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How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality
"It seemed impossible a year ago because if you made a power map, you’d have seen a modest, courageous coalition of small web companies, political activist…
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How a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality
""For the millennial generation, taking away an open Internet is like, for an older generation, taking away Social Security or Medicare—or for some pe…
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FCC head: Hero or puppet?
"The decision came under quick fire from Web activists and, soon after, by 150 Internet companies including giants like Google and Netflix, who sent a lett…
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Surprise, surprise: There's a partisan divide in the net neutrality debate
"Barbara van Schewick and Morgan Weiland detailed the bill’s holes in The Stanford Law Review, ultimately calling it “network neutrality in name only.” “A…
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How a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality
It was completely hopeless.That's what Marvin Ammori, a net-neutrality advocate and consultant for tech companies, told Ari Shahdadi, the general counsel of…
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FCC Chief Announces Big Win For Net Neutrality Advocates
""I've gotten messages from people in the start-up community where they're pinching themselves to make sure it's real, they're really…
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Net Neutrality: How White House Thwarted FCC Chief
"Broadband companies generally liked the FCC chairman’s approach, but net-neutrality die-hards quickly started mobilizing against it. Last April, Marvin Am…
Faculty on Point | Barbara van Schewick on Network Neutrality
Professor Barbara van Schewick explains why meaningful network neutrality rules are critical to the future of the U.S. economy. *Originally recorded in December…
Net Neutrality Explained by Marvin Ammori
The phrase “net neutrality” couldn’t sound more boring. But almost 4 million people wrote to a US federal agency this year, demanding it. That agency has never…
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What to look for in this week's network neutrality announcement
This week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will circulate a draft of the Open Internet rules to his fellow Commissioners. According to news reports, the Chairman will…
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In a major policy shift, FCC will regulate Internet as a public utility (report)
"“If true, this is excellent news and a vital step in the right direction,” Stanford law professor Barbara van Schewick in a blog post today. “… This is th…
The One Loophole to Rule Them All
For more than a year, alongside immigration and an oil pipeline, net neutrality has been one of the biggest policy debates in the nation, prompting thousands of…