Net neutrality Net neutrality is no more, so what happens now?
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AND FINALLY ... Whopper neutrality Net neutrality is really hard to understand.
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The Next Battle for Net Neutrality Is Getting BloodyNet neutrality is a slippery subject.
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Three of the instances included pro-net neutrality comments, and five were anti-net neutrality.
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NETFLIX JOINS NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT: Netflix is jumping into the new fight over net neutrality.
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It may be neutrality, but it's a false neutrality that does not lead to the truth.
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To manufacture net neutrality into a political issue, net neutrality proponents hammered a manufactured public narrative.
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Fortunately, net neutrality supporters have already stepped up time and time again to protect net neutrality.
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So even if Thune's bill protects network neutrality in the short run, net neutrality advocates worry that broadband providers would find ways to circumvent the rules and erode network neutrality over time.
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Related Articles: What You Need To Know About The Current State Of Net Neutrality How The End Of Net Neutrality Will Affect You Listen Up, Music Lovers: Here's Why Net Neutrality Matters
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Search neutrality was also less than popular among internet policy enthusiasts, even those who supported net neutrality.
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Also on the radar: Net neutrality: The battle over net neutrality has moved back to Capitol Hill.
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Trump has not talked as president about net neutrality but in 2014 tweeted he opposed net neutrality.
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If enough Republicans can be convinced to support net neutrality, net neutrality activists just might have a shot.
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"Comcast's spokesperson also added that the company supports net neutrality but "Title II does not equal net neutrality.
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Could Indian net neutrality rules survive in the context of a US stripped of all net neutrality protections?
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And net neutrality proponents dispute the claim that net neutrality reduced private sector investment in broadband networks generally.
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People don't just like net neutrality, they're motivated to take action Preserving net neutrality isn't just about popularity.
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The exact breakdown of anti-net neutrality and pro-net neutrality comments is not definitive, according to Thuen.
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Net neutrality: New chairman Ajit Pai's criticism of a 2015 set of net neutrality protections is well known.
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Net neutrality Washington state moved to protect net neutrality as DC aims to get rid of it. Gov.
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Governors in six states have signed executive orders on net neutrality, while three states have enacted net neutrality legislation.
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Net neutrality This one is much tougher to nail down, because Trump himself has said little about net neutrality.
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What it means for net neutrality: The vote could roil the waters on a larger debate over net neutrality.
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Rather, it was contrived to burnish the mainstream media claim to political neutrality, and the neutrality of parent companies.
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Net Neutrality The fate of the agency's net neutrality rules will be the FCC's biggest fight of the year.
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Net neutrality advocates now face an FCC chair who has not made secret his interest in destroying net neutrality rules.
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In the wake of the federal repeal of net neutrality rules, several states have passed their own net neutrality protections.
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Since the F.C.C. dismantled federal net neutrality rules last December, four states, including California, passed their own net neutrality laws.
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Commission Impossible: How and why the FCC created net neutrality Second, this wasn't "the" big court case on net neutrality.
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If both chambers of Congress pass their net neutrality restoration bills, the final step to overturning net neutrality is presidential approval.
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"Neutrality." Body neutrality is an ever-more popular concept, popping up in trend pieces everywhere from college newspapers to The Cut.
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Net neutrality California has a shiny, new net neutrality law, and the Trump administration is already working to knock it down.
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And so we talk a lot about how we extend the debate from net neutrality to being platform neutrality as well.
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NET NEUTRALITY ACTIVISTS RALLY TO OVERTURN FCC REPEAL: Net neutrality activists are stepping up their pressure on lawmakers this week to support a bill that would vacate the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to repeal its net neutrality rules.
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Leading net neutrality advocates, meanwhile, maintain that net neutrality will play a key role in delivering first-time voters to the polls.
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The United States Senate has voted to reinstate the net neutrality rules, while California has passed a bill to restore net neutrality.
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First, the idea that AT&T is in favor of net neutrality — the net neutrality we all had and enjoyed — is laughable.
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President-elect Donald Trump famously hates net neutrality and has just appointed two anti-net neutrality advisers to oversee the FCC transition.
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No, net neutrality is not tantamount to government control of the internet; no, broadband investment hasn't evaporated since net neutrality was passed.
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Since the net neutrality repeal, we've seen states stepping in through executive order or by their own legislation, regulating net neutrality themselves.
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A critical point here that many are missing is that the old net neutrality political calculus was not about net neutrality itself.
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Here are the core six terms with double meanings that torment net neutrality consensus: Internet, net neutrality, free, open, competition, and economics.
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Net neutrality The FCC is due to vote next week on a repeal of net neutrality rules, but Democrats want it delayed.
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VERIZON WANTS CONGRESS TO TAKE ON NET NEUTRALITY: Verizon is again calling on Congress to step in and legislate on net neutrality.
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Others made net neutrality complaints, but the Federal Communications Commission has said Netflix did not violate any of its net neutrality rules.
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It ruled competition could not protect net neutrality, and that only the strongest, FCC Title II, monopoly regulations could protect net neutrality.
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NET NEUTRALITY PROPOSAL RELEASED: The FCC put out the full text of Chairman Ajit Pai's proposal to repeal net neutrality on Thursday.
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In its order to scrap net neutrality rules, the FCC notes that its measures preclude net neutrality regulations on the state level.
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Net neutrality supporters on Wednesday unveiled a campaign aimed at unseating US senators who refuse to overturn the FCC order repealing net neutrality.
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For comparison, the last net neutrality debate — the proposal to create net neutrality rules and enact Title II — had just 3.7 million replies.
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We've noted that Congress passing a law on net neutrality could, in theory, achieve the same goals and stop refractory debates surrounding neutrality.
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Opponents of net neutrality say net neutrality is an overextension of government regulation, that the internet doesn't need federal governance to function fairly.
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And, with net neutrality being eroded in Washington, D.C., the plan has the added effect of implementing net neutrality at the state level.
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NET NEUTRALITY EMAILS (UNREDACTED): The House Oversight Committee released 162 pages of old FCC emails during the debate while crafting net neutrality rules.
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" Net neutrality: "Even if [the Trump administration] undermines the Title II rules, my guess would be the net neutrality rules are still followed.
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Net neutrality has harmed broadband investmentIn yesterday's speech, Pai repeatedly claimed that net neutrality has reduced investment in broadband infrastructure, citing a study by the Free State Foundation that claimed the 230 net neutrality order has cost $250 billion in broadband investment.
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Two more dead commenters have been spotted commenting on the FCC's foregone net neutrality vote, a small but not insignificant discovery considering that, while public outcry for net neutrality was high, FCC representatives dismissed most of supportive net neutrality commentary as spam.
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For example, during the net neutrality battle, Comcast said publicly that it would honor net neutrality principles, while lobbying against them behind the scenes.
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The debate echoes the fight over net neutrality, when the FCC moved to reclassify the internet as an information service, ending net neutrality protections.
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Net neutrality supporters are almost certain to sue the commission in an attempt to invalidate this proceeding and restore the 2015 net neutrality rules.
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Net neutrality: Bullock was the first governor in the country to protect net neutrality through an executive order to ensure people had internet freedom.
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ISPs that respect consumer privacy and net neutrality would then be allowed to advertise a "Massachusetts Net Neutrality and Consumer Privacy Seal" of approval.
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Read More: Dead People are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to the FCC Website At this point, the future of net neutrality is uncertain.
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After a decade of trying, net neutrality activists have yet to win a single Republican congressman or senator to support Title II net neutrality.
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Pai's order rolling back net neutrality includes language that specifically preempts any attempts that states could make to create their own net neutrality regulations.
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Zero-rating is absolutely part of the net neutrality conversation stateside—should resisting these trends be seen as pro-net neutrality, or anti-colonialist?
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Go deeper: What to watch: Net neutrality's end approaches Democrats bet on net neutrality voters in 2018 Senate approves resolution restoring net neutrality rules
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"Net neutrality is actually what gives people choices," said Evan Greer, campaign director for the pro-net neutrality activist group Fight for the Future.
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Many net neutrality advocates believe "free data" programs are a violation of the Open Internet Order and are inconsistent with basic net neutrality principles.
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NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT WILL CONTINUE: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote last week to repeal net neutrality won't end the fight over the regulation.
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Net neutrality supporters are worried that if legislation like the Kennedy bill becomes law, net neutrality rules would be permanently replaced with weaker protections.
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Many websites are displaying pro-net neutrality messages, or "blocked" or "buffering" alerts to dramatize what the internet could be like without net neutrality.
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The majority of the anti-net neutrality form comments generated by spambot were sourced by Gizmodo as coming through anti-net neutrality websites like the conservative Center for Individual Freedom, which has received funding from the Internet & Television Association, an anti-net neutrality lobby.
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Still, if the alternative is four or even eight years of no network neutrality protections at all, some net neutrality fans might take a deal.
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"As a result of this decision, California's net neutrality law ... remains fully intact and the most impactful net neutrality law in the country," he said.
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"The very premise and foundation of the JAMS business is neutrality, and we believe that neutrality was upheld in the underlying arbitration," the statement said.
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But you'd be forgiven for assuming that an ad that reads "Support Net Neutrality" would be for a site that, you know, supports net neutrality.
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Tech and its allies in the net neutrality fight aren't pleased with AT&T's ad blitz arguing they should be subject to neutrality requirements, too.
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FCC BEGINS NET NEUTRALITY REPEAL: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to roll back net neutrality rules took its first step forward on Thursday.
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Though only one step toward bringing back President Obama's 2015 net neutrality regulations, the Senate win was still an important milestone for net neutrality advocates.
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Tim Wu, the Columbia professor who coined the term "net neutrality," has argued that the judiciary will in the end have to save net neutrality.
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ALL EYES ON NET NEUTRALITY: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is expected to lay out his case for repealing the agency's net neutrality rules.
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Donald Trump Jr. went after critics of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to rescind net neutrality rules Thursday, challenging critics to explain net neutrality.
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Net Neutrality: The Hill — Senate Democrats are taking the first step toward setting up a floor vote on the Federal Communication Commission's net neutrality rule.
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During different phases of the net neutrality battle, companies such as Reddit and others have devoted portions of their site to pro-net neutrality messaging.
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Defending net neutrality provisions California filed in January of last year to protect the Obama administration's net neutrality rules overturned by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Net neutrality The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rolled back the popular Obama-era net neutrality internet rules, but the fight is far from over.
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Many pro-net neutrality activists warn that if net neutrality were repealed, then ISPs could have free rein to block whatever content they deem objectionable.
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Why it matters: The debate around FCC's move to reverse net neutrality rules drew sharp criticism from net neutrality supporters, including some threats of violence.
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"It was a momentary ode to our neutrality in the process of price discovery," a reference to Switzerland's reputation for neutrality in foreign military conflicts.
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"Snapchat has grown up in an era of network neutrality, and I think Snapchat owes some of its existence to net neutrality," Mr. Wu said.
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Advocates and consumer groups fought very hard to obtain net neutrality protections, and in 2015, got the FCC to implement strong, reasonable net neutrality rules.
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Trump opposes net neutrality and bizarrely compared it to the FCC's old Fairness Doctrine, which suggests that he doesn't even know what net neutrality is.
