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Rep Louie Gohmert to FCC Chair: “You’re playing God with the Internet.”
In a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing on the FCC’s newly adopted rules on net neutrality, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler pointed to the 1996 Telecom...
Will Net Neutrality Vote Make Approval of Comcast-TWC Merger More Likely?
Will the FCC’s vote to reclassify broadband as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act make the agency’s approval of the...
Title II Supporters in Retreat: Broadband Not a Utility?
Proponents of heavy-handed Internet regulation (under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act) have long compared broadband service to public utilities, such as water, electricity,...
Lawyer Up! Net Neutrality In Court for the Third Time
Today, Alamo Broadband, Inc. and USTelecom each sued (in two separate federal appeals courts) to block the FCC from enforcing its February order, which reclassified...
Net Neutrality Goes to Court: A Guide to the Internet’s Legal Fate. Geoffrey Manne in Bloomberg Business
The time is now for opponents and supporters of net neutrality to have their day in court. Last week the FCC made their list of...
FCC Process and Transparency Still Matter
Now that the FCC has released its new reclassification order, it is worth remembering past complaints about the FCC’s transparency and process problems. Their relevance...