Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently announced support for strong net neutrality rules grounded in the FCC’s strongest legal…
"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…
""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…
"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…
"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…
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…
""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…
"Broadband companies generally liked the FCC chairman’s approach, but net-neutrality die-hards quickly started mobilizing against it. Last April, Marvin Am…
Professor Barbara van Schewick explains why meaningful network neutrality rules are critical to the future of the U.S. economy. *Originally recorded in December…
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…
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…
"“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…