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Wheeler argued that any new initiatives to reinstate net neutrality should use the 2015 Open Internet Order, which enshrined net neutrality rules, as a starting point.
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Net neutrality has also split supporters and opponents along party lines — President Barack Obama and other Democrats have backed net neutrality while Republicans have opposed it.
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The very companies that defended net neutrality are creating the new bundle Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook have defended net neutrality and fought the bundle.
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The tool doesn't yet have a category for net neutrality, a hot-button state-level issue after the FCC repealed federal net neutrality rules in 2017.
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We are fighting the Trump Administration's attempt to repeal net neutrality in the D.C. Circuit Court and we will vigorously defend California's own net neutrality law.
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Net neutrality is the law of the land, and T-Mobile has aggressively pushed the boundaries of net neutrality by manipulating the traffic on its network.
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NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT HITS THE HILL: Battle lines are being drawn on Capitol Hill over the Federal Communication Commission's push to scale back net neutrality rules.
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More net neutrality The Federal Communications Commission made net neutrality — requiring internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content — a rule in 230.
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Conservatives see echoes of Obama's decision to endorse an aggressive approach to maintain net neutrality in 2014; months later, the FCC enacted strict net neutrality rules.
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There's about to be another historic vote on net neutrality shifting things back to the way they were before the last historic vote on net neutrality.
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Unbundling's prevalence in Europe could be part of what makes net neutrality a relatively benign issue there — though net neutrality regulations are in place there, too.
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The senators' letter to the agency comes in advance of pro-net neutrality advocacy group Fight for the Future's net neutrality Day of Action, a push by a coalition of technology companies and organizations calling on the FCC to not roll back Obama-era net neutrality provisions.
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As Google's dedication to net neutrality waned, co-IA member Netflix had been picking up the slack as the biggest and most profitable supporter of net neutrality.
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Network neutrality skeptics like Skorup, on the other hand, see it as an example of beneficial innovation that could be hampered by overly strict network neutrality rules.
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In February, net neutrality advocates and technology companies planned a day of mass online protest, embedding messages of support for net neutrality into their websites and apps.
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Speaking out against net neutrality supporters, including Cher who has tweeted about the issue, Pai says the Federal Trade Commission is well-placed to preserve net neutrality.
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But the decision also handed a partial victory to net neutrality advocates in that it provides a path for states to create their own net neutrality rules.
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That December ruling rolled back nationwide net neutrality protections, but also included a clause which preempted any net neutrality legislation from being put forth by the states.
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Eroding net neutralityWhile his big secret plan to repeal net neutrality regulations is still a big secret, Pai has already acted to erode some net neutrality principles.
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In the wake of the FCC's repeal of net neutrality, more than half the states in the union are considering their own, state-level net neutrality rules.
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Given the detrimental effects of violating network neutrality for everyone except for telecom and cable companies, I wonder why the FCC is even considering abolishing network neutrality.
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President Trump himself has in the past referred to net neutrality as something that might hurt conservative outlets, repeating the mistaken idea that net neutrality regulates content.
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A California state senator proposed state-wide net neutrality law on Thursday in the wake of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to repeal net neutrality rules.
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He and other Democrats say that they want to make net neutrality a 85033 election issue if they can't beat back the FCC's repeal of net neutrality.
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AT&T has managed to derail a looming California net neutrality proposal groups like the EFF had called the "gold standard" for state-level net neutrality laws.
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New York is already considering net neutrality laws that look very similar to the original SB 822, and Washington State recently instated its version of net neutrality.
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Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez jumped into the net neutrality fight on Wednesday, voicing his support for the policy during the net neutrality Day of Action.
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" Acosta also acknowledges accusations of bias against the Trump administration, writing that "neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn't really serve us in the age of Trump.
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I support the Save Net Neutrality Act to restore net neutrality, and I will appoint FCC commissioners who are committed to maintaining a fair and open internet.
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Can you provide good examples of how net neutrality is portrayed and examples of bad ones that are maybe pro-net neutrality but are vaguer and correct?
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NET NEUTRALITY NOTCHES ANOTHER COURT WIN: A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a request to review its decision upholding the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality regulations.
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More than 465,322 pro-net neutrality comment submissions (close to 20 percent of all pro-net neutrality comments filed) appear to have been submitted under questionable circumstances.
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Net neutrality activists and Democrats are also trying to make net neutrality a campaign issue, betting the issue will work against Republicans in this fall's midterm elections.
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"We support permanent, strong, legally enforceable net neutrality rules," said Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, which once successfully sued the F.C.C. to overturn net neutrality policies.
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Net neutrality and the influence of Big Telecom is a hot issue for many voters, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality last year.
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And on the same day that the FCC announced it was repealing net neutrality rules, the company quietly deleted its public page committing itself to net neutrality principles.
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The Federal Communications Commission is cracking open the net neutrality debate again with a proposal to undo the 2015 rules that implemented net neutrality with Title II classification.
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In July, companies like Netflix, Twitter, and Reddit participated in a net neutrality Day of Action, embedding messages of support for net neutrality into their websites and apps.
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In the late '00s, they helped popularize the controversial concept of "search neutrality" — which turned Google's support for network neutrality, a well-known and popular idea, against it.
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By stipulating conventional revenue neutrality and distributional neutrality as goals, Hatch hopes to eliminate this source of political resistance to transitioning to a more economically efficient, integrated system.
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PAI BLASTS NET NEUTRALITY: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai railed against net neutrality on Tuesday, saying that the 28500 rules are "outdated" and stifling the internet economy.
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Pai's plan for rolling back net neutrality would give up the FCC's authority over broadband companies in exchange for them voluntarily promising to adopt many net neutrality principles.
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The key difference: Big tech, while supportive of the net neutrality rules, has been far more open to a legislative compromise to finally end the net neutrality bickering.
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After adopting net neutrality rules in 2015, the FCC added net neutrality to the list of possible gripes, such as slowed-down internet service or content being blocked.
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No more net neutrality The FCC's dubious authority on privacy enforcement derived from its Open Internet (or net neutrality) rules which were upheld in the Court of Appeals.
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NET NEUTRALITY: Republicans in Congress and at the FCC may have to make some tough decisions soon on how to tackle the Obama administration's landmark net neutrality rules.
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Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has introduced a bill in response to the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules, but supporters of net neutrality aren't happy with it.
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This snowballing definition now has many net neutrality proponents seeing net neutrality as the same as 1934 monopoly telephone utility law which regulated telecommunications as a common carrier.
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Twitter announced Thursday that it will join the net neutrality "Day of Action," giving a high-profile boost to the campaign to preserve Obama-era net neutrality rules.
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Pro-net neutrality advocacy groups like Free Press have rejected those claims, arguing that investment in broadband has grown since the net neutrality rules were implemented in 2015.
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More on the net neutrality vote: Democratic members of the FCC gave blistering dissent speeches on Thursday as the agency voted in favor of repealing net neutrality rules.
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Reddit is filled with more examples of outraged net neutrality supporters exposing their elected officials under the net neutrality subreddit, and the list shows no signs of stopping.
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Also, Coffman's signing on the to net neutrality CRA could help force a vote in the House, following the Senate's vote to restore net neutrality rules in May.
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The decision follows nearly a year of escalating conflict between Facebook and the country's net neutrality activists, who argue Free Basics violates neutrality by favoring some services over others.
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Congress has debated net neutrality for many years, but Congress has never enacted net neutrality legislation or clearly authorized the FCC to impose commoncarrier obligations on Internet service providers.
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If you're questioning the comparison to net neutrality, it's literally the same issue: Broadband internet service was classified as Title II, allowing the FCC to enforce net neutrality rules.
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This is not the first time companies have rallied behind net neutrality: Silicon Valley powerhouses including Google, Twitter, and Facebook joined the Net Neutrality Day of Action last summer.
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With the net neutrality debate raging at the FCC, it's easy to forgot that net neutrality remains an issue inside of Congress, too — albeit a much, much quieter one.
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"Facebook continues to support strong net neutrality protections that ensure the internet remains open for everyone," the company said, specifying it supports the congressional effort to preserve net neutrality.
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Besides helping existing businesses, network neutrality is crucial for startups that would never be able to pay the fees to avoid being delayed if net neutrality is not there.
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Opposing net neutrality The anti-net neutrality forces, on the other hand, are ISPs, cable and telephone companies, and a coterie of conservatives, free-market think tanks and libertarians.
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"Lawsuits and CRAs may dampen support for a legislative solution as pro-neutrality members look for an outright win on net neutrality instead of a legislative compromise," he said.
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Conservatives see echoes in the pronouncement of Obama's decision to endorse an aggressive approach to maintain net neutrality in 2014; months later, the FCC enacted strict net neutrality rules.
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DEMS WHIP UP SUPPORT AHEAD OF NET NEUTRALITY VOTE: Democratic lawmakers rallied net neutrality supporters ahead of the FCC's initial vote on Thursday to start rolling back the regulations.
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"So-called net neutrality leads to fewer choices, fewer opportunities, and higher prices for consumers," Cruz said in a statement after the introduction of Lee's anti-net neutrality bill.
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Netflix poured millions into the campaign to urge the FCC to pass network neutrality regulations, and others like Facebook, Google, Tumblr and Etsy all supported network neutrality protections, too.
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Moving to repeal Obama's net neutrality rules In another blow to regulations enacted under Obama, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal its landmark net neutrality rules this month.
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"Net neutrality is about government censorship and regulation," he said, continuing by arguing, bafflingly, that net neutrality would leave consumers unable to watch Netflix because their neighbors are downloading porn.
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Around 80 percent of Americans support net neutrality, and a survey from last month found that 57 percent of voters consider reinstating net neutrality regulations to be an election issue.
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Currently, Congress is deliberating on net neutrality and will vote on December 14 to either enforce the guidelines that protect online activity or destroy net neutrality as we know it.
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As the FCC moves ahead with its plan to dismantle net neutrality protections, pro-net neutrality groups say they're planning protests at Verizon stores around the country on December 7th.
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Image: GettyOn Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld the regulations behind the FCC's latest net neutrality regulations, which hands the federal agency and net neutrality supporters a big, important victory.
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California Net Neutrality Bill Would Go Beyond Original ProtectionsSeveral states have passed executive orders to protect net neutrality, and both Oregon and Washington have passed their own rules as well.
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Net neutrality: Trujillo says that the deal price was not at all affected by the FCC's net neutrality rollback plans, nor did the Obama-era rules affect RCN's infrastructure investments.
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But he clearly demonstrated his disapproval for federal net neutrality protections—cause for concern for net neutrality proponents seeking to re-establish the rules through multiple venues, including the courts.
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Santiago's move has surprised and angered other Democrats, who have been pushing for net neutrality in the Golden State since the Trump administration revoked the 22018 FCC net neutrality rules.
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DEMS DRAW THE LINE ON NET NEUTRALITY: Democrats on Tuesday vowed to stand firm against any efforts by Republicans to roll back the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) net neutrality rules.
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This is Packets, Please: A Post-Net-Neutrality Simulator, a video game that depicts a dystopian alternate reality where net neutrality is dead and internet service providers abuse their power.
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However, two failed attempts to pass the Medical Neutrality Act of 2011 and Medical Neutrality Protection Act of 85033 show the lack of traction in Congress to address existing shortcomings.
