FCC votes to restore its authority over broadband providers and restore net neutrality
By Barbara van Schewick on April 25, 2024 at 9:10 am
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.
By Barbara van Schewick on April 25, 2024 at 9:10 am
By Barbara van Schewick on April 11, 2024 at 5:18 pm
The FCC is set to vote on April 25 to restore its authority over the companies we pay to get online, and reinstate federal net neutrality protections that were jettisoned by the Trump administration in 2017.
Net neutrality protections are supposed to ensure that we, not the internet service providers (ISPs) we pay to get online, get to decide what we do online. Read more about Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming. The FCC Needs to Stop Them
By Barbara van Schewick on March 13, 2024 at 12:15 pm
The Federal Communications Commission is looking to restore net neutrality for all Americans. The FCC published its proposal, a so-called Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), in October 2023. The comments period ended in mid-January. A vote is expected in late April. Read more about How to Strengthen the FCC’s Proposed Net Neutrality Protections by Closing Loopholes and Matching the 2015 Open Internet Order
By Barbara van Schewick on October 19, 2023 at 9:00 am
On Thursday, the FCC Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asking for comments on the FCC’s plan to restore net neutrality.
Here’s my statement:
“I’m pleased that the FCC started the process to bring back net neutrality for all Americans and restore its oversight over the companies we pay to get online. Read more about FCC starts process to bring back common sense net neutrality protections and broadband oversight