to buy Time Warner Inc. Next month, most of the 1.6 million subscribers of DirecTV…

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Vice-Motherboard: Some Democrats Are Ready to Water Down Their Own Net Neutrality Bill

Democrats continue to push their new net neutrality bill through Congress, but there’s signs that several members of the party are already eager to water down the proposal. The three-page Save the Internet Act, introduced by Democrats last week, would restore the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules via an act of Congress.…

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