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We may see a repeat of the 2014 network neutrality debate, when grassroots activists bombarded the FCC with millions of public comments, most of them favoring stronger network neutrality rules.
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This is notably smaller than similar tech giants like Apple and Google who do not use as many RECs to justify their carbon neutrality and boast 100 percent carbon neutrality.
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COLLINS BACKS NET NEUTRALITY BILL: A Senate bill that would stop the Federal Communications Commission's effort to repeal net neutrality just won its first Republican backer on Tuesday, with Sen.
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But TNC did acknowledge that "it's nearly impossible to make a scientific case for 'water neutrality' in a similar sense as carbon neutrality," even if "companies may choose to discuss 'water neutrality' since it is a way to communicate to consumers what they're trying to do," according to the statement from Vigerstol.
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At least that's the future many envision if Net Neutrality is thrown out, including those who protested this week in the Net Neutrality Day of Action, which saw many major tech companies — including Facebook, Snapchat, Amazon, and Google — add their voices to the chorus of entities calling for Net Neutrality to be preserved.
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When the previous Wheeler FCC decided that its new self-defined mission of net neutrality, was important and urgent enough to implement without Congress, net neutrality morphed into an expedient legal question of what potential FCC legal authority was the most effective means for the FCC alone to mandate maximal net neutrality regulations.
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In place of the net neutrality rules, ISPs would commit to several (but not all) net neutrality "principles" in their terms of service — no discrimination, no blocking, no "harmful" paid prioritization.
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Though net neutrality is often a partisan issue, with Republicans against and Democrats for, the Republican-majority Senate passed a bill protecting net neutrality by reversing the FCC ruling in May.
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AOL and Yahoo---and by extension Tumblr---are both owned by Verizon, which has vocally opposed the FCC's net neutrality rules (though it now claims to support net neutrality in general).
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" He does believe that smaller players are going to be harmed if net neutrality goes away, saying that "where net neutrality is really important is the Netflix of 10 years ago.
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This is the future if net neutrality is repealed; the creeping, costly death of media freedom If you're scared of a future America without net neutrality, I want to terrify you.
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A US appeals court said on Thursday that it won't reconsider a petition by net neutrality advocates asking the court to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules.
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Though the company was one of the most staunch net neutrality advocates back in 2014 — during the last fight over net neutrality — it hasn't cared quite as much this time around.
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"This will be the most comprehensive and the strongest net neutrality protection in the United States where we are restoring what we lost when Donald Trump's FCC obliterated net neutrality," Sen.
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To make its position clear on net neutrality, Burger King filmed a stunt in which it educated "the public" on net neutrality using the Whopper as a metaphor for online content.
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TRUMP LANDING TEAM TARGETS NET NEUTRALITY: Trump FCC transition advisor Jeffrey Eisenach said that the net neutrality rules were the "worst kind of crony capitalism," in an interview today on CNBC.
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Now, with the official repeal of net neutrality after months of fighting for it, they're fully freakin' out—mainly because they're misinterpreting what the end of net neutrality actually looks like.
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Internet users are complaining more about net neutrality-related issues since the FCC voted to repeal the existing net neutrality rules earlier this month, according to the FCC's consumer complaint data.
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FCC FACES NET NEUTRALITY BACKLASH: The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) plan to scrap net neutrality rules governing how internet service providers handle web traffic has unleashed a wave of intense opposition.
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WH SHOWS SUPPORT FOR NET NEUTRALITY REPEAL: The White House on Tuesday offered support for the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) proposal to roll back the Obama-era net neutrality internet rules.
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The public hates the repeal of net neutrality: 83 percent of people in this Washington Post poll support net neutrality when it's explained to them, including 3 out of 4 Republicans.
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STATES SUE FCC OVER NET NEUTRALITY REPEAL: Twenty-two state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the agency's repeal of its net neutrality rules.
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The obvious answer is because it's net neutrality related, and anything they can do to weaken or reduce the scope of net neutrality rules is high on their list of priorities.
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In March 2017, Trump's administration clarified its stance on net neutrality: then Press Secretary Sean Spicer (miss u bb) announced the administration's ambition to overturn the Obama FCC's net neutrality rules.
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Net neutrality activists are stepping up their pressure on lawmakers this week to support a bill that would vacate the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to repeal its net neutrality rules.
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Net neutrality defenders, who understandably feel beholden to Google's outsized financial and vocal support for net neutrality, are loathe to question that Google could be engaging in a non-neutral manner.
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He also came under scrutiny when it was uncovered that, in the process of assessing public opinion over net neutrality, millions of spambots made anti–net neutrality comments to the FCC.
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" In this sense, neutrality could also be called "equality.
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" To which Ms. Raicovich replied: "Neutrality is a fiction.
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Somehow these things ... KS: We never have lawyer neutrality.
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Greer has also been instrumental legislatively—Fight for the Future has been heavily involved in a Congressional push to restore net neutrality, first through an obscure legislative process known as the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed the FCC's move to end net neutrality and more recently through legislation that would protect net neutrality.
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Congress Might Actually Save Net Neutrality, If Republicans Can Learn How to Read PollsPhoto: GettyDemocrats on Wednesday officially filed a petition to force a vote in the Senate to save net neutrality.
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"We're announcing amendments to S.B. 822 that will insert strong net neutrality protections so the bill will once again be the strongest and most comprehensive net neutrality bill in the country," Sen.
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It took part in discussions on net neutrality, which the company has supported and—through another lobbying group—joined a lawsuit against the FCC following the decision to overturn net neutrality protections.
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Apple is conspicuously missing from the group, but broke a long silence on the topic of net neutrality last year when it filed its own FCC comment in support of net neutrality.
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And given that its fellow tech giants have already thrown their lobbying weight behind net neutrality, Apple's support for net neutrality probably won't do much to sway the FCC at this point.
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This seemed like a good start toward protecting network neutrality, so back in January I asked John Bergmayer, a net neutrality supporter at the advocacy group Public Knowledge, if it passed muster.
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Earlier this month, as John Oliver rallied viewers to send comments to the FCC opposing a proposed rollback on net neutrality rules, hundreds of thousands of identical anti-net neutrality comments appeared.
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The "fact sheet" also says repealing net neutrality will "promote consumers' online privacy," when the reality is that the FCC passed stricter privacy rules than what consumers will receive without net neutrality.
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The study also geotagged many of the unique comments and found the support for net neutrality was a "geographically widespread," with net neutrality supporters commenting in both Republican- and Democrat-held areas.
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While the goal of the lawsuit is to have net neutrality reinstated, the states do have a backup request: that the court should allow them to make their own net neutrality rules.
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JOHN OLIVER JUMPS INTO NEW NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT: The Federal Communications Commission's website went down Sunday night after comedian John Oliver skewered Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to scale back net neutrality rules.
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As conservative politicians and telecom lobbyists do everything in their power to roll back Obama-era net neutrality laws (including raising the dead), net neutrality advocates are getting creative with their responses.
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Net neutrality critics say that without the neutrality rules, the playing field will favor established or dominant companies — such as Charter Communications, which acquired Time Warner Cable, or web giants like Google.
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A potential industry lawsuit against the states that have passed net neutrality laws could hold some promise for net neutrality supporters, says Marc Martin, a communications and technology lawyer at Perkins Coie.
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ZERO HOUR NEARS FOR NET NEUTRALITY RULES: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving forward with a plan to scrap net neutrality rules, defying a massive outcry from activists, Democrats and consumers.
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President-elect Trump's FCC advisory team are staunch opponents of net neutrality, and the agency's two Republican commissioners have made no secret of their desire to dismantle the FCC's net neutrality protections.
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Why it matters: Kennedy has been courted by net neutrality activists as a potentially crucial vote for a resolution to block the Federal Communication Commission's December repeal of its net neutrality rules.
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"To create means to go from a place of neutrality to a place of imagination, where you build up something that didn't exist, and then go back to neutrality," Mr. Bardem said.
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"They did this even though 85033 percent of Americans support net neutrality, and 2 million of the people who supposedly wrote to the FCC to opposite net neutrality were bogus," he said.
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So when the FCC opened up commenting on its net neutrality proposal to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality provisions, there were ultimately, over the course of many months, 22 million comments.
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NEW DATE SET FOR NET NEUTRALITY BRIEFING: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai will brief Republican and Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday regarding his plan to roll back net neutrality.
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Experts note the administration's net neutrality repeal didn't just kill net neutrality—it neutered much of the FCC's consumer protection authority, leaving consumers more vulnerable than ever to abuse by telecom monopolies.
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The Massachusetts senator has blasted Pai's decision to drop or scale back various net neutrality related proposals and established himself as a firm enemy of any efforts to legislatively curb net neutrality.
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The United States would instead focus on trying to convince the Cambodian government to be more assertive in the defense of Cambodian neutrality, or to let others act to preserve that neutrality.
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The meeting comes just a week after Pai is said to have privately revealed plans to drop the existing net neutrality rules and instead encourage net neutrality principles to be established in customer service agreements — a dramatically weaker way of maintaining net neutrality, if it can even be said to really do that, than what's currently in effect.
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Despite the fact that Google is still routinely portrayed as a net neutrality advocate in the media, meaningful support for net neutrality from Google at this juncture can rarely be found outside of blanket statements issued by proxy groups like the Internet Association (though the company did acknowledge industry claims that net neutrality hurt investment were false).
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Regarding the argument that net neutrality led to a decline in investment: Nothing in this item convinces me that investment has dropped as a result of our net neutrality policies… To suggest that net neutrality rules shifted billions of dollars in capital beggars the imagination, and the record offers no proof that investment trends match the regulatory landscape.
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Last month, a data set analyzing the FCC's net neutrality comments between April and October of this year revealed that more than a million anti-net neutrality comments that flooded the FCC's system appear to have been sown by spambots, while as many as 99 percent of the legitimate comments were voicing their support of net neutrality.
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Should that happen, it is likely that key net neutrality protections would be weeded out in the process, leaving behind a watered down bill that has no hope of actually preserving net neutrality.
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Photo: J. Scott Applewhite (AP)Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai, the Donald Trump administration plant behind the repeal of net neutrality, is now very concerned about the neutrality of other tech companies.
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Although Walden and Senator John Thune (R-SD) have both called for Congress to pass net neutrality rules, other Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have vocally opposed the very notion of net neutrality.
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Declining to overturn the decision does not undo the FCC's net neutrality repeal, but it leaves in place a legal precedent that could benefit net neutrality advocates if the rules are ever reintroduced.
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Our original report continues below: Net neutrality proponents now have less than two weeks to convince 1.53 House lawmakers to support an effort to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality.
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You may recall that Pai released a comically stupid video called "245 Things You Can Still Do on the Internet After Net Neutrality" the day before the FCC voted to kill net neutrality.
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California's net neutrality bill would not just restore the net neutrality protections that were approved under President Obama, but it would actually go further by banning zero-rating of specific apps and services.
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PAI'S NET NEUTRALITY PLAN: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday revealed his plans for rolling back net neutrality, one of the most controversial items up for consideration at the agency.
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DEMOCRATS WANT CONCESSIONS ON NET NEUTRALITY BILL: Democrats in Congress say they're not interested in cutting a net neutrality deal with Republicans, arguing that their counterparts across the aisle aren't offering enough concessions.
