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ISPs fear wave of state laws after New York’s $15 broadband mandate
We asked AT&T if it still believes that it would be impossible to comply with the zero-rating rule only in California. We also asked AT&T if it is compl…
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Law Prof van Schewick Calls Net Neutrality Ruling 'a Radical Decision’
Another net neutrality autopsy has rolled in following the Federal Communications Commission’s recent defeat in a landmark net neutrality case. On Jan. 2, a pa…
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Court decision to block net neutrality rules sparks alarm industry concerns
In a recent NPR interview, Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford University law professor and long-time advocate for net neutrality, warned that ISPs now have the po…
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Verbraucherzentrale wirft der Telekom Drosselung vor
Die Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (VZBV) wirft der Deutschen Telekom ein Ausbremsen des Internets durch kostenpflichtiges Zusammenschalten wie Peering vor.…
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What may be next after a federal court struck down the FCC's net neutrality rules
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick about a federal court's decision to strike down the Biden administration'…
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Meta To Invest $10B in Exclusive 40,000 km Subsea Cable: Report
Naturally, companies don’t have complete control over service quality given that they rely on telecom companies’ networks to provide their services, however, as…
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Meta, Deutsche Telekom Standoff In The EU Is Something To Keep An Eye On
Net neutrality expert and Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick warns in a blog post that the next step for DT is to specifically punish Meta by slowing a…
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A Deutsche Telekom Shakedown: Will Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp slow to a crawl in Germany as DT tries to get paid twice, and will German regulators have the courage to stop DT’s bullying?
We are about to see whether the largest and most powerful telecom in Europe, Deutsche Telekom (DT), can force websites and apps to pay so-called “network fe…
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Consulation on EU's Future Connectivity Networks: (Again) No Support for Regulatory Intervention
On the other side, just like last time, we only find telecommunications companies and their trade associations. No one else. The “fair share” narrative lost all…
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Lessons from the Israel pager attack
Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Sept. 17, 2024, killing 12 and wounding more than 2,700. The following day, another wave of expl…
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Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem
The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even the delivery of uniforms for…
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Social media and political violence – how to break the cycle
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, added more fuel to an already fiery elect…