Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents

If FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s plan “is enacted, there would be nothing preventing Comcast from simply blocking sites like Comcastroturf.com that are critical of their corporate policies”

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley
a silhouetted coaxial cable

Open Internet proponents who have been fighting the Trump administration's rollback of net neutrality protections, which has been enacted at the bidding of the telecom industry, said Tuesday that Comcast is now threatening legal action saying the website Comcastroturf.com is infringing on its trademark. As the organization Fight for the Future

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FCC Votes To Start Slashing Net Neutrality Protections

“This decision leads to an internet that benefits Internet Service Providers (ISPs), not users, and erodes free speech, competition, innovation, and user choice.”

Nika Knight
بواسطة Nika Knight
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) hold up a banner at Thursday's rally for net neutrality in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Ron Wyden/Twitter)

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon voted to begin slashing regulations protecting a free and open internet. The decision (pdf) ran along party lines, with the FCC's two Republican members voting to dismantle net neutrality. Mignon Clyburn, the Commission's Democratic member, was the

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The Attack On Net Neutrality Begins

Telecom giants “know there’s one place in the world where no one is watching YouTube, there’s only one group where ideology prevails and the actual Internet experience is irrelevant,” Reed Hundt, a former Democratic FCC chairman during the Clinton administration told Politico this past February.. “And that’s the [federal] judges on the D.C. circuit.”

Bobby Rodrigo
بواسطة Bobby Rodrigo

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.  (Photo: Susan Walsh/AP) Washington , D.C. (TFC) –  The United States Telecom Association has filed a lawsuit to overturn the net neutrality rules set by the Federal Communications Commission this past February. In

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FCC Chairman Unveils The Strongest Net Neutrality Protections Ever Proposed By The FCC

Net neutrality advocates are cheering the new FCC rule proposal as a big step in assuring equal access to the internet.

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis

President Barack Obama at a news conference with Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Tom Wheeler, right.  Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler confirmed on Wednesday that the FCC will have the chance to enact the strongest possible protections for the internet at its February 26

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Raising Hopes, FCC Chairman Signals Stronger Stance On Net Neutrality Protections

Speaking at tech conference, Tom Wheeler appears to be following one of the strongest net neutrality reforms, the call for reclassification of the internet as a public utility.

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler.  (AP/Susan Walsh) Federal Communications Committee chairman Tom Wheeler indicated on Wednesday that he would support some of the strongest net neutrality reforms when the committee meets again next month—including, it seems, the reclassification of the internet as a public utility

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FCC Sets Deadline For Net Neutrality Vote

Officials say new net neutrality regulations will be decided in February.

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis

The Federal Communications Commission will vote on new rules and restrictions on net neutrality in February, officials said Friday. According to a Washington Post report, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is planning to circulate a draft proposal to fellow commissioners "with an eye toward approving the measure weeks later." At the heart of the debate

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