The battle over Net Neutrality has been one that has spanned more than a decade and has frequently landed in the lap of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Rounds One and Two: Reversal by the D.C. Circuit In 2010, the DC Circuit reversed the Federal Communication Commission’s “Net Neutrality Principles” as lacking statutory authority. Comcast Corp.…
The Net-Net on Net Neutrality with Free Press’ Gaurav Laroia LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS WMR iTunes Podbay Spreaker Stitcher Gaurav Laroia, Policy Counsel with Free Press, joins us to discuss the latest developments and status in the ongoing political war over Net Neutrality. A Net Neutrality Timeline 2015: FCC Adopts Open Internet Order…
Agenda Part 1: Introduction Welcome/Introductions Part 2: Presentation The State of Net Neutrality with Ernesto Falcon, EFF Legislative Counsel (see biography below) With California’s Net Neutrality legislation signed into law and already subject to multiple court challenges, a pending Congressional Resolution to reverse the Federal Communication Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order and court challenges…
The California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018 has had a lot of close calls. After passing the Senate and almost having been gutted in an Assembly Committee, the bill was resurrected and passed on the last day of the legislative session. A month later, it was signed by outgoing Governor Brown on…
Agenda Part 1: Introduction Welcome/Introductions In Memoriam: Chris Lockard Part 2: Presentation The State of Net Neutrality with Ernesto Falcon, EFF Legislative Counsel (see biography below) With California’s Net Neutrality bill awaiting Governor Brown’s signature and a pending Congressional Resolution to reverse the Federal Communication Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order – what is the status…
In the final day of the session, the California legislature struck a blow in favor of net neutrality by passing the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018 (“Cal Net Neutrality”). The bill is in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s recent “Restoring Internet Freedom” Order (“RIF Order“) that not only repealed…
What the Kavanaugh Nomination Means for Tech with EFF’s Camille Fischer LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK The Senate will begin hearings on D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court immediately after Labor Day. The nomination is mired in controversy after Republicans insisted in 2016 that it was…
After President Trump nominated D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy left by retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the paper of record for Silicon Valley – the San Jose Mercury News – declared: President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is a disaster for the technology industry and…
Sacramento Gone Wild California Passes Landmark Privacy Law Net Neutrality and Emails Bills Advance LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made. John Godfrey Saxe We will attempt to cover the whirlwind of activity from the…
In December, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve Chairman Ajit Pai’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” Order (“RIF Order“) that not only repealed the Obama administration’s February 2015 “Open Internet Order” that implemented new Net Neutrality rules but for the first time gave the green light to paid prioritization and throttling users so long as it…
Tech’s DC Agenda for 2018 with David Snead LISTEN/DOWNLOAD When the House of Representatives returns to work on Monday there will be approximately 90-days left on the House calendar until election day. What is on tech’s agenda for this election-year session. Internet Infrastructure Coalition Co-Founder & Policy Working Group Chair David Snead returns to…
In 2010, AT&T dropped its “unlimited” mobile data plans in favor of tiered pricing but grandfathered in existing customers. Well, sort of. By 2011, AT&T began “data throttling” unlimited data plan users who exceeded preset data limits regardless of actual network congestion. AT&T made some limited disclosures of this practice, but it did not inform…
The Federal Communications Commission will vote on Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed Restoring Internet Freedom (RIF) Order which will repeal the Open Internet Order (Net Neutrality Rules) adopted by the FCC in 2015 and then some. You can watch the vote starting at 7:30 a.m. PST / 10:30 am EST here. It is important to remember that…
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