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On Tuesday, the FCC released the final text of the 2024 Open Internet Order, which the commission voted to adopt on April 25.

Here’s my statement and initial analysis of key points: Read more about Initial Analysis of the FCC’s 2024 Open Internet Order

In 2021, New York adopted the Affordable Broadband Act, which requires broadband providers to offer affordable options to low-income households.  Read more about 2nd Circuit: When the FCC abdicates its power over broadband, states can act

Europe’s largest telecoms have a new proposal to get the government to force websites and apps to pay them, claiming it’s a beautiful market-friendly, light-touch, targeted solution. 

But if you look just a little closer, it’s the same as their previous flawed proposal. Read more about EU Telecoms’ Newest Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Is Just As Terrible As Their Previous One

Europe’s top telecom regulator dealt a strong blow to Europe’s biggest telecoms in a report released in October, finding “no evidence” to justify the proposal from large broadband companies like Deutsche Telekom and Orange to force websites and apps to pay them.  Read more about EU’s Top Telecom Regulator: Big Telecoms’ Proposal to Force Websites to Pay Them Puts the Internet at Risk

This week, California filed its first brief in the lawsuit by the United States and Internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast that seeks to overturn California’s net neutrality law. SB 822, which was signed into law in September 2018, is the only state law that comprehensively restores all the net neutrality protections from the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order. Read more about California Defends its Net Neutrality Law

Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of the freedom of expression, freedom of information, and media regulation international expert Joan Barata Mir as the Consulting Intermediary Liability Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Barata will pursue international and comparative approaches to intermediary obligations, focusing particularly on the implications vis-à-vis the exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of information. Read more about Stanford Law School Appoints Joan Barata as Consulting Intermediary Liability Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society

Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of retired Federal Judge Stephen Wm. Smith as Director, Fourth Amendment & Open Courts at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Smith will focus on the constitutionality of digital search and surveillance, as well as public access to court records authorizing those investigative techniques. Read more about Stanford Law School Appoints Judge Stephen Smith as Director of Fourth Amendment & Open Courts at the Center for Internet and Society

-- Updated version of online WILMap provides improved functionality in tracking global online liability laws -- Read more about Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society Launch the World Intermediary Liability Map 2.0

Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Dr. Jennifer King as Director of Consumer Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Dr. King will lead the center’s research efforts in consumer privacy. Dr. King joins Albert Gidari, Consulting Director of Privacy, who focuses on government surveillance and enforcement, cross border data issues, and electronic surveillance. Read more about Stanford Law School Appoints Jennifer King as Director of Consumer Privacy, Center for Internet and Society

It’s no secret that local news outlets are struggling in the internet age. But it’s also beyond doubt that local news makes communities more connected, informed, and civically engaged. Read more about Local News Makes Communities Smarter. But Without Net Neutrality, It Doesn't Have a Chance.

The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School has appointed Luiz Fernando Marrey Moncau as Intermediary Liability Fellow. In this role at CIS, Moncau will continue his longstanding work promoting strong and well-crafted intermediary liability laws that advance the rights and freedoms of Internet users. He will start in July 2016, working with Intermediary Liability Director Daphne Keller Read more about Luiz Fernando Moncau Joins Stanford Center for Internet and Society as Intermediary Liability Fellow

Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Albert Gidari as director of privacy at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Gidari will lead the center’s work on consumer privacy and data protection.  Read more about Albert Gidari Appointed Director of Privacy at Center for Internet and Society

We are happy to announce the new 2014-2016 CIS Affiliates. Read more about CIS Affiliates 2014-2016 Announced