Failing the Real Test: SB 822 No Longer Restores All the Lost Net Neutrality Protections
By Barbara van Schewick on June 24, 2018 at 4:01 pm
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 June 24, 2018 at 4:01 pm
By Barbara van Schewick on April 16, 2018 at 11:02 am
The California Senate's Energy and Utilities Committee published its analysis of Senator Scott Wiener's California net neutrality bill on Monday morning. It’s bad. Here’s a short overview of the suggested amendments and a rebuttal of the key arguments related to interconnection and access charges. Read more about California Senate Committee Recommends Cutting Key Net Neutrality Protections
By Barbara van Schewick on March 14, 2018 at 6:00 am
On Wednesday, Senator Scott Wiener introduced the text of California Senate Bill 822, which would adopt net neutrality protections for California. Read more about SB 822 Would Secure Net Neutrality for California
By Daphne Keller on January 16, 2018 at 5:00 am
The essay below serves as introduction to the Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference brought together experts from around the world to discuss conflicting national laws governing online speech -- and how courts, Internet platforms, and public interest advocates should respond to increasing demands for these laws to be enforced on the global Internet. Read more about Law, Borders, and Speech: Introducing Our Proceedings Volume