- Tech Companies, Advocates Seek New Hearing On Net Neutrality Repeal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 13, 2019
The net neutrality repeal enables carriers to "block or throttle Internet access, demand pay-to-play ransom from Internet edge providers, or otherwise interfere with end users' access to the Internet," Mozil ...
- Sanders Wants To Restore Net Neutrality Rules, Ban Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 6, 2019
"High-speed internet service must be treated as the new electricity -- a public utility that everyone deserves as a basic human right," the Vermont senator's ambitious proposal states. ...
- Court Upholds Net Neutrality Repeal, But Rejects FCC's Decision To Block All State Laws
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 1, 2019
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday partially upheld the FCC's decision to revoke the Obama-era net neutrality rules. But the appellate court rejected the FCC's move to "categorical ...
- Warren Blasts Broadband Providers For Thwarting Competition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Broadband providers have "deliberately restricted competition, kept prices high and used their armies of lobbyists to persuade state legislatures to ban towns and cities from building their own public networks ...
- Maine Passes Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill imposing the Obama-era net neutrality rules on Internet service providers that do business with the state. ...
- Net Neutrality Advocates Push For Senate Vote
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 10, 2019
"Americans want and deserve enforceable protections that preserve net neutrality, ensure stronger broadband competition, and improve access," more than 100 groups tell Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell. ...
- Dozens Of House Democrats Back Away From 'Save The Internet Act'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 24, 2019
The 47 lawmakers say they want to "forge a bipartisan consensus" on net neutrality in a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders, ...
- 'New York Times' Presses For Information About Net Neutrality Comments
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 23, 2019
"The FCC both overstates the intrusion on personal privacy that may result from release of the server log and understates the public interest in release of the information," "The N ...
- FCC Battles 'New York Times' Over Net Neutrality Comments
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 6, 2019
Striking back at The New York Times Company, the FCC is urging a judge to rule the agency need not disclose information about net neutrality commenters because it would compromi ...
- 'New York Times' Presses Bid For Data About Net Neutrality Comments
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 11, 2019
"The logs will likely reveal the true extent of the fraud that infected the net neutrality rulemaking," the newspaper argues in new court papers. ...
- House Votes To Reinstate Net Neutrality
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The Save the Internet Act will now move to the GOP-controlled Senate, where it faces tough odds. ...
- FTC Unable To Enforce Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 1, 2019
The FTC isn't legally empowered to enforce the former net neutrality rules, which prohibited internet service providers from blocking, throttling or charging higher fees for prioritized delivery, Chairman Joe Simo ...
- 'New York Times' Not Entitled To Information About Net Neutrality Commenters, FCC Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 18, 2019
The FCC says the data sought by the "Times" -- including IP addresses associated with comments -- would compromise commenters' privacy. ...
- Facebook Must Be Accountable To Regulators For Outage, Professor Says
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 14, 2019
The near day-long outage that stifled Facebook's ad network raises questions about the company's obligation to report reasons for the outage to regulators, similar to the requirements of telecom compani ...
- Vermont Holds Off Enforcing Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 15, 2019
Faced with litigation by the broadband industry, Vermont says it won't enforce its new open internet rules. ...
- FCC Broadband Report Based On Faulty Data, Free Press Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 8, 2019
A broadband provider's incorrect data resulted in "a massive over-statement of the change in broadband deployment at the national level," Free Press tells the FCC. ...
- Sen. Markey Unveils Bill To Restore Net Neutrality
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 6, 2019
The "Save the Internet Act," introduced Wednesday, is backed by almost all Senate Democrats. ...
- Democrats To Introduce Net Neutrality Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 5, 2019
The "Save the Internet Act" is expected to restore the Obama-era net neutrality rules, which were repealed by the FCC in 2017. ...
- House Republicans Urge Support For 'Reasonable' Open Internet Laws
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 22, 2019
House Republicans are asking Democrats to support "reasonable" net neutrality bills that would reinstate some -- but not all -- of the Obama-era rules. ...
- Net Neutrality Battle Heats Up In Vermont
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 18, 2019
Broadband companies say their definition of "net neutrality" may differ from Vermont's. ...
- Senator Klobuchar Launches Presidential Bid With Calls For Online Privacy, Net Neutrality
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 11, 2019
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar on Sunday launched her bid for president with an ambitious broadband policy platform. ...
- FCC Urged To Investigate Mobile Video Throttling
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 7, 2019
Wireless carriers "failed to answer many of our questions, leaving us even more concerned," three Senate Democrats tell the FCC. ...
- House Republicans Push Their Version Of Net Neutrality
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 7, 2019
Three House members said Thursday they were introducing new bills that would regulate broadband. ...
- Net Neutrality Repeal Already Harming Public, Former FCC Chief Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 6, 2019
"When California firefighters couldn't use their mobile phones during the Mendocino Complex fire, they could not turn to the FCC for help," former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will tell lawmake ...
- Senator Markey Preps Net Neutrality Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 1, 2019
"We will soon lay down a legislative marker in the Senate in support of net neutrality to show the American people that we are on their side," Sen. Ed Mark ...
- Broadband Industry Urges Judge To Invalidate Vermont Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 25, 2019
Vermont lawmakers "purposefully acted to undermine federal law," broadband providers tell a federal judge. ...
- Court Rejects FCC Request To Postpone Net Neutrality Hearing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 18, 2019
Arguments about the legality of the net neutrality repeal will move forward as scheduled, despite the ongoing government shutdown, a federal court said late Thursday. ...
- Vermont Asks Judge To Throw Out Challenge To Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 26, 2018
"Plaintiffs do not allege that any of their members have ever done anything in Vermont inconsistent with net neutrality," Vermont's attorney general argues in new court papers. ...
- FCC Won't Disclose Information About Fake Net Neutrality Comments
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 3, 2018
The FCC has rejected a request for information by two reporters who are investigating Russian meddling in last year's net neutrality proceeding. ...
- Net Neutrality Repeal Threatens Public Safety, Attorneys General Warn
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 19, 2018
The FCC's net neutrality repeal "jeopardizes residents' access to safe and reliable electricity; prevents residents from receiving timely evacuation, shelter-in-place, and disease outbreak alerts; and interferes with urgent medical services ...