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The report also suggests that net neutrality could play a role in the upcoming midterm elections, with many of the so-called "toss up" states having significant representation from pro-net neutrality commenters.
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The net neutrality rules are now in the process of being repealed, as Pai pushes through a proposal to get rid of the reclassification, the legal framework for imposing the net neutrality rules.
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The choice between neutrality and fundamental values like respect for evidence and non-discrimination is becoming unavoidable, and private companies like social media platforms, when pressed, will always choose neutrality, for business reasons.
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How can we expect telecom and cable companies to commit to net neutrality when they have spent huge sums in lobbying and political donations over the past 12 years to kill net neutrality?
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A federal appeals court Tuesday largely upheld the FCC's repeal of the Obama-era net neutrality rules, but knocked down the agency's attempt to bar states from issuing their own net neutrality regulations.
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"Trump's FCC wants to kill net neutrality," the message reads.
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"Net neutrality is not the best phrase," he says today.
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He helped shape and then defend the net neutrality law.
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Now net neutrality is in danger, and Wheeler isn't pleased.
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This also underscores the importance of net neutrality in America.
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Without net neutrality rules, the internet would be decidedly worse.
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How will the participants voice their support for net neutrality?
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Apple has long been absent from the net neutrality debate.
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Historically Apple hasn't exactly been a friend to net neutrality.
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The Federal Communications Commission will no longer protect net neutrality.
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Meanwhile, the fight to restore net neutrality has been fierce.
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Climate neutrality is achieved when carbon emissions are at zero.
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For now, Pai's net neutrality roadmap essentially has two parts.
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Do you think President Trump knows anything about net neutrality?
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Activists portrayed Wheeler's proposal as an assault on network neutrality.
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The internet isn't letting net neutrality disappear without a fight.
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Some service providers also have pledged to uphold net neutrality.
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Net neutrality has deep origins in communications law and history.
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So our existing net neutrality policies have passed court muster.
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It's important for the country, she said, to maintain neutrality.
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What's moving about this is the works' lack of neutrality.
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We've also got updates on the fight for net neutrality.
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Yesterday, the repeal of net neutrality rules went into effect.
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Mr Pai does support general rules to protect net neutrality.
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Net neutrality is basically the first amendment of the Internet.
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Encryption, net neutrality and other related issues are daily news.
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Ted Cruz in a Twitter debate about ending net neutrality.
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Curious what happens next in the battle for net neutrality?
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Especially big tech, diversity, net neutrality, and stuff like that.
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Clinton says on her website she will defend net neutrality.
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Unlike Net Neutrality, these 1930s era utility regulations are controversial.
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Online platforms haven't given up on net neutrality just yet.
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It also complicates Netflix's stance as a net neutrality advocate.
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Now, the FCC says that feature violates net neutrality rules.
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Advocates believe a law will make net neutrality more durable.
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We just wish actually saving net neutrality were that simple.
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"Please don't repeal net neutrality," wrote one user called daddys.cummie.
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Update: As predicted, the FCC has repealed net neutrality regulations.
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Thune's proposal falls short of what net neutrality advocates favor.
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Some told reporters that they'd never heard of net neutrality.
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The FCC passed its net neutrality rules in January 2015.
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My gender neutrality an asset for identity swaps and escape.
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Last month California passed the country's strongest net neutrality law.
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Net neutrality legislation, of course, is also a long shot.
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But on both fronts, Cathcart said, Facebook strives for neutrality.
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Competition is at the core of the net neutrality debate.
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All of the major internet providers unambiguously support net neutrality.
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Net neutrality was always a solution looking for a problem.
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In sum, the previous FCC did net neutrality a disservice.
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This feels connected to net neutrality, at least in spirit.
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This collaboration should contribute to a unification of net neutrality.
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In 2016, that court ruled to uphold net neutrality protections.
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Blogs devoted to saving net neutrality cropped up, like weneedtheinternet.tumblr.
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I KNOW YOU ARE A BIG ADVOCATE FOR NET NEUTRALITY.
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That's a really hard example of a net neutrality issue.
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Looking back to our Civil War, England had declared neutrality.
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You guessed it: Net neutrality, the internet's open access principle.
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There is no doubt that Facebook hides behind political neutrality.
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Net neutrality critic in driver's seat on GOP tech policy.
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The Trump administration revealed its plan to kill net neutrality.
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Democrats, though, have blasted Pai's moves on net neutrality. Sen.
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Will the FCC net neutrality regulations fall on these grounds?
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They have introduced three of their own net neutrality bills.
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Whether we like it or not, neutrality isn't an option.
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Net neutrality legal battles are already beginning to play out.
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It's exactly how Pai handled the 2017 net neutrality repeal.
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For me, neutrality was the very foundation of body positivity.
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Specifically, the amendments undermine net neutrality in a few ways.
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But net neutrality supporters argue that this is not enough.
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They are only unique from the perspective of net neutrality.
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Today we're making our choice clear: we want net neutrality.
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They related to the commission's development of net neutrality rules.
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Rep. Paul Ryan supports Charter's plan to destroy net neutrality.
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Bernie Sanders makes reinstating net neutrality a campaign promise Sen.
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This amoral neutrality is supposed to make evil regimes better.
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"Achieving this cash flow neutrality is a milestone," Hollub said.
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We've been debating Net Neutrality for more than 20 years.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), has violated the principle of neutrality.
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So it's no surprise it's backing the net neutrality movement.
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"We need to continue to defend net neutrality," Trudeau added.
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Critics of the net neutrality order might get their way.
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But the battle for net neutrality ain't over just yet.
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National polling shows that Republicans, Democrats, Independents support net neutrality.
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If we want to fix net neutrality, then fix it.
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There's still time to take action to defend net neutrality.
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The FCC's dissolution of net neutrality regulations took effect Monday.
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Except the legislation's real goal isn't to protect net neutrality.
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Both were seemingly vehemently opposed to net neutrality last August.
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California's proposed net neutrality law doesn't ban zero rating outright.
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The 2015 net neutrality rules will expire on June 11.
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And that's where the FCC's net neutrality rules proved helpful.
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"This is exactly why we need net neutrality," she says.
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Netflix is jumping into the new fight over net neutrality.
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"I'm confident that we will have net neutrality," Diller said.
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Oregon, Vermont and Washington have already enacted net neutrality legislation.
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Net neutrality supporters have expressed optimism about their court challenge.
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I expected them to react to me with similar neutrality.
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How Trump's FCC is quickly working to undo network neutrality.
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The road to carbon neutrality is paved with imperfect solutions.
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Many became digital users when net neutrality was in effect.
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But the protracted net neutrality legal battle wasn't for naught.
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So what can you do to help save net neutrality?
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Europe is running out of time to protect net neutrality.
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Presidents declared neutrality, expanded the nation's territory, and destroyed institutions.
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What are the other efforts going on around net neutrality?
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I like a backdrop of coldness, or at least neutrality.
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Today, net neutrality is the least of Silicon Valley's worries.
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The net neutrality rules are now being challenged in court.
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"We like the idea of radical neutrality," Ms. Katz said.
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It also received 1,311 net neutrality complaints related to smartphones.
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Many consumers value neutrality, and are vocal about this desire.
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Net neutrality guarantees ISPs cannot manipulate or slow down traffic.
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At any rate, neutrality is no longer the best look.
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The plans are expected to multiply if net neutrality goes.
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The company also was seeking repeal of net neutrality regulations.
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His undoing of net neutrality was capricious, irrational, and unpopular.
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Net neutrality is literally the basis of the new society.
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Repealing net neutrality is not an action with popular appeal.
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Remember, the FCC repealed net neutrality regulations earlier this year.
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But a future FCC could reimpose the net neutrality rules.
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Instead, neutrality was an organic outcome of a competitive market.
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The new rules say states cannot create net neutrality laws.
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A key argument against network neutrality is also about certainty.
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The FCC under Trump appointee Ajit Pai repealed net neutrality.
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Now, I think people confuse ... There's net neutrality with competition.
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Then, too, net neutrality had been the issue at hand.
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Though the investigation found far fewer spoofed comments supporting net neutrality, it's also issued subpoenas to some of the biggest pro-net neutrality groups, including Free Press, Demand Progress, and Fight for the Future.
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Then, of course, there was net neutrality: Clyburn was a major architect of the original net neutrality regulations secured in 2015, and fought vehemently against the FCC's decision to repeal those protections last year.
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The FCC's order that killed net neutrality claimed that individual states implementing their own net neutrality laws would cause too much difficulty and confusion if rules were made on a state by state basis.
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While Google's two internet providers don't make clear net neutrality commitments, Google is the only company on this list not opposed to net neutrality (although it didn't feel all that strongly about Title II).
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Perhaps most concerning for supporters of net neutrality, Kavanaugh issued an important dissent as part of a hearing on the FCC's 2015 net neutrality order, which put in place consumer protections for internet users.
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Here's How the End of Net Neutrality Will Change the InternetIf you want to know more about what broadband providers are most likely to do once the net neutrality rules go away, start here.
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What's happened so far: Net neutrality reversal: The most obvious win for telecom companies is the FCC's proposal to undo Obama-era net neutrality rules that subject broadband internet service providers to more regulation.
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Nearly all of the challengers would prefer the case be heard in Washington, DC, where three prior net neutrality cases landed in recent years, meaning the court will be more knowledgeable about net neutrality.
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Comcast fiercely fought the FCC's net neutrality rules for years, but when the company wanted to buy NBC Universal, the FCC was able to force it to submit to net neutrality guidelines through 2018.
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In 2009, net neutrality ceased being about consumers, and all about edge providers, when Professor Wu, the one who coined the term "net neutrality," redefined it to become about consumers economically subsidizing edge providers.
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Net neutrality activists credited Oliver's diatribe, and the online comments it produced, as the action-forcing event that ultimately convinced the FCC to regulate ISPs like monopoly telephone utilities and to guarantee net neutrality.
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ELSEWHERE > Net neutrality: A 85033 court ruling preserving Obama-era net neutrality regulations aimed at ensuring a free and open internet will stand for now, despite the Trump administration's efforts to repeal the rules.
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The net neutrality rules adopted by the European Parliament last year aimed to strengthen net neutrality by requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all web traffic equally, without favoring some services over others.
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GROUP ACCUSES COMCAST OF TRYING TO CENSOR NET NEUTRALITY SITE: Comcast sent a cease-and-desist letter to an advocacy group asking it to shut down a website set up to promote net neutrality.
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Net neutrality: Olhausen said Congress should consider getting rid of a legal exemption that prevents the FTC from bringing action against so-called "common carriers" in light of the FCC's recent net neutrality rules.
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If this bill did passed, it would mean the FCC—which is set to vote on net neutrality this Thursday—wouldn't be able to touch any of the net neutrality rules any time soon.
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This week, it passed its own net neutrality laws, to ban blocking and throttling of the internet, as a stand-in for the federal net neutrality rules abandoned by the Trump administration in June.
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Supporters of network neutrality see the debate in stark terms: With network neutrality rules in place, the internet is a level playing field where the smallest startup can compete with the largest internet companies.
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But if that is true, then the same rules on neutrality and consumer privacy need to apply to companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon — and the F.C.C. should keep net neutrality rules in place.
