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‘Consumer Advocates’ Want Ban on Free Data, Usage-Based Pricing

May 9, 2016

Reverse-Robin Hood Approach Helps Top 1% WASHINGTON, D.C. —­­  A coalition of activist organizations that previously pushed the FCC to reclassify broadband service under Title...


If Netflix’s New Data-Use Tool Is Good, Why Ban ISPs from Offering the Same?

May 5, 2016

Double Standard Protects Netflix from Competition WASHINGTON, D.C. —­­  Today, Netflix announced a new tool that will allow users to adjust the quality of the...


FCC Expands Price Regulation on Business Broadband

April 28, 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. —­­ Today, the FCC proposed to extend price regulation of business broadband services to cable and fiber. The Commission voted on a Further...


House Passes Crucial Email Privacy Bill, Senate Must Follow

April 27, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed (419-0) the Email Privacy Act, which would finally require law enforcement to get a warrant...


On Amazon’s UI Design, FTC Knows Best

April 27, 2016

Court Decision Gives FTC Sweeping Discretion to Second-Guess Web Design WASHINGTON D.C. —­­  Yesterday, a federal district court granted the FTC’s motion for summary judgment...


FCC Uses TWC-Charter Merger to Push Unrelated Agenda

April 26, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. —­­ Yesterday, the Department of Justice approved the merger of Charter and Time Warner Cable, the sixth and third biggest ISPs in America....