Category: Internet Regulation

"ACLU Report Urges Cities and Towns to Provide Internet Service as a Utility"

The ACLU has released "ACLU Report Urges Cities and Towns to Provide Internet Service as a Utility."

Here's an excerpt:

The American Civil Liberties Union released a report today calling on local governments to pursue providing broadband to residents to help counteract federal rollbacks of net neutrality and internet privacy protections. . . .

The report includes recommendations for policies that should accompany public internet systems so they are consistent with privacy, net neutrality, and free speech principles. The guidelines include enacting strict anti-censorship rules and establishing clear oversight processes.

The report also outlines ways for municipal systems to serve all residents equally, regardless of neighborhoods' income or racial make-up.

Read the report: The Public Internet Option: How Local Governments Can Provide Network Neutrality, Privacy, and Access for All.

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"Cicilline Introduces Journalism Competition and Preservation Act"

U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline has released "Cicilline Introduces Journalism Competition and Preservation Act."

Here's an excerpt:

U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee introduced the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act today to incorporate a limited safe harbor into current antitrust laws. The safe harbor established under the bill gives news publishers the ability to collectively negotiate with big tech platforms, including Facebook and Google, on factors that impact public access to trusted sources of news, such as the quality, accuracy, and attribution of news sources. . . .

The bill provides a 48-month window for newspaper companies to negotiate fair terms that would flow subscription and advertising dollars back to publishers, while protecting and preserving Americans’ right to access quality news. Parameters included in the bill ensure that these negotiations would strictly benefit Americans and news publishers at-large; not just one or a few publishers.

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"Washington Becomes First State to Pass Net Neutrality Protections into Law"

Washington Govener Jay Inslee has released "Washington Becomes First State to Pass Net Neutrality Protections into Law."

Here's an excerpt:

In 2015, the FCC created rules against blocking legal content, throttling traffic and using paid prioritization for some traffic. The FCC reversed these net neutrality rules earlier this year.

Washington's new law, House Bill 2282, protects those net neutrality rules at the state level, ensuring that internet providers cannot advantageously manipulate internet speeds and access to content.

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"Copyright ‘Safe Harbours’ Distort Digital Market, Profit Tech Giants and Harm Creators, New Economic Study Finds"

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers has released "Copyright 'Safe Harbours' Distort Digital Market, Profit Tech Giants and Harm Creators, New Economic Study Finds."

Here's an excerpt:

"Economic Analysis of Safe Harbour Provisions", by Ashbel Smith Professor Stan Liebowitz of the University of Texas at Dallas, is the most detailed economic examination to date of how copyright owners have been damaged by so-called "safe harbour" rules in copyright law.

Read the report.

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"Debunking Chairman Pai’s Claims about Net Neutrality"

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has released "Debunking Chairman Pai's Claims about Net Neutrality."

Here's an excerpt:

As an unwavering champion of net neutrality, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn believes in setting the record straight. Chairman Pai made a number of claims and predictions in his dissent from the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order.

Just how good were the Chairman's predictions?

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"FCC’s Next Step on Net Neutrality: Blocking the States"

Margaret Harding McGill has published "FCC's Next Step on Net Neutrality: Blocking the States" in Politico.

The article states that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's "Proposal to Restore Internet Freedom" order would pre-empt "state and local regulations attempting to regulate broadband in ways that run counter to the federal rules."

Six Ways to Contact Congress and the FCC to Support Net Neutrality

Matt Petronzio has published "Net Neutrality's in Trouble. Here's How to Fight for a Free and Fair Internet" in Mashable.

The article describes and provides links to six sites that you can use to easily contact Congress and the FCC to support net neutrality, including the Battle for the Net, 5 Calls, the Free Press Action Fund, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, CREDO Action, and the ACLU.