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WEB GIANTS DUCK NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT: Some of the biggest names on the internet are trying to stay out of the contentious, public fight over the future of the Obama-era net neutrality rules.
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Those campaigns included large-scale public commenting campaigns on the FCC's website, purchasing billboards to shame anti-net neutrality lawmakers, and working to get Congress to support a bill that would restore net neutrality.
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But by agreeing to join the CEO Carbon Neutral Challenge, The RealReal's timeline toward carbon neutrality will be significantly sped up (with their deadline for full carbon neutrality now coming in 2021) and intensified.
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A number of states, including California, Washington and Vermont, pushed forward with their own net neutrality rules, despite the FCC asserting authority to prevent states from pursuing laws inconsistent with the net neutrality repeal.
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DEMS MAKE LAST-MINUTE APPEAL ON NET NEUTRALITY: Democrats are trying to pressure the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at the eleventh hour to call off its planned vote to scrap its net neutrality regulations.
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Most recently, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai characterized net neutrality as "the largest deterrent to network investment" while pushing to overturn the Obama-era net neutrality rules struck down by the Republican-controlled commission in December.
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Anna Eshoo (D-CA), led a bicameral effort along over 100 members in Congress in filing an amicus brief in the net neutrality case being heard today, condemning the FCC's move to repeal net neutrality.
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California has agreed not to enforce its new net neutrality law until the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reaches a decision on the legal challenge of the FCC's decision to overturn federal net neutrality rules.
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More recently, he said, "I favor net neutrality, but I oppose Title II." This should fool no one — there's no net neutrality without clear FCC authority to protect consumers and competition in the broadband market.
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In actuality, the group supports repealing the rules:"Title II" is Not Net Neutrality – The FCC is not trying to repeal Net Neutrality; it is working on separate regulations called Title II or "utility" regulation.
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Yesterday was the much-ballyhooed "Net Neutrality Day of Action," an online protest day on which thousands of websites, people and services called attention to the impending revocation of net neutrality rules by the FCC.
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It's the start of a new chapter in the fight for net neutrality, as the federal government works hand in hand with the telecom industry to stop a wave of state-level net neutrality protections.
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FCC ENDS NET NEUTRALITY RULES: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted to repeal its landmark net neutrality protections, capping off a months-long campaign by the agency's Republicans to deregulate the broadband industry.
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Eventually, this sense of secularism as a central principle of any French republic led to the 20133 law that separates Church and State, mandating state neutrality toward religions and the religious neutrality of public employees.
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Five governors have issued executive orders banning state agencies from doing business with broadband providers that don't promise to protect net neutrality, and at least 26 state legislatures are considering net neutrality rules as well.
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Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, has also been a longtime supporter of net neutrality, and last fall, he joined other pro-net neutrality lawmakers in filing an amicus brief in support of the FCC's policy.
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The new ruling means the FCC's 2017 removal of national net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration will stand, but opens the door to individual states mandating their own net neutrality protections.
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According to a recent poll conducted by Civis Analytics, 77 percent of Americans support keeping the strong net neutrality rules we already have and more than 80 percent agree with the principles of net neutrality.
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In the next few months, we may see a repeat of the 2014 network neutrality debate, when grassroots activists bombarded the FCC with millions of public comments, most of them favoring stronger network neutrality rules.
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This has been true for years, before and after net neutrality.
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The Oregon senator is a prominent pro-net neutrality political voice.
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Today, we can voice loud and consistent support for net neutrality.
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You'll hear a very, very coached explanation about net neutrality law.
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Rolling back net neutrality rules would stifle innovation and choice online.
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Learn how you can join the fight for net neutrality here.
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For most people, Switzerland is known for chocolate, watches, and neutrality.
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And, hopefully, we'll get another John Oliver segment on net neutrality.
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Government neutrality on religious questions is something that makes us Americans.
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In some ways, Amazon is an unlikely champion of net neutrality.
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Microsoft has been quiet about net neutrality so far this year.
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If California's progressive majority can't protect net neutrality, then who can?
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Net neutrality was once a wonky topic without much public visibility.
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Senator Chuck Schumer on Amazon, net neutrality and the 2018 midterms.
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In the war to restore net neutrality, something's got to give.
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I oppose the repealing or potential loosening of net neutrality rules
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Obama's Net Neutrality order was the corrupt result of a corrupt
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Thursday, the FCC will vote on the fate of net neutrality.
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The outcome left S.B. 822 stripped of several net neutrality protections.
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Here's where net neutrality advocates will start pulling their hair out.
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Well, net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time.
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Mike Coffman is a net neutrality champion for ... supporting the CRA.
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Network neutrality requires internet providers to treat all web traffic equally.
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"I don't have anything really planned for net neutrality," Luca said.
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A scene from the net neutrality Day of Action in July.
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There was a time when net neutrality wasn't quite so partisan.
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Pai's anti-net neutrality order is expected to pass this week.
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Now the results of throwing out your Net Neutrality protections, may
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Net neutrality has deep origins in communications law and history. In
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So our existing net neutrality policies have passed court muster. They
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Several Democratic candidates are sending campaign fundraising appeals citing net neutrality.
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"Comcast no longer following net neutrality principles," he wrote on Facebook.
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"Neutrality fit in with Malaysia's agenda at the time," Hoo explained.
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Such a move would very likely piss off net neutrality advocates.
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Many big firms now aim for carbon neutrality in their operations.
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In February, India blocked Free Basics altogether, citing net neutrality issues.
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Accordingly, there is nothing about Grindr on stage that suggests neutrality.
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The people responsible for enacting net neutrality rules are already worried.
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Millions of comments about the FCC's net neutrality rules were fake.
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Those arguments figured prominently in the legal battle over net neutrality.
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And the idea of shared net neutrality rules is the bait.
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As far as the FCC is concerned, net neutrality is dead.
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Shapiro is also outspoken about the current furor over Network Neutrality.
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The Federal Communications Commission has voted to repeal net neutrality rules.
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The government is determined to stick to the country's formal neutrality.
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But her most notable effort was the push for net neutrality.
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California isn't the first state to take action on net neutrality.
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The letter essentially serves as a warning to net neutrality supporters.
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California isn't the only state that's attempting to restore net neutrality.
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Document created by the FCC around the recent Net Neutrality ruling?
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How do you feel about the net neutrality debate right now?
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Blackburn, in particular, has been a longtime enemy of net neutrality.
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Just recently the European Union adopted its first net neutrality law.
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I think it does benefit to get into neutrality versus impression.
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But it won't actually stop ISPs from flouting net neutrality principles.
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For women, the rollback of net neutrality will hit especially hard.
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Illustrating a dystopian future post-net neutrality was the perfect opportunity.
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In a much-anticipated effort to reinstate net neutrality provisions, Rep.
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We know what it's going to take to protect net neutrality.
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The Federal Communications Commission passed robust net neutrality protections in 2015.
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The Santa Clara situation had nothing to do with net neutrality.
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Here's why conservatives should fight big cable and embrace net neutrality.
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Here's how the end of net neutrality could set students back.
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Even if Markey's legislation fails, net neutrality won't be entirely dead.
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Several states have passed their own rules to protect net neutrality.
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The FCC's net neutrality policy simply doesn't apply in this case.
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Digital companies are preparing to make their net neutrality positions clear.
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Ending net neutrality could end the internet as we know it.
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John Oliver talked about net neutrality on his show in 2014.
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Repealing net neutrality is also likely to attract intense public scrutiny.
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Let's not forget that he isn't a fan of net neutrality.
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Pai unveiled his proposal to curb net neutrality rules last month.
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And states such as Washington have also passed net neutrality rules.
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The long-anticipated rollback of net neutrality rules has officially begun.
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That's notable since net neutrality discussions have typically targeted only ISPs.
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Thursday: The FCC votes on whether to repeal net neutrality rules.
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John Katko and his family over his stance on net neutrality.
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Repealing the 2015 net neutrality rules would only take us backwards.
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The FCC released its plan to repeal existing net neutrality rules.
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Net neutrality protections are absolutely consistent with a free market framework.
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Net neutrality battle gets a new day in court tomorrow Rep.
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The FCC officially repealed net neutrality in the U.S. on Monday.
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Trump himself has spoken out against the FCC's network neutrality rules.
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GOP CHAIR WANTS FCC TO LEAD CHARGE ON NET NEUTRALITY: Rep.
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He was subsequently suspended for violating the organization's neutrality and resigned.
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BOORSTIN: I HAVE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT NET NEUTRALITY.
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He has publicly criticised Apple and come out against net neutrality.
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Democrats would receive permanent statutory protection for strong net neutrality protections.
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We saw a major spike with the repeal of net neutrality.
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Net neutrality was a defense against this sort centralization of power.
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The FCC has spoken and it's official: Net Neutrality is dead.
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Nowhere is this more relevant than with regard to Net Neutrality.
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"Lady Justice is blindfolded, which represents her neutrality," the lawyer wrote.
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States have also started to create their own net neutrality rules.
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So what will come of net neutrality under the new Administration?
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Apple focused more on general arguments in favor of net neutrality.
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Harry: Net neutrality is a great issue to be liberal on.
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"HBO's John Oliver needs a 'net neutrality' reality check" https://t.
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What are those who want to end net neutrality rules saying?
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On internet issues, net neutrality tops the list, with 22019,000 complaints.
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On Infowars net neutrality is associated with the hated Obama presidency.
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Net neutrality vote will take place in the Senate on Wednesday.
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By 1845, all neutrality and all compromises were off the table.
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Congress must codify widely accepted net neutrality protections through bipartisan legislation.
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There comes a time when neutrality and laying low become dishonorable.
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Switzerland's neutrality could also turn out to be a major obstacle.
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"She said neutrality is not an option," the spectator shot back.
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More on the next chapter in the net neutrality fight here.
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Democrats anoint party leaders who strive for the safety of neutrality?
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Does the repeal of Net Neutrality threaten activism in this country?
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Under the FCC's repeal, current net neutrality rules end June 11.
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And that means more people considering net neutrality their cause too.
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To be fair, some pro-net neutrality people also used bots.
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Net neutrality supporters were unsurprisingly quick to applaud the bill's progress.
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Official US policy on Israel-Palestine has been neutrality for decades.
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To be clear: The company still supports strong net neutrality protections.
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How could a repeal of net neutrality affect the average consumer?
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The exemption for net neutrality rules used that as its example.
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The FCC is expected to vote on rescinding net neutrality rules .
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Yet, for now, the Medical Neutrality Act is stuck in subcommittee.
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Netflix had been a strong advocate of the net neutrality rules.
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Clinton promises to expand broadband, defend Net Neutrality and promote cybersecurity.
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The debate over net neutrality has created a crowded legal battlefield.
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So what would a Comcast-approved net neutrality law look like?
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But that worried net neutrality activists, as well as Indian regulators.
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Congressional Democrats announced bills that seek to reinstate net neutrality rules.
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The world is fused, and we can no longer maintain neutrality.
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Enforcing political "neutrality" online is a tall — and probably unconstitutional — order.
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But under President Trump, net neutrality is on the chopping block.
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Net neutrality advocates claimed victory for this part of the judgment.
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The forum had the benefit of Switzerland's reputation for political neutrality.
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The report exhaustively cataloged arguments for and against net neutrality regulation.
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This is a policy of true neutrality while the review continues.
