Obama Goes Big On Net Neutrality, Says Internet Should Be Treated As A Utility

Grassroots groups say new White House plan ‘may have saved the Internet at the moment it was in the greatest jeopardy.’

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley
net neutrality

Responding to the call of millions of Americans and years of grassroots campaigning, President Obama on Monday took what net neutrality proponents called a "major step" towards the protection of the Internet by issuing a statement calling for the safeguarding of "one of the most significant democratizing influences the world has ever

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VIDEO: Hungarians Take To Throwing Computers At Government Buildings To Protest Internet Tax

Don’t mess with net neutrality.

Timothy McGrath
بواسطة Timothy McGrath
Hungary Internet Tax

When the people in power try to make the internet more expensive and less free, one way for the public to respond is by gathering up all the obsolete computing equipment that's lying around and start hurling it at government buildings. That's exactly what the people of Budapest did yesterday. The world is struggling to figure out to future of

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The Fate Of Net Neutrality: A Complicated Dance Between Corporate Interests And Consumer Demand

“In this democratized system we call the Internet, anyone can put up an idea and it can be weighed fairly and openly by the consumer,” one Internet start-up CEO says. As consumers increasingly turn to video streaming services, what will that mean for net neutrality?

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

In a town hall meeting in Los Angeles earlier this month, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to net neutrality and his opposition to the notion of “fast lanes,” or special rates for unrestricted broadband access for specific customers. "I am unequivocally committed to net neutrality," Obama told a group of company startup founders

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‘Internet Slowdown’ Is Coming, Warn Groups

Top websites partaking in September 10 day of action in support of net neutrality.

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley
internet_slowdown

Calling attention to the widespread disruption that will occur if Internet 'fast lanes' become the norm for wealthy websites, grassroots groups have organized a widespread Internet Slowdown Day on Wednesday to voice their support for net neutrality. A number of the Internet's largest companies including Etsy, Kickstarter, Mozilla, reddit,

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Groups To FCC: Don’t Let Comcast Become Nation’s Media ‘Gatekeeper’

As public comment period draws to close, groups warn the joining of telecom giants is not in the public interest.

Sarah Lazare
بواسطة Sarah Lazare

Sixty-five consumer, social justice, and media reform organizations on Monday released an open letter urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable on the basis that it would "inevitably lead to unprecedented gatekeeper control over our nation’s telecommunications and media

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