White House Signals Trump Would Veto Democrats’ Net Neutrality Bill
WASHINGTON — As House Democrats prepare to vote on legislation this week to restore the FCC’s net neutrality rules, the White House is indicating that President Donald Trump would veto the bill if it...
View ArticleHouse Passes Bill to Restore Net Neutrality Rules
WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill to restore the FCC’s rules of the road for the internet, but the legislation is likely to be blocked in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)...
View ArticleCourt Upholds Net Neutrality Repeal, Allows States to Set Own Rules
An appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality on Tuesday, but carved out an exception that allows states to set their own rules. The D.C. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Ajit Pai to Exit Commission After President-Elect Biden Takes...
Ajit Pai, the Trump-appointed Republican chairman of the FCC, announced that he will leave the agency on Jan. 20, 2021, when president-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office. Pai’s exit, which will...
View ArticleOutgoing FCC Chair Ajit Pai Praised by Industry Orgs, Slammed as ‘Disastrous’...
Trump-appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who said Monday he will depart the commission on Jan. 20, leaves behind a controversial legacy: He’s regarded as either an exemplary change agent or an ideologue...
View ArticleBiden’s Justice Department Drops Legal Challenge to California Net Neutrality...
In a signal of things to come from the Biden administration, the Justice Department on Monday dropped out of a lawsuit that seeks to block California from enacting its own net neutrality law. The...
View ArticleAT&T Drops HBO Max Exemption From Wireless Data-Usage Caps, Citing...
AT&T will start counting streaming video used by HBO Max — and other telco-owned apps — toward wireless subscribers’ monthly data-usage caps. Previously, AT&T had provided unlimited usage of...
View ArticleBiden Executive Order Urges Greater Scrutiny of Big Tech M&A, Restoring Net...
President Biden is signing an executive order Friday urging federal agencies to more aggressively police conduct by Big Tech — including to more closely review acquisitions that thwart competition. The...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Returns to FCC Agenda Under Democrat Majority — and...
Net neutrality — the concept that internet service providers should be prohibited from blocking or degrading access to users — is back in political play. And not everyone’s happy about the reprise. On...
View ArticleFCC Adopts Net Neutrality Rules (Again) in Replay of Fight Over Internet...
It’s déjà vu all over again for net neutrality. On Thursday, the Democratic-majority FCC voted along party lines to adopt an order that would largely restore the agency’s net neutrality rules from a...
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