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Advocates of the net neutrality rules also plan a legal challenge.
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We just WON the big court case on Net Neutrality Rules!
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Court says FCC's 'unhinged' net neutrality repeal can't stop state laws
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I used to refer to net neutrality as a food fight.
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A key question is how revenue neutrality is to be judged.
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Google in 2014 also spoke strongly in favor of net neutrality.
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However, as consumers continue to migrate to mobile, neutrality matters less.
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Demonstrators during a net neutrality protest outside a Verizon Communications Inc.
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The officially stated reason for ending net neutrality is an obfuscation.
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New York (CNN)California's landmark net neutrality law is on hold.
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Questions about Facebook's media neutrality come at a particularly sensitive time.
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Pai and Republicans have already begun chipping away at net neutrality.
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But those fighting to preserve net neutrality face an uphill battle.
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Later Sunday, her office accused prosecutors of losing their political neutrality.
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The Trump FCC's new proposal to roll back net neutrality regulations.
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Roku has tangled with telecom over net neutrality in the past.
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We touched on this a little bit earlier, but net neutrality.
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Relaxing current net neutrality regulations isn't just bad for internet users.
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After all, formal network neutrality regulations are a relatively recent phenomenon.
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It was ostensibly about maintaining neutrality in the name of leadership.
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But some of the loudest advocates for net neutrality remain unconvinced.
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I'm doing it because I want to bring back net neutrality.
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Opinion polls show overwhelming public support for the net neutrality rules.
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Does this bill resolve every issue in the net neutrality debate?
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On Wednesday, a group of legislators in the California State Assembly will decide whether to advance a comprehensive net neutrality bill or an in-name-only net neutrality bill, which leading digital rights groups say is rife with loopholes that may ultimately benefit internet service providers (ISPs) such as AT&T, while leaving California residents and businesses vulnerable to known net neutrality violations.
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On Wednesday, a group of legislators in the California State Assembly will decide whether to advance a comprehensive net neutrality bill or an in-name-only net neutrality bill, which leading digital rights groups say is rife with loopholes that may ultimately benefit internet service providers (ISPs) such as AT&T, while leaving California residents and businesses vulnerable to known net neutrality violations.
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It would no longer be a question of whether the FCC wants to have net neutrality rules or not — net neutrality would be the law and it would unequivocally be the Commission's job to enforce it.
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Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks at a news conference on net neutrality at the U.S. Capitol February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Today has been designated a 'net neutrality day of action'by proponents of the legislation.
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But while the WSJ says Pai's plans will preserve the basic principles of net neutrality, giving oversight of the broadband industry back to the FTC would likely end Title II net neutrality as we know it.
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But the Raffs linked search and net neutrality just as the American Federal Communications Commission introduced its first official net neutrality rules, supported by Google and opposed by internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon.
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Even though public support for restoring net neutrality rules is overwhelming (including among Republican voters), due to conditions in the Senate and Trump's veto threat, net neutrality is still dead and doesn't appear headed for resurrection.
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Put as simply as possible, the FCC wants to have a previous court decision on net neutrality rules scrapped from the legal record, which would eliminate a precedent for net neutrality proponents currently challenging the agency.
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It also doesn't help that Ajit Pai's speech on net neutrality last week was so aggressively conservative, either—he went after the pro-net neutrality group Free Press and somehow worked the Drudge Report in there.
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Advocates of net neutrality hope the new law in the home of the global technology industry will have national implications by pushing Congress to enact national net neutrality rules or encouraging other states to follow suit.
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The numbers of those comments, however, are easily dwarfed by the 58,000-strong anti–net neutrality bots and can be traced back to form letters circulated by pro–net neutrality groups like Fight for the Future.
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On Friday, Democratic state Senator Adam Morfeld introduced a bill to adopt the Internet Neutrality Act: legislation that would codify the basics of net neutrality, including prohibiting internet service providers from throttling speeds or blocking content.
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FCC CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES HOW TO DISMANTLE NET NEUTRALITY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai revealed Wednesday his plans for rolling back net neutrality, one of the most controversial items up for consideration at the agency.
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The FCC has suggested that consumer outrage will prevent companies from violating net neutrality, but it if you're not a network engineer, it can be hard to know if net neutrality is being violated at all.
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"The message from net neutrality supporters and the grassroots has been simple: pass a clean bill out of committee to keep this a simple up or down vote on restoring strong net neutrality rules," Tabish said.
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Evan Greer, the campaign director for the pro-net neutrality group Fight for the Future, said she was surprised by the outpouring of support for net neutrality in the days following Pai's announcement just before Thanksgiving.
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Large ISPs are pushing for a net neutrality "legislative solution" of their own, though their intent is to pass a loophole-filled net neutrality law with one real function: preventing tougher, real rules from being passed later.
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The problem is that giving the FCC broad discretion to write strong network neutrality rules necessarily means that the FCC also has the option to write very weak network neutrality rules — or perhaps no rules at all.
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Shortly after the FCC voted to repeal net neutrality under Chairman Ajit Pai, the Senate voted 52–47 to approve a Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure that would reverse the commission's 2017 decision to repeal net neutrality.
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On Monday, two California lawmakers struck a deal to combine two competing net neutrality bills in the hopes that it would speed through the committee process and provide the state with a stable net neutrality regulatory framework.
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"[The committee's analysis] recommends removing the bill's protections against using interconnection practices to circumvent the bill's net neutrality protections," Stanford Law professor and net neutrality expert Barbara van Schewick wrote in a detailed analysis of the recommendations.
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Then there's the last champion of Net Neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission, with their new chairman: Ajit Pa, who's made it crystal clear that he's got no love for the FCC Net Neutrality Rules enacted in 2015.
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In short, "light touch" net neutrality could take a lot of forms, but here's one of them: There's a world in which the FCC doesn't have any explicit, preemptive net neutrality rules on its books at all.
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The problem is the non-neutrality of the platform, not the size.
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In the United States, Facebook has been a proponent of net neutrality.
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Chuck Schumer on Net Neutrality: Will People Still Be Able to Bang?
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Google's dedication to net neutrality has also proven elusive in recent years.
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Google was largely silent during the 2014 and 2015 net neutrality proceedings.
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How did you feel when the FCC voted to repeal net neutrality?
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But Donald Trump has made that sort of surface neutrality a challenge.
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People aren't discussing it in quite the same way as net neutrality.
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Individuals who support net neutrality are also encouraged to make some noise.
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The more that follow, the better chance net neutrality has to thrive.
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AT&T says it support net neutrality, but not Title II reclassification.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to dismantle its net neutrality regulations.
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But for many reasons, the net neutrality vote is a controversial one.
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Markey was joined by other outspoken Democratic supporters of net neutrality: Sens.
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Voting to adopt the order doesn't magically and instantly eliminate net neutrality.
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The war for net neutrality in other words has only just begun.
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Some states are moving to restore net neutrality, and lawsuits are pending.
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The neutrality is supposed to eliminate sensory distractions that might impact taste.
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The neutrality is supposed to eliminate sensory distractions that might impact taste.
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So it's up to states to preserve net neutrality for their constituents.
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We'll likely see more net neutrality cases on the state level, soon.
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Is it a tactic to undermine the net neutrality protections adopted in
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As I close my eulogy of our 2015 net neutrality rules, carefully
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House—that this agency put its first net neutrality policies on paper.
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Comments on the net neutrality thread will be accepted until mid-August.
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U.S. APPEALS COURT WILL NOT REHEAR NET NEUTRALITY REPEAL CASE --COURT ORDER
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Google has long been one of the strongest supporters of network neutrality.
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Similar bullet points have been the nightmare scenarios for net neutrality advocates.
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I dissent from this rash decision to roll back net neutrality rules.
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Here's how to comment on the proposal to roll back net neutrality.
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Today, June 11, the repeal of net neutrality rules goes into effect.
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So the ultimate solution, for net neutrality advocates, is still national legislation.
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Also on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to kill net neutrality.
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Every day, another American company announces a pledge to achieve carbon neutrality.
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Net neutrality will be gutted, and FCC privacy rules will be repealed.
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And today, the company is finally addressing the potential net neutrality issue.
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John Oliver organized a pro-net neutrality drive, directing viewers to contribute.
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Reclassification of broadband will do more than wreak havoc on net neutrality.
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Register now for the Net Neutrality or Bust organizing call --> http://bit.
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The repeal of net neutrality has long been a heated political issue.
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Image: YouTubeThe future of net neutrality looks pretty fucking bleak right now.
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Net neutrality laws written by ISPs are also reportedly filled with loopholes.
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Which adds up to Scalia being on the side of net neutrality.
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It's also worth remembering that not all Democrats necessarily support net neutrality.
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Net neutrality rules were actually in place by 2011 when this happened.
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What if we renewed the internet's commitment to neutrality, individuality, and freedom?
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Jerry Brown has signed the nation's toughest net neutrality bill into law.
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Both of the new advisers are staunch opponents of net neutrality regulations.
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President-elect Trump has also been a vocal opponent of net neutrality.
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All that and we brought up net neutrality at the very end.
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What will actually happen, now that net-neutrality rules have been repealed?
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Washington state's net neutrality law will go into effect by June 6th.
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The net neutrality debate has returned — and so has HBO's John Oliver.
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Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced his plan to dismantle net neutrality.
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The gang debate the issue in this net neutrality "season" of news.
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As a principle, net neutrality embraces the promise of an open internet.
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AT&T actually makes some fairly specific commitments on net neutrality principles.
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Comcast's real problem is that its position on net neutrality is contradictory.
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Once approved by that administrative body, net neutrality will be officially dead.
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Republicans have been pushing to settle the net neutrality issue with legislation.
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Net neutrality rules ensure consumers have equal, consistent access to the internet.
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That makes perfect sense given the uncertain future of net neutrality protections.
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It would also ban states from making their own net neutrality rules.
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Opposing net neutrality could be a liability in November's mid-term elections.
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That's left some Republicans trying to position themselves as pro-net neutrality.
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Still, the fact that we as Facebook users ever wanted neutrality speaks
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A supporter of the Federal Communication Commissions' repeal of net neutrality, Rep.
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Tuesday's midterms don't shed much light on the future of net neutrality.
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Of note: Bank of America, itself, says it has achieved carbon neutrality.
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In the long term, at least some neutrality advocates are still optimistic.
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The FCC voted to reverse the net neutrality rules on Dec. 14.
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Expanding tech talent, intellectual property protection, AI and automation, and net neutrality.
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Apple has released a statement on net neutrality, and it's worth reading.
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How do you think the reversal on net neutrality will impact BLM?
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This triggered concerns that Free Basics violates the principles of net neutrality.
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Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, last Friday to discuss defending net neutrality.
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Here's a few I'll be watching for: Net Neutrality or "Title II"?
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Ending net neutrality programs must free up time to gut privacy regulations.
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The battle to save net neutrality is about to heat back up.
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To others, net neutrality is a solution in search of a problem.
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If successful, Flake's resolution will be the latest blow to net neutrality.
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Net neutrality is the secret sauce that has made the internet awesome.
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I see these petitions going around on net neutrality, and that's great.
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However, the service has also drawn the ire of net neutrality advocates.
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This short document describes a set of rules to guarantee net neutrality.
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Net neutrality is always evolving and rules need to be updated regularly.
