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The FCC will vote to restore net neutrality later this month
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote to restore net neutrality later this month. With the Democrats finally holding an FCC majority in the final year of President Biden’s first term.
FCC moves forward with its plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to move forward with a plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. The rules could be re-established as soon as next spring, but the FCC's effort could face legal challenges.
The FCC plans to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules
FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel has announced the agency's plans to restore net neutrality protections. Previous rules, which prevented ISPs from blocking or throttling specific websites, were nixed in 2017 under the Trump administration.
New York AG fines companies that spammed FCC with fake anti-net neutrality comments
New York's Attorney General has made companies pay $615,000 for posting bogus comments supporting the FCC's repeal of net neutrality.
Big Tech critic Tim Wu is leaving the White House
Net neutrality advocate and Big Tech critic Tim Wu is leaving the White House after advising President Biden for nearly two years on economic and technology policy.
Senate bill aims to restore net neutrality, including throttling safeguards
Senators have introduced a bill that would let the FCC reinstate net neutrality.
ISPs end fight against California net neutrality law
Telecom groups hoped to get the 2018 law blocked in court.
Senate confirms Jessica Rosenworcel as first female FCC chair
The Senate has confirmed Jessica Rosenworcel as the FCC's first permanent female chair.
White House picks Jessica Rosenworcel as first female FCC chair
The White House has nominated Jessica Rosenworcel as the FCC's first permanent female leader.
EU says internet providers' zero-rating violates net neutrality
An EU court has ruled that internet providers are violating net neutrality when they offer zero-rated access that doesn't count toward data caps.
Biden's wide-ranging executive order covers Big Tech, net neutrality and more
The president will sign a new executive order today that's aimed at cutting down on anticompetitive practices.
Study finds Facebook's free data app favored its own services
Discover provides users with free daily data and stripped-down web pages.
NY AG report finds 18 million FCC net neutrality comments were fake
It turns out there was far more fraud than previously thought during the FCC's flawed net neutrality commenting process.
Mozilla leads campaign for FCC to reinstate federal net neutrality law
Firefox maker Mozilla has been joined by Reddit and Vimeo in a renewed push to get the FCC to reinstate federal net neutrality rules repealed during the Trump era.
AT&T blames net neutrality law for HBO Max counting against data caps
AT&T has announced that subscribers will no longer be able to stream HBO Max without the data counting against their caps, and has blamed the situation on California's net neutrality laws.
DOJ drops lawsuit challenging California's net neutrality law
The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) dropped its lawsuit against California’s net neutrality law on Monday, reports Reuters, foreshadowing the Biden administration’s approach to internet regulation. Acting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel welcomed the news as a sign that open internet rules would soon be reinstated across the country. "When the FCC, over my objection, rolled back its net neutrality policies, states like California sought to fill the void with their own laws," Rosenworcel said in a press statement.
President Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel acting FCC chair
Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC’s leading Democrat, will serve as acting chairwoman, replacing Ajit Pai.
Ajit Pai is stepping down as FCC chairman. What happens next?
Last week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai signaled his intent to resign on January 20th, freeing his seat to be filled by the incoming Biden administration. For those keeping count, Pai's term was originally set to expire in June 2021, but it is customary for the commission's chairman to step down when a president of another party takes office. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve at the Federal Communications Commission, including as Chairman of the FCC over the past four years,” Pai said in a statement at the time, before expressing particular pride on being the first Asian-American to chair the FCC.
AT&T exempts HBO Max from mobile data caps
Since AT&T owns HBO Max, the streaming service won't count toward mobile customers' data caps.
FCC ordered to provide IP addresses tied to fake net neutrality comments
The FCC will have to hand over IP addresses connected to fake net neutrality comments despite claims of privacy violations.
