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Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming. The FCC Needs to Stop Them

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

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 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

FCC starts process to bring back common sense net neutrality protections and broadband oversight

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

Yes, Telefonica, Forcing Apps to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality

By Barbara van Schewick on July 14, 2023 at 12:05 am

The European Commission is evaluating a proposal by Europe’s largest telecoms to force websites and apps to pay broadband companies like Telefonica, Orange, and Deutsche Telekom. This dangerous proposal would require companies like Twitch, YouTube, Netflix and more to pay every broadband provider in Europe, ostensibly to help fund the build out of faster networks in the EU. Read more about Yes, Telefonica, Forcing Apps to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality

Europe’s biggest telecoms are trying to trick the European Parliament into endorsing their proposal to force websites to pay them without proper evaluation and debate. MEPs shouldn’t let them.

By Barbara van Schewick on June 12, 2023 at 8:34 am

On Tuesday, June 13, the European Parliament Read more about Europe’s biggest telecoms are trying to trick the European Parliament into endorsing their proposal to force websites to pay them without proper evaluation and debate. MEPs shouldn’t let them.

Here’s How the European Commission Proposal to Force Websites to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality

By Barbara van Schewick on May 29, 2023 at 7:00 pm

In a frontal assault on net neutrality, the European Commission wants to force websites and apps to pay fees to broadband companies like Telefonica, Orange and Deutsche Telekom, and it just closed its call for comments on the proposal.

Network fees like this have never existed in the EU. They violate the EU's net neutrality law, and, if put in place, would be a radical departure from how the internet has operated and flourished over the last 30 years.  Read more about Here’s How the European Commission Proposal to Force Websites to Pay ISPs Violates Net Neutrality

European Commission proposal to force websites to pay ISPs violates net neutrality, harms Europeans, and solves no problems: Prof. Barbara van Schewick Filing

By Barbara van Schewick on May 20, 2023 at 3:36 pm

The European Commission is evaluating a proposal by the largest telecoms in Europe to force websites and apps to pay broadband companies like Telefonica, Orange, and Deutsche Telekom. This dangerous proposal would require companies like Twitch, YouTube, Netflix and more to negotiate with and pay every broadband provider in Europe. Read more about European Commission proposal to force websites to pay ISPs violates net neutrality, harms Europeans, and solves no problems: Prof. Barbara van Schewick Filing

European Regulators Just Stopped Facebook, Google and Big Telecoms’ Net Neutrality Violations

By Barbara van Schewick on June 15, 2022 at 12:05 am

On Wednesday, European top telecom regulator BEREC, which consists of the national telecom regulators from across the EU, published its revised net neutrality guidelines. The guidelines now prohibit broadband providers’ zero-rating offers that benefit select apps or categories of apps, whether they do so for free or require apps to pay to be included.  Read more about European Regulators Just Stopped Facebook, Google and Big Telecoms’ Net Neutrality Violations

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