The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Architecture and Public Policy
CIS explores how changes in the architecture of computer networks affect the economic environment for innovation and competition on the Internet, and how the law should react to those changes. This work has lead us to analyze the issue of network neutrality, perhaps the Internet's most debated policy issue, which concerns Internet user's ability to access the content and software of their choice without interference from network providers.
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Verizon Draws Fire For Limiting Subscribers’ Cheap Data Relays
Professor Barbara van Schewick spoke with Todd Shields of Bloomberg Government on a complaint Verizon is facing which accuses the company of violating U.S. rules on open airwaves and how its outcome will be "far-reaching" on numerous businesses, innovators, and Internet users.
Verizon Wireless is drawing fire from consumer groups for limiting its subscribers’ ability to relay Web content cheaply from smartphones to laptop computers. Read more about Verizon Draws Fire For Limiting Subscribers’ Cheap Data Relays
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Smartphones Can Do Everything -- Except Safeguard the Web
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Consumer Groups Urge FCC To Accept 'Broad Public Input'