Now playing: Watch this: Net neutrality in the US is safe, for now 1:12 If you think the Federal Communications Commission’s latest legal victory settles the fight to protect the open internet, think again. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld on Tuesday the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules giving …
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Now playing: Watch this: Net neutrality in the US is safe, for now 1:12 The Federal Communications Commission has won a major victory in its decade-long battle to keep the internet open. In a ruling issued Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the rules the agency imposed in February 2015. The decision confirms …
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Love or hate the Federal Communications Commission’s rules governing the open internet, people aren’t keeping quiet about it. For more than a decade, the issue of net neutrality, or the principle that all traffic on the internet should be treated equally, has pitted the broadband and internet industries against consumer advocates, who have called on the government to enact rules …
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It doesn’t matter which way the court swings on the cable industry’s legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet rules. Everyone has already lost. A ruling on a lawsuit challenging the FCC’s Net neutrality rules is expected any day. Kevin Huang/Fight for the Future That’s the cheery take from Michael Powell, head of the cable industry’s biggest lobbying …
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A group of technology companies and advocates is asking regulators to be more open about their review of new wireless plans that could violate Net neutrality rules. Several tech companies sent a letter to the FCC asking the agency to be more open about its inquiry into zero-rating plans that may violate Net neutrality rules. FCC A total of 59 …
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Don’t mess with my “Orange Is the New Black” binge. Claire Reilly/CNET Angry Netflix customers are a force to be reckoned with, and they’re the ones owed an explanation about why the company would slow the transmission of video streams to some wireless customers without informing them. Netflix found itself in the hot seat after admitting, in a Wall Street …
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Internet equality law in the US is having a birthday. Dig out the party hats, but don’t celebrate too hard. It’s only one chapter in a global debate that is set to define how we use the Internet for years to come. It was exactly one year ago that the US Federal Communications Commission adopted rules saying that all Internet …
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Forget about fast lanes. The new buzzphrase in the battle for an open Internet is “zero rating.” Enlarge Image The battle over the FCC’s Net neutrality rules is far from over. Kevin Huang/Fight for the Future Zero rating is the practice of giving you online services, like music and video access, that don’t eat into your data allotment. T-Mobile’s Binge …
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The US government’s landmark Net neutrality rules are about to mark their one-year anniversary. You’d think proponents of a free and open Internet would mark the occasion with a victory lap. Emotions have run high over Net neutrality. Here, protesters gathered in California in 2014, near where President Barack Obama was hosting a fundraiser. Steve Rhodes/Demotix/Corbis It’s not that simple. …
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India has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics service. The action is the result of a new regulation released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), BBC News reported Monday. Free Basics, launched in 2014 under Internet.org, is a Facebook-backed initiative that aims to provide a limited number of Internet sites and services for free to areas of the world where …
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