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FCC Chairman stands by repeal of landmark net neutrality rules
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai said he stands by the agency’s repeal of landmark net neutrality rules. Read more…
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Trade groups challenge repeal of net neutrality rulings
Trade groups representing major tech have asked a US appeals court to reconsider its ruling that largely upheld the 2017 repeal of net neutrality rules. Read more…
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The US net neutrality landscape is now fragmented and weird
A US court says states can write their own net neutrality rules. Strangely the legal reasoning has little to do with net neutrality. Or how the internet works. Read more…
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Why EU operators keep losing the battle against net neutrality
Policymakers promised that the EU’s net neutrality law would bring more innovation and protect end user rights, but it appears that it is doing the opposite. Read more…
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Reddit and Telegram being blocked by ISPs in India
Websites like Reddit and Telegram are being blocked in India by internet service providers, throwing into question the enforcement of net neutrality rules. Read more…
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No, the Supreme Court did not end the net neutrality debate
ITEM: On Monday, the US Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) declined to hear a case brought by telecoms companies to reverse earlier rulings by lower courts that the 2015 Obama-era net neutrality rules were Read more…
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Can Tim Berners-Lee’s Contract save the Web from itself?
ITEM: At the Web Summit in Lisbon, Tim Berners-Lee revealed his plan to create a “Contract for the Web” under which all signatories – which would include governments, companies and individuals – would pledge to Read more…
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Tim Berners-Lee seeks to fix the web with new ‘contract’
LONDON (Reuters) – Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has launched a campaign to persuade governments, companies and individuals to sign a “Contract for the Web” set of principles designed to defend a Read more…
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California dreaming – 50 shades of net neutrality
Ever since the FCC scrapped Obama-era net neutrality policies, pro-neutrality advocates have been looking for ways to unscrap them. The state of California has just attempted to do that with a new law signed by Read more…
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Trump admin and California clash over localized net neutrality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Justice Department has filed suit after California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to restore open internet protections known as net neutrality in the state after the Trump administration repealed the Read more…