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Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60
Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed "the fairy godmother of the web," has died at age 60.
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The uncertain legal future of net neutrality
Net neutrality won at the FCC, but soon it'll be headed to court.
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Jeb Bush is the ultimate anti-internet candidate
Do you want to live in a country where Internet Service Providers can slow down and censor your internet traffic at will, where the NSA has vastly more power than it does today and where end-to-end encryption may be illegal? Then Jeb Bush is the Republican presidential contender for you.
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Hey, Remember How Net Neutrality Was Supposed To Destroy The Internet?
Before and after the FCC imposed new net neutrality rules, you'll recall there was no limit of hand-wringing from major ISPs and net neutrality opponents about how these "draconian regulations from a bygone era" would utterly decimate the Internet. We were told investment would freeze, innovation would dry up like dehydrated jerky, and in no time at all net neutrality would have us all collectively crying over our busted, congested, tubes.
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So This Is How Net Neutrality Dies
Ever since the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules went into effect earlier this year, we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop. The telecom industry and major internet service providers put considerable lobbying weight into stopping the FCC's new rules—anyone paying attention knew that the industry's initial loss wouldn't be the end of this saga.
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These 3 judges hold the fate of the Internet in their hands
Next week, a federal appeals court in Washington will hear one of its biggest cases of the year, one whose outcome will directly affect how Internet providers can alter your experience online. At stake are the government's net neutrality rules banning telecom and cable companies from unfairly discriminating against new or potential rivals. Using their power in the marketplace to control what services consumers can access from their smartphones, tablets and PC...
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GOP Again Tries to Kill Net Neutrality With Spending Bill Rider
The GOP continues to try and gut net neutrality using fine print. Republicans have buried an anti-net neutrality rider into a government spending bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing the agency's open Internet rules. Those rules were voted on in February and went into effect in June, though they're currently being challenged by ISPs in court. With the government running on a stopgap funding measure that expires...
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Net NeutralityJust Went to Court. Here’s How it Did.
Here's what happened on the first day of a high-stakes net neutrality court hearing.
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Net neutrality just went to court. Here’s how it did.
A federal appeals court on Friday challenged regulators to defend a series of strict new rules for Internet providers, asking them why it should allow the controversial regulations to stand in spite of an industry lawsuit that's become the centerpiece of a highly-charged battle over the future of the Internet. Dozens of court-watchers began lining up before dawn to hear the case, with some having spent the night in frigid temperatures outside...
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Big Cable’s Sledgehammer Is Coming Down
Why usage-based billing is a threat to the open internet, and what can be done to stop it. By Susan Crawford.
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Facebook’s “Save Free Basics In India” Campaign Provokes Controversy
Facebook is calling on Indian users to send an email to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), asking the government agency to support its Free Basics program. The campaign, which shows up when users sign onto the social media platform and includes a pre-filled form so they don’t even have to write an email, has already proven controversial, with opponents saying its message undermines net neutrality in India.
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T-Mobile Doubles Down On Its Blatant Lies, Says Claims It’s Throttling Are ‘Bullshit’ And That I’m A ‘Jerk’
On Monday we wrote about T-Mobile flat out lying about the nature of its BingeOn mobile video service -- and after a couple of days of silence, the company has come out swinging -- by lying some more and weirdly attacking the people who have accurately portrayed the problems of the service.
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Frustrated Comcast customer sets up bot to tweet complaints every time internet speed drops
Ever been frustrated with your internet speed? Here's a solution.
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Verizon’s Free Video Deal: Will It Cost Us in the Long Run?
(Image: Rob Pegoraro/Yahoo Tech) Verizon Wireless is streaming all over the idea of net neutrality. Of course, that’s not how the nation’s largest wireless carrier — which just began exempting video streamed via its own go90 video app from the data quotas of its service plans— would describe it. Instead
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Rubio, Cruz Try to Kill Neutrality on 1 Year Rule Anniversary
Presidential hopefuls Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have decided to celebrate the one year anniversary of the FCC's net neutrality rules -- by once again trying to kill them. Cruz and Rubio have joined six other Senators in pushing the new Restoring Internet Freedom Act (pdf), which would dismantle the rules, walk-back the FCC's Title II reclassification of ISPs as common carriers, and prevent the FCC from trying to pass net neutrality...
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FCC Investigating How Cable Companies Stifled Internet Video
A new report in the Wall Street Journal indicates that the FCC is "probing" whether or not cable operators have taken steps to intentionally harm the rise of streaming video. Specifically, the FCC is investigating claims that cable operators cajole broadcasters into keeping content from streaming service competitors. Dish Network effectively accused Charter of this back in December, when it claimed Charter was trying to "sabotage"...
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ISPs won’t be allowed to serve targeted ads without customers’ permission
Internet service providers and wireless carriers would have to seek permission from customers before using their private information for certain marketing purposes, if new rules proposed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler are approved. For example, ISPs could only share a subscriber's Internet usage habits with advertising companies or other third parties if the subscriber opts in to such usage.
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FCC To Consider Rules That Would Make ISPs Get Permission To Share Your Personal Info
There’s a reason they call this century the information age: everything is data, data, data. And today, the FCC announced a proposal that would regulate how ISPs — over which all that data flows — have to get your permission to collect and share all that juicy, valuable information. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler announced the proposal in a blog posting on the Huffington Post today. As the fact sheet explains (PDF), the proposal isn’t so much about what ISPs can do, as what they have to tell you.
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Despite A Decade Of Trying To Kill It, Verizon Insists It Loves Net Neutrality
You'd be hard pressed to find a company that's been more involved in trying to kill net neutrality than Verizon. The company successfully sued to overturn the FCC's original, flimsy 2010 neutrality rules, which most ISPs actually liked because they contained enough loopholes to drive several vehicle convoys through. Responding to Verizon's legal assault, the FCC responded last year by taking things further, passing new, (supposedly) more legally sound neutrality rules and...
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The Cable Industry Wants Netflix Investigated... For Throttling Itself
Netflix's criticism of usage caps and vocal support of net neutrality (not to mention its threat as a pay TV competitor) has helped it replace Google as public enemy number one for the telecom industry. As such, every PR, lobbying, and political asset at the telecom industry's disposal has taken aim at the streaming giant over the last few years, accusing the company of being a dirty freeloader and horrible hypocrite that's unfairly lobbying the government to attack poor...
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