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Now, like many Americans, he's angry about the death of net neutrality.
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The FCC is not voting on net neutrality measures at today's meeting.
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After all, who else could get Perez Hilton writing about net neutrality?
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Those companies claimed that the net neutrality rules would do just that.
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Later in the year Republicans are expected to tackle net neutrality rules.
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Trump has signaled that he's dubious about the FCC's net neutrality stance.
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"Screw your Reese's mug, support net neutrality," a commenter named "Potato" says.
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Maybe the fourth time will be the charm for net neutrality policy.
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Gender-neutrality itself is a progressive trend we can all agree on.
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For now, net neutrality advocates cannot yet file their lawsuits challenging Pai.
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They sued to block the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality.
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"We both believe a net neutrality bill should get out," Santiago said.
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The Republican-controlled Congress is also considering rewriting the net neutrality rules.
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It's unclear, though, how far Republicans would go in changing net neutrality.
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But with Trump's election, the fight over net neutrality is heating up.
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What was once the universal sanctity of medical neutrality has been eviscerated.
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Just announced -- around June 10: Net neutrality rules are ending. http://bit.
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Markey wrote that they had discussed net neutrality, online privacy and immigration.
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We can't talk about net neutrality anymore without talking about Mickey Mouse.
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Her Majesty's robust position of public political neutrality renders this anecdote unlikely.
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Telecom companies, meanwhile, are up in arms over the net neutrality legislation.
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Members of the royal family are also expected to maintain political neutrality.
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There is also confusion regarding the standard of neutrality for private arbitrators.
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It is those users that net neutrality advocates are most concerned about.
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Many airlines have taken steps to recognize gender neutrality in recent months.
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If that does not work, lawmakers should enshrine net neutrality in legislation.
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Steve Bullock (D) became the first governor to implement net neutrality rules.
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The FCC is facing its own legal challenge from net neutrality supporters.
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However, he has been an opponent of net neutrality in the past.
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The Federal Communications Commission will vote to end net neutrality on Dec.
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"It means neutrality for the state, not the individual," Mr. Cassia said.
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TRAI's recommendations are the latest in India's efforts to define net neutrality.
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In reality, the vast majority of Americans -- including Republicans -- support net neutrality.
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The Republican Congress never accepted Obama's net neutrality approach to internet regulation.
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Cuban referred Twitter followers to his previous critiques on net neutrality regulation.
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"I have decided to terminate my neutrality and get engaged," Clyburn said.
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Net neutrality is the doctrine that all internet traffic be treated equally.
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The US Senate has passed a resolution to restore net neutrality rules.
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Markey wrote that they had discussed net neutrality, online privacy and immigration.
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Internet companies have similarly thrown their weight behind pro-net neutrality rules.
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I was watching the vote on Net Neutrality as it was happening.
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"We didn't have net neutrality even before the rules changed," Choffnes said.
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A few net neutrality comments even have attacked or threatened Pai directly.
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The group helped plan the online net neutrality rally earlier this year.
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Now, Pai is coming after net neutrality itself—and Trump supports him.
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The FCC voted to repeal federal regulations on net neutrality last December.
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Foremost among them to outside observers is the issue of net neutrality.
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Without net neutrality, it would be hard to imagine the internet otherwise.
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It will take a separate, longer effort to dismantle net neutrality protections.
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But ISP lobbyists are particularly worried about net neutrality efforts in California.
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I tried to keep a healthy open-mindedness and level of neutrality.
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If you're a wonk: Overturning the net neutrality rules won't happen overnight.
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Opportunity #1: Making a deal on net neutrality, sooner rather than later.
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Authoritative and measured, Mr. McCullough typically strikes a tone of determined neutrality.
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The challenge arises following the FCC's action to adopt net neutrality rules.
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"The net neutrality rule is unlawful and must be vacated," he wrote.
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Connolly would likely be a close ally of Pai on net neutrality.
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More recently, Mr. Pai has clearly signaled his opposition to net neutrality.
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"Neutrality is her safest option," wrote Caroline Framke for Vox in 2016.
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The new lawsuits are among several efforts to restore net neutrality rules.
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There are a few major fights underway to bring back net neutrality.
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A profession affected by gender neutrality, changing mores and the cashless economy.
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It's hard to imagine this happening in a world without net neutrality.
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What questions do you have about net neutrality and how it works?
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AT&T stands to gain from the rollback of net neutrality rules.
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CC: We certainly agree on a whole different area around network neutrality.
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It took us 14 months to agree on climate neutrality by 2050.
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He advocated independence, state-led economic development and neutrality in foreign affairs.
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Does ending network neutrality help the big fish or the little fish?
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The net neutrality rules are still being reviewed by a federal court.
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Critics say the practices could conflict with the FCC's net neutrality rules.
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"End the policy ping-pong, cement net neutrality into law" https://t.
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Net neutrality requires internet service providers to treat all traffic the same.
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The New York attorney general will sue over the net neutrality rollback.
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Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed a law that safeguards net neutrality protections.
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In fact, it shows what a political football net neutrality has become.
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And the neutrality of voice it favors — well, Bieber has different tastes.
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It's not clear if these practices violate any state's net neutrality regulations.
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I hope that in the future we can reach true skin neutrality.
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Net neutrality will also be in the spotlight in the coming week.
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Only 244% of millionaires disagree, while 249% expressed neutrality on the question.
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All of the senators who signed the letter are net neutrality supporters.
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The impetus for the memo is the ongoing battle over net neutrality.
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The FCC's net neutrality rules weren't formally repealed until June of 2018.
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I would reinstate the net neutrality rules written during the Obama administration.
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Net neutrality is more important than the defense of the United States.
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The agency has received more than 10 million filings on net neutrality.
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Net neutrality has been a hot button issue since the early 2000s.
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Send us your questions about anything from mobile devices to net neutrality.
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Plainly this is the thin edge of the wedge for net neutrality.
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Critics claim those plans which give customers free data violate net neutrality.
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Such neutrality will not ensure free and fair elections in every state.
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A roundup of resources and FAQs on net neutrality from the ACLU.
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She's a member of the FCC, and we're talking about net neutrality.
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That treatment goes against the Establishment Clause's core principle of denominational neutrality.
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The case is just one front in the fight over net neutrality.
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Roku appears to be arming itself for the coming net neutrality war.
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But net neutrality will certainly continue to be a political talking point.
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But the Trump FCC seems headed for a repudiation of net neutrality.
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But we also want to commit to reach climate neutrality by 2050.
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A federal court will not rehear the telecom industry's net neutrality challenge.
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Pai has said lifting the net neutrality rules removes heavy-handed regulation.
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Fiscally conservative Democrats made budget neutrality a main condition of their support.
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The point is, "carbon neutrality" leaves quite a bit of wiggle room.
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Network neutrality: This is something President Obama strong-armed through the FCC.
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The Federal Communications Commission just took a step toward killing net neutrality.
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Tuesday brought another "Day of Action" protest to support net neutrality, and this time it was specifically designed to raise awareness about the efforts in Congress to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's decision to abandon net neutrality rules.
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Open internet activists hailed Wednesday's massive online demonstration of support for net neutrality as a major success, but warned that the fight to stop the Trump administration's plan to dismantle US net neutrality rules is only just beginning.
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While as a standalone issue, net neutrality remains squarely a liability for GOP candidates, due to their party's opposition to FCC open internet regulations, few Democrats have widely employed net neutrality as a top-line issue with voters.
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To prevent tougher state net neutrality rules from taking effect, and to prevent the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules from being restored should the FCC and ISPs lose in court (and there's a solid chance of that happening).
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While S.B. 822 contains the net neutrality protections similar to those offered nationwide before the Republican-led Federal Communications Commission scrapped them, de Leon's S.B. 460 seeks to prevent ISPs that violate net neutrality from obtaining state contracts.
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Earlier this month Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), a longtime net neutrality advocate, told WIRED that he would only support a net neutrality bill that provided the same level of consumer protection that the FCC's current regulations do.
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In his final speech as FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, who oversaw the passing of the 2015 rules, laid out a basic test by which he said we could tell if a net neutrality proposal offered true net neutrality.
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Why it matters: Tim Wu, a Democrat who coined the phrase "net neutrality," and Ajit Pai, the current Republican FCC chairman who is considered a major foe of net neutrality, are both coming out swinging against Big Tech.
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Prior to this false narrative, though, net neutrality was a bipartisan issue; the first net neutrality rules were put in place under President George W. Bush, and many Republicans worked on the 2015 rules that were just dismantled.
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It was a much friendlier-sounding way of pushing the boundaries of net neutrality — which, now that public opinion is the main barrier to violating net neutrality, is something we'll probably see much more of in the future.
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Net neutrality, decriminalization or legalization of marijuana, the freedom to do what you want, and net neutrality is way up on that list because it gives people freedom to pursue things on the internet without too much cost.
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As a very quick recap: Shortly after the comment period opened for both net neutrality and the rollback of net neutrality there was a rush of activity that rendered the filing system unusable for a period of hours.
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On net neutrality: On net neutrality, Bewkes almost sounded like he already worked for AT&T, suggesting rules should be the same for broadband carriers as they are for more lightly-regulated Internet companies like Google and Facebook.
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As the net neutrality news saturation picked up in early December, just before the Federal Communications Commission's Republican majority voted to repeal net neutrality protections, one poll found that 80 percent of Americans support maintaining Title II protections.
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How can the previous FCC claim its Title II net neutrality policy is pro-consumer, when the previous FCC issued a net neutrality enforcement reporting that opposed free data usage for consumers on the basis of Title II?
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In advance of the looming fight over the highly contentious net neutrality, a lobbying group representing some of tech's biggest names met with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday to argue in support of net neutrality.
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President Trump's top telecom regulator is racing forward to kill US net neutrality rules despite strong bipartisan support among Americans for preserving net neutrality under the current federal policy, according to a new public opinion poll released Monday.
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That's increasingly the case with net neutrality: a handful of Republican representatives have joined their voices to those asking the FCC to delay the vote that would eliminate net neutrality, or for legislation that establishes the principle permanently.
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While the FCC's attempt to repeal net neutrality has received ample attention, less noticed is the fact that the attack on net neutrality is just one small part of a much bigger, dumber plan by the broadband industry.
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"This paper once again validates what the FCC found in 2015 and what net neutrality advocates have said for years—that neither the net neutrality rules nor Title II classification had any impact on ISP investment," Sohn said.
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"Net Neutrality is now one step closer to being reinstated as the law of the land," Gigi Sohn, a counselor to former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler and a staunch supporter of net neutrality, said in a statement Wednesday.
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FCC'S NET NEUTRALITY REPEAL PUBLISHED: The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) order repealing net neutrality was published in the Federal Register Thursday morning, opening the door for supporters of the Obama-era rules to launch legislative and legal challenges.
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I think we should have net neutrality; he is saying let corporations be able to do the kind of things of throttling, blocking, all the kind of things that we who believe in net neutrality are fighting against.
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Charging more money to access services that haven't worked out a special deal with an Internet provider might seem like a blatant violation of net neutrality, but the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality regulations don't explicitly ban zero rating.
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House lawmakers from the Energy and Commerce Committee held their first hearing on net neutrality today, and while most said they agreed with several key concepts, a clear partisan divide emerged over what "net neutrality" rules should look like.
