California may still get its super strong net neutrality protections after all. Democrats in the state legislature are heading back to the negotiating table after key provisions of the bill were cut during a committee hearing this week. The bill’s author, state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, on Friday said he and …
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California will not be the poster child for the nation’s strongest set of net neutrality protections, as lawmakers in the state Assembly voted to cut many of the bill’s most powerful provisions. The vote on Wednesday in a California Assembly committee hearing advanced a bill that implements some net neutrality protections, but it scaled back all the measures of the …
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All eyes are on California on Wednesday as a State Assembly committee considers moving forward a net neutrality bill that could lead to the strongest open internet protections in the country. If passed in its current form and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, the legislation could set a new nationwide standard of comprehensive protections to replace the Obama-era …
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Legislators in California are combining two net neutrality bills into one in an effort to pass the strictest set of net neutrality protections in the country. On Monday, California state Sens. Scott Wiener from San Francisco and Kevin de Leon from Los Angeles officially linked their bills to create unified legislation they hope will become the “gold standard” for other …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple’s push to give emergency responders your location during a 911 call JPEG’s potential successor, and why it may just end up to be another standards battle. Why net neutrality fans are cringing at AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …
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Historians may look back on this week as a turning point in the evolution of the internet. First came the end of net neutrality rules, which were officially taken off the books on Monday. These rules of the road ensured that broadband and wireless providers couldn’t act as gatekeepers picking and choosing who succeeds on the internet and who doesn’t. …
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I support a free and open internet. The internet should be an open platform where you are free to go where you want, and say and do what you want, without having to ask anyone’s permission. And under the Federal Communications Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which takes effect Monday, the internet will be just such an open platform. Our …
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President Donald Trump has nominated Geoffrey Starks, an FCC official charged with overseeing the agency’s rules, to replace outgoing FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. Starks currently serves as the assistant bureau chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, which is responsible for monitoring compliance with the agency’s rules and orders. Its focus is on protecting consumers, encouraging competition, ensuring public safety and …
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AT&T has given up efforts to challenge the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers. AT&T on Tuesday informed court officials that it would not file a petition to the US Supreme Court to challenge a lower court’s decision in the case. In 2014, the FTC sued AT&T in the US District Court of Northern California, accusing the company …
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California moved a step closer to reinstating Obama era net neutrality rules for its residents. On Wednesday, the California State Senate passed a bill drafted by Scott Wiener, a Democrat state senator from San Francisco, that would impose the strictest set of net neutrality protections in the entire country. Senate Bill 822 passed by a vote of 23-12. It now …
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