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Silicon Valley companies representing Facebook, Google, Twitter, Netflix and Microsoft met with Federal Communications Commision Chairman Ajit Pai to protest plants to dismantle net neutrality. The rules prevent wealthy interests, i.e. companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, from purchasing fast lanes and priority access to customers. (C/NET, April 12, 2017, by Marguerite Reardon) Pai’s plan would leave it up to cable companies to protect consumers by agreeing not to discriminate “against certain kinds of internet

After failing to reconfirm a Democrat commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, the Trump administration seems poised to scuttle network neutrality rules passed in 2015. The rules prevent powerful internet providers like Comcast and Verizon from charging websites a fee for faster speeds. Without the protection smaller, innovative businesses would not be able to afford the price of faster service and end up unable to compete. (recode, December 12, 2016, by April Glaser) Russel Brandom,

A federal appeals court upheld net-neutrality providing a victory to internet companies including Google and N etflix who favor treating all content equally and not allowing some to pay for speedy access. “FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the ruling was ‘a victory for consumers and innovators who deserve unfettered access to the entire web, and it ensures the internet remains a platform for unparalleled innovation, free expression and economic growth,’” wrote McKinnon and Kendall. (The

With cable and telecom companies suing the federal government over net neutrality rules approved in February by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), The Internet Association, representing companies including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon filed a legal brief backing the  new rules. Congressional Democrats also filed a brief supporting net neutrality. (The Huffington Post, September 21, 2015, by Dana Liebelson) The Writers Guild is backing the FCC rules arguing that telecom arguments that the rules violate

The Federal Communications Commission voted to make Internet service a public utility subject to government regulation in what many claim is a victory for free expression and equal access. In a 3-2 vote, the FCC prevented the establishment of exclusive premium services: fast lanes for powerful companies and slow lanes for the public at large. (New York Times, February 26, 2015, by Rebecca R. Ruiz and Steve Lohr) David Richards, Re/code, February 27, 2015, praised