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It's also worth mentioning that Comcast was specifically bound by the FCC to honor net neutrality as a condition of merging with NBC, not because it felt as though net neutrality would be the best thing for its consumers.
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The stakes for net neutrality are even higher as two ISPs, Time Warner and AT&T, are poised to merge into a single company, which net neutrality advocates see as dangerous in the fight for securing a free internet.
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Many states have taken smaller steps, such as requiring ISPs with government contracts to abide by net neutrality principles, but California's bill defies the FCC in a way that most states have not by directly reinstating net neutrality protections.
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Several other states have taken action on net neutrality, but most chose to enact protections in a looser fashion that didn't enforce it on all providers and wiggled around the Federal Communication Commission's prohibition on state net neutrality laws.
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Even if the crux of the lawsuit fails and net neutrality remains in place, they ask that the court rule a portion of the FCC's order that bars states from making their own net neutrality laws to be invalid.
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In support of the "Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality," more than 80,000 websites are displaying alerts, ads and short videos to urge the public to oppose the overturn of the landmark 2015 net neutrality rules.
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He already was a staunch supporter of net neutrality, and only had to be persuaded to propose that the FCC consider a second option of protecting net neutrality in addition to the "roadmap" the appeals court gave the FCC.
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INTERNET GIANTS BACK BILL TO REINSTATE NET NEUTRALITY: A trade group representing internet giants including Google and Facebook is throwing its support behind a bill that would reverse the repeal of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) net neutrality rules.
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Subscribe now: Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Google Play | TuneIn REG ROUNDUP Net neutrality: Hundreds of tech companies and groups, including Twitter, Airbnb, Reddit and Vimeo, are urging the Federal Communications Commission to keep the Obama era-net neutrality rules.
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Lawmakers in more than 25 states have introduced their own net neutrality legislation.
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This is sad — Netflix only exists because of net neutrality — but not surprising.
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Look, it's not entirely clear that Donald Trump knows what net neutrality is.
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In the United States, Facebook has been a frequent proponent of net neutrality.
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But opponents to the net neutrality standards have called the protections government overreach.
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Here are some ways killing net neutrality might affect American consumers more immediately.
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The fight to save net neutrality is on the right side of history.
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The death of net neutrality could add an additional wrinkle to the mix.
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The FCC's decision has catalyzed the forces that oppose government-enforced net neutrality.
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However, Britain maintained its position of neutrality in the war after the fact.
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The FCC voted along party lines in December to repeal net neutrality regulations.
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It's important that representatives hear from their constituents that they value net neutrality.
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But not every company is equally committed to the cause of net neutrality.
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Net neutrality restoration is a movement that's in it for the long haul.
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Where's the "neutrality" when an employer singles out religious clothing to be removed?
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The problem is that Democrats and net neutrality advocates don't like either option.
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The other big question is what exactly net neutrality does or doesn't cover.
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" He added, "Pai's number one target appears to be taking down net neutrality.
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"Trump's FCC Pick Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules," the New York Times declared.
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In February, three middle school students helped push a statewide net neutrality bill.
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It&aposs official: The repeal of net neutrality took effect on June 11.
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The fact is that comments supporting net neutrality could be fake as well.
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Photo: GettyThe Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took an ax to net neutrality.
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"I believe net neutrality will motivate voters in a powerful way," Markey said.
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Consumer advocates argue that Title II is fundamental to meaningful net neutrality rules.
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Outside Washington, net neutrality enjoys significant support from both Democrat and Republican voters.
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I felt more strongly for net neutrality after they came in than before.
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Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai has proposed repealing longstanding net neutrality rules.
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And when the current, 2015 Net Neutrality rules are laid to waste, we
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Yes, Apple's interest in net neutrality is likely driven by its business agenda.
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There was also an ECFS issue involving the net neutrality proceeding in 20183.
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"When the federal government repealed net neutrality, they took a step backward," Gov.
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The last gasp of net neutrality was heard around the world on Dec.
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Liberal groups are using net neutrality as an issue to criticize Republican incumbents.
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Well, being the first state to do something about net neutrality ... is progress.
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How will all of this – net neutrality, my internet experience, look after today?
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"This proposal is not the end of net neutrality rules," the company said.
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"I really admire what you're doing with net neutrality in Montana," he says.
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Some net neutrality activists saw this as a reversal in Netflix's earlier position.
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For Netflix, this is one of the key issues that'll define net neutrality.
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Tech companies Mozilla and Vimeo sued the FCC Thursday for repealing net neutrality.
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Net neutrality rules were put in place in 2015 by the Obama administration.
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So let's move to net neutrality too because that's the next big thing.
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"Net neutrality is not our 'primary risk profile,'" Hastings told Recode's Peter Kafka.
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" But, in Bodhi's words, "Neutrality in the face of such evil is complicity.
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But here's the thing — net neutrality rules don't affect those arrangements at all.
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Enforcing net neutrality rules is a significant win for India's 1.3 billion people.
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Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of net neutrality passing at the FCC.
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But Pai is moving forward to scale back net neutrality where he can.
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Call those rules what you want, but they are not real net neutrality.
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Without net neutrality, privacy enforcement will go back to the FTC's broader approach.
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In other words, the FCC could be prevented from enforcing net neutrality indefinitely.
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That's the kind of power net neutrality rules are aimed at reining in.
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That's when it's expected to vote on its plan to reverse net neutrality.
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If not, net neutrality advocates have to go back to the drawing board.
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Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested a governmental "validating system" that would enforce neutrality.
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At its core, net neutrality means that all online traffic is treated equally.
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Although India banned zero-rated mobile services in 2016 on net neutrality grounds.
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Net neutrality is done for in the US as of early next month.
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Protesters rally in favor of net neutrality at the FCC in 2015. Getty.
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Net neutrality is especially important for marginalized groups that feel threatened by Trump.
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Their commitment is to neutrality, dealing with all people on an equal basis.
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It's totally understandable that net neutrality isn't at the forefront of everyone's mind.
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Which leaves with the immediate reality that net neutrality is now officially over.
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Scott Wiener, provides some of the strongest net neutrality protections in the country.
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Who the fuck really knows what Title II is, let alone net neutrality?
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AT&T isn't alone in offering a semblance of support for net neutrality.
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Water "neutrality" expanded water ambitions beyond the environmental mantra of reduce, reuse, recycle.
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We are talking about introducing the strongest net neutrality bill in the nation.
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FCC, our effort to restore essential net neutrality protections for consumers through litigation.
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"Without net neutrality, the internet as we know it ends," said Oregon Sen.
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Takeaway: Cox says it won't block or throttle content, even without net neutrality.
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In hedge fund speak, that means that Renaissance could be approaching market neutrality.
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Yet the protests strove for political neutrality; there were virtually no party banners.
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And many of those same members endorse the effort to end net neutrality.
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So what can you expect to change now that net neutrality is over?
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At first glance, that looks a lot like a violation of net neutrality.
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Under President Obama, the FCC put net neutrality rules into place in 2015.
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The repercussions of net neutrality could also be felt but individual internet users.
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Infighting erupted Tuesday between net neutrality supporters over billboards in conservative lawmakers' districts.
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"With net neutrality going away, these tactics will become omnipresent," Yokubaitis told me.
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Time is running out for Congress to restore net neutrality protections this year.
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Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) emphasized the importance of net neutrality to education.
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Democrats just gained a Republican ally in the battle to save net neutrality.
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You might not be hearing much on net neutrality from Big Tech lately.
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Free Basics has been criticized as "digital colonialism" that violates net neutrality principles.
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However, the House will prove more of a challenge for net neutrality supporters.
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The Lebanese state has adopted a policy of official neutrality towards the conflict.
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It also looks to block states from making their own net neutrality rules.
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With all the vitriol, net neutrality can seem like just another partisan topic.
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Abandons "revenue neutrality," the dogma that tax reform mustn't worsen currently projected deficits.
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Violating network neutrality will make consumers and 99 percent of businesses worse off.
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The internet is offering one last gasp in its fight for net neutrality.
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Wiener offered some broad ideas about how to establish net neutrality in California.
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This isn't a net neutrality issue, per se, but it does feel related.
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The video above gives a great rundown of all the net neutrality mess.
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Maintaining revenue neutrality means making up for that money through taxes somewhere else.
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The FCC's argument is that net neutrality rules produced more costs than benefits.
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Three's decision to block ads will likely result in questions around net neutrality.
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Why should ordinary people care about net neutrality, which can seem very complicated?
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The FCC only had oversight on broadband companies, under its net neutrality rules.
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Even then the rules were controversial, and net neutrality advocates weren't entirely pleased.
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Twice, the courts have struck down the FCC's efforts to police net neutrality.
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Net neutrality lobbying groups, on the other hand, are pleased with the results.
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Appointing new FCC commissioners who support net neutrality and will improve broadband maps.
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"If net neutrality is strictly applied, there will be no innovation", Colao said.
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Turkish courts and state prosecutors have never enjoyed a sparkling reputation for neutrality.
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However, it is not necessarily opposed to all "the ends" of net neutrality.
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And of course she was instrumental in creating 2015 net neutrality rules (RIP).
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There's no more neutrality in equality, and justice, and a fair playing field.
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The destruction of net neutrality in a world of mobile broadband is another.
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"The FCC is not talking about killing the net neutrality rules," claimed Silliman.
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From SOPA to PIPA to the Comcast / NBC merger to net neutrality itself?
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The net neutrality rules make internet service providers treat all web traffic equally.
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As such, net neutrality is emblematic of the problems facing 21st century America.
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Neutrality for the Catholic concerning the dispossessed is a betrayal of the faith.
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Last year's single-point drop was blamed on the repeal of net neutrality.
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The cable industry has been a fierce opponent of the net neutrality rules.
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The FCC's comment consideration schedule for Net Neutrality rules consequently was seriously delayed.
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Jerry Brown (D) signed into law the nation's strictest net neutrality law (Reuters).
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The courts have taken up net neutrality multiple times since the mid-2000s.
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She is a strong opponent of the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.
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The clock is also ticking on the timeline for a net neutrality resolution.
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He received guarantees that the neutrality of the bank would still be respected.
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If net neutrality goes, consumers could see more telecommunications companies offer such plans.
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What's more, the Title II Net Neutrality rules have been upheld in court.
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Those practices were all banned under the Obama-era 2015 net neutrality order.
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India's push for net neutrality rules come as efforts in the U.S. dwindle.
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I don't think net neutrality advocates are predicting the internet will literally disappear.
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I've said this before: net neutrality is the exact opposite of government micromanagement.
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This morning, the agency will vote on the rollback of net neutrality rules.
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How can there be a dialog in public space, if it lacks neutrality?
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How will all of this – Net Neutrality, my internet experience, look after today?
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Another issue the sides are clashing over is how to preserve net neutrality.
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Perez's Wednesday statement is not his first pronouncement of support for net neutrality.
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The companies are all invested in the upcoming net neutrality fight as well.
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That requires professional neutrality amid attempts to spin, condemn and rush to judgment.
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Washington state has passed its own set of net neutrality rules, for instance.
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Of course, Scalia's and Bork's positions were political, despite their claims of neutrality.
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He's also consulted for Verizon, a notable opponent of the net neutrality rules.
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