The new Republican majority on the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to begin the process of rolling back Barack Obama’s network neutrality rules. These rules were designed to ensure that all online content and services get equal treatment online. But Trump’s choice to lead the FCC, Ajit Pai, argues that…
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Vocativ: FCC Is Honoring Fake Anti-Net Neutrality Rants Left By Bots
The federal agency weighing whether to kill a basic internet freedom wants to hear from you first. But it probably thinks your real voice is worth the same as that of a faked comment pretending to come from a real person. Whenever the Federal Communications Commission weighs a serious decision…
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The Guardian: FCC votes to dismantle net neutrality as critics cry ‘war on open internet’
Donald Trump’s newly installed media and telecoms regulator moved to repeal Obama-era rules aimed at protecting an open internet on Thursday, the most serious move to date in what looks set to be a hard fight over the future of the internet. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by chairman…
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Multichannel News: FCC’s Net Neutrality Vote Gets Blowback From Title II Fans
Foes of the FCC's vote to roll back the Title II classification of internet access providers were out in full force Thursday as the commission's Republican majority launched the review of the FCC's 2015 Open Internet order with an eye toward reclassifying ISPs as information services not subject to common carrier…
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Los Angeles Times: Public unlikely to sway FCC on keeping Internet fair, open
WASHINGTON — A warning to the hundreds of thousands of people publicly urging the Federal Communications Commission to keep its tough net neutrality rules: You might be wasting your time. Three years ago, a historic outpouring of about 4 million public comments — fueled by a viral video rant by…
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International Business Times: Net Neutrality Vote: FCC Takes First Step To Undo Net Neutrality Rules
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to repeal the classification of the internet as a public utility, taking the first step in rolling back the landmark decision adopted during the Obama administration. The vote, which fell along party lines with Chairman Ajit Pai and fellow Republican Commissioner Michael O’Rielly voting…
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Daily Dot: FCC is one step closer to overturning net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to begin to roll back hard-won federal regulations intended to protect the free flow of information on the internet. In a 2-to-1 vote along party lines, the FCC voted to open debate on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which would roll back the commission’s…
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Bloomberg BNA: FCC Set to Move on Net Neutrality Changes Amid Outcry
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to begin unwinding its current net neutrality rules May 18, despite a campaign by tech companies and public policy groups trying to preserve them. The brewing policy battle pits internet service providers such as Comcast Corp. and AT&T Inc., which have chafed under the…
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Statement of Gigi Sohn on Today’s FCC Vote to Dismantle Net Neutrality and the Agency’s Authority to Protect Consumers and Competition
Today the Trump FCC begins its dismantling of the Internet rules that protect American consumers on behalf of the few huge companies that control their access to the Internet. Net Neutrality rules ensure that consumers can control what they say and do online, but Chairman Pai prefers to give that…
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Al Jazeera: The Stream – The Fight for Net Neutrality
Battle lines are being drawn in the war over net neutrality in the United States as the Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on May 18 on whether or not to roll back Obama-era policies. Critics claim current regulations wrongfully insert the government into the internet economy. But proponents…