As part of the process of establishing rules for operating the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received 677,000 public comments. The FCC is considering if and how to regulate the flow of web traffic after a federal court struck down their net-neutrality rules in 2010. New FCC rules proposed in April came under fire for establishing terrain that could allow powerful Internet companies to block certain content and traffic and to demand exorbitant fees. (Variety, July 14, 2014, by Ted Johnson)
The Internet Association that includes Google, Facebook and Twitter came out in favor of transparent, non-discriminatory rules that prohibit blocking for both wired and wireless Internet access providers. (Bloomberg Businessweek, July 14, 2014, by Joshua Brustein)
Some leading Democrats want to reclassify broadband Internet as a “telecommunications service” rather than an “information service” to give the FCC greater latitude in preventing broadband providers such as Comcast from enacting practices that tilt the field in favor of powerful interests. (National Journal, July 14, 2014, by Brendan Sasso)