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No, net neutrality is not “officially dead,” today.
There have been a lot of inaccurate reports that the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality will officially go into effect today, April 23rd. That’s not true. It’s a bit more complicated than that. It’s understandable many journalists are confused by this. It’s legitimately confusing. The FCC order said it would go into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, which would have been April 23rd. But, it still has to be approved by the Office of Management & Budget
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Pro-net neutrality FCC commissioner resigns
In another setback for net neutrality, Mignon Clyburn is resigning from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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AT&T and cable lobby are terrified of a California net neutrality bill
Internet service providers celebrated four months ago when the Federal Communications Commission voted to eliminate nationwide net neutrality rules that prohibit blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. But now Internet service providers in California are terrified that they could end up facing even stricter rules being considered by the California legislature.
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California Needs Your Help Passing Net Neutrality
California this week will attempt to pass what could be the toughest net neutrality rules in the nation, but will likely need your help to beat back ISP lobbyists. California's SB 822 will be debated this week in California. The bill effectively mirrors the FCC rules ISPs are trying to kill, but actually takes things further by prohibiting ISPs from using usage caps and "zero rating" anti-competitively. Local supporters of the initiative tell DSLReports.com that they face a hard fight against entrenched lobbyists in the state, and some lawmakers are on the fence.
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Oregon Governor Signs Net Neutrality Bill Alongside the Middle Schoolers Who Fought for Its Passage
n February, three middle school students helped push a statewide net neutrality bill. Today, Gov. Kate Brown is headed to the girls’ middle school in Portland, where she will sign the bill into law. “It’s an honor for the Governor to come to our school and sign a bill that’s so important to the three of us,” Luca, a 12-year-old at Mt. Tabor Middle School, told Gizmodo in an email.
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Congress Is Trying to Stop Ajit Pai from Taking Broadband Assistance Away from the Poor
A group of Senators have called on the Federal Communication Commission to reconsider its proposal to scale down a program that helps poor Americans get affordable internet. Following 68 Congress Members from the House who sent a similar plea last month, 11 minority Senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have co-authored a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to reconsider the move, which would strip access to the program from 70 percent of current subscribers.
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FCC authorizes Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide broadband satellite services
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved an application by Elon Musk's SpaceX, allowing the aerospace company to provide broadband services using satellites in the U.S. and worldwide. "With this action, the Commission takes another step to increase high-speed broadband availability and competition in the United States," the FCC said in a statement.
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Los Angeles Wants to Build Its Own Citywide Broadband Network
It would be one of the largest municipal broadband networks in the world. Now, Los Angeles is studying an aggressive plan to protect net neutrality.
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ACLU urges cities to build public broadband to protect net neutrality
The ACLU is calling on cities across the country to build their own public municipal broadband networks to help preserve net neutrality after the Federal Communications Commission repealed the open internet rules. In a report released Thursday morning, the civil liberties group argued that in the absence of the FCC’s rules cities could give residents an alternative to private service providers who will soon no longer be required to treat all web traffic equally.
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These Maps Show All the Cities and States Now Defending Net Neutrality
In the three months since the FCC decided to repeal existing net neutrality protections, a sizable political coalition has worked to reinstate net neutrality through a variety of legal procedures. Both at the state and municipal level, open internet advocates and politicians have launched into action, ranging from lawsuits to executive orders to legislation in order to save the internet as we know it.
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Could California Effectively Restore Net Neutrality for the Entire Country?
The internet providers that cheered on the Federal Communications Commission’s killing of net neutrality in December may yet regret getting the thing they wished for. In the absence of federal open-internet protections, states across the country are starting to pass their own laws—a coast-spanning patchwork of regulations that companies like AT&T and Comcast may find harder to comply with than the now-axed Obama-era policy, which prevented broadband companies from slowing down or blocking access to websites.
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ISPs Buy a Wyoming Bill That Blocks Community Broadband
ISPs continue to buy state laws preventing towns and cities from making their own, local broadband infrastructure decisions. An effort in Wyoming to pass legislation that would award state grants to help rural Wyoming communities get high-speed internet instead got hijacked by CenturyLink and Charter Spectrum lobbyists, resulting in a bill getting passed this week that simply blocked towns and cities from being able to deploy their own broadband networks.
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The Senate has its own insincere net neutrality bill
Now that the House of Representatives has floated a superficial net neutrality bill, it's the Senate's turn. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy has introduced a companion version of the Open Internet Preservation Act that effectively replicates the House measure put forward by Tennessee Representative Marsha Blackburn. As before, it supports net neutrality only on a basic level -- and there are provisions that would make it difficult to combat other abuses.
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GOP tries to block state net neutrality laws and allow paid prioritization
Republicans in Congress are continuing to push a net neutrality law that would preempt state net neutrality rules and let Internet service providers charge online services for prioritized access to Internet users. The Open Internet Preservation Act would prohibit ISPs from blocking or throttling lawful Internet content but clear the way for paid prioritization or "fast lanes."
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The FCC Blocks 9 ISPs From Providing Broadband Access to the Poor
Ajit Pai’s FCC is, like the rest of the Trump Train, off to a rollicking and hypocritical start, if two big news items this week are anything to go by. On Tuesday, Pai introduced an initiative to identify areas desperately in need of broadband deployment (good!) and today, the Washington Post reports that the FCC has blocked nine companies from participating in a federal program that subsidizes broadband service for low-income households (bad!).
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Washington state has passed laws protecting net neutrality
It’s the first state law to be enforceable against ISPs.
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The Second State to Pass a Law Protecting Net Neutrality is Oregon
Just days after Washington passed its momentous law protecting net neutrality, Oregon has followed suit. Indeed, it now appears that the entire west coast of the United States will soon have laws protecting net neutrality. The Oregon law (HB4155) sailed through both legislative chambers, and now awaits near-certain signature by state governor Kate Brown.
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Ajit Pai’s supporters say he’s gone too far with plan that hurts poor people
Ajit Pai can usually count on support from broadband industry lobbyists and conservative think tanks each time he announces a new policy. But Pai's proposal to limit broadband choices for poor people who rely on a telecom subsidy program is coming under fire from all directions. Pai, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, wants a major overhaul of Lifeline, a federal program that lets poor people use a $9.25 monthly household subsidy to buy Internet and/or phone service.
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Washington becomes 1st state to approve net-neutrality rules
Washington became the first state Monday to set up its own net-neutrality requirements after U.S. regulators repealed Obama-era rules that banned internet providers from blocking content or interfering with online traffic. "We know that when D.C. fails to act, Washington state has to do so," Gov. Jay Inslee said before signing the measure that lawmakers passed with bipartisan support. "We know how important this is."
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Washington (no, not that one) to pass hardcore net neutrality law: All ISPs in state must obey
The US state of Washington is on the verge of passing a sweeping new set of net neutrality safeguards that would apply to all carriers within its borders. The bill, HB 2282, would bar anyone offering broadband services within the state from throttling traffic, offering paid prioritization, or blocking lawful content. The bill also requires ISPs to post their policies on traffic management within their networks online for all to sde.
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