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Now playing: Watch this: FCC votes to start net neutrality rollback 1:39 The laws governing an open internet may not be laws much longer. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 on a proposal to strip out the existing regulations that govern net neutrality, or the concept that all internet traffic must be treated …

Net neutrality still has its allies. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii is leading the fight among Democrats to preserve existing net neutrality regulation. Getty Images Among them is Senator Brian Schatz from Hawaii, the leading Democrat on the subcommittee overseeing the Federal Communications Commission. Schatz is among several outspoken Democrats, including Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut …

It appears that bots are getting in on the great net neutrality debate of 2017, according to multiple reports, including CNET’s sister site ZDNet. At least one bot is thought to be posting more than 100,000 messages to the Federal Communications Commission’s web page, urging the agency to roll back the net neutrality rules passed during the Obama administration. Many …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai says he wants to fix the agency’s net neutrality rules. The FCC is set to vote on a proposal this month that will revisit the rules governing net neutrality, once again opening up the issue for debate. Pai, a Republican appointed in January as chairman by President Donald Trump, says he supports the principles …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants a do-over of the rules governing net neutrality. But he’s trying to keep an open mind about the proceedings. “I don’t have any predetermined views as to where we’re going to go,” he said in an interview with CNET on Thursday. “That’s the reason that we call it a notice of proposed rulemaking. …

Net neutrality became the law of the land in early 2015. Two years later, it looks like those laws are about to go away. CNET’s own Maggie Reardon interviewed Ajit Pai, the new Federal Communications Commission chairman, on his views about the regulations and what he hopes to change. Also on this podcast, we talk about Andy Rubin, the father …

A federal appeals court won’t rehear a case to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial net neutrality rules. The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit said Monday it’s upholding its earlier decision that the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules, which prevent broadband and wireless companies from blocking or slowing access to the internet, are lawful. A three-judge panel …

Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai has started to roll back Obama-era net neutrality regulation, setting up a showdown between tech companies and broadband providers. In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, Pai outlined his plan for eliminating the utility style regulatory framework the FCC adopted in 2015, while still keeping principles to prevent broadband and wireless providers from favoring their …

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai met with executives at Facebook, Cisco, Oracle, Intel and other major tech companies this week as the federal agency considers rolling back controversial net neutrality rules. Pai traveled to Silicon Valley Monday to talk to companies that participate in the “internet economy,” he told reporters at a news conference following the Federal Communications Commission’s monthly meeting. …

While the majority of people can agree on the importance of fast internet, Americans are having a hard time figuring out who should be responsible for it. A Pew Research study took a look at how Americans feel about local governments building their own broadband networks and providing subsidies for low-income homes to get access to faster internet. While 90 …