Net neutrality: Why Trump's top internet official wants to repeal the internet law, in his own words
7 years, 3 months ago

Net neutrality: Why Trump's top internet official wants to repeal the internet law, in his own words

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. FCC chief Ajit Pai confirmed that the telecommunications regulator will throw out rules that prevented Internet providers from blocking content or segregating services into cheaper, slower options and more expensive but faster alternatives. In interviews and a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Mr Pai justified his decision as a means to lift “heavy-handed” internet regulations that overly restricted internet providers. “The FCC will no longer be in the business of micromanaging business models and preemptively prohibiting services and applications and products that could be pro-competitive,” Mr Pai told Reuters, adding that “We should simply set rules of the road that let companies of all kinds in every sector compete and let consumers decide who wins and loses”. He argued in the Wall Street Journal that the FCC’s decision to regulate the internet as a utility “has failed consumers and businesses alike”, writing that the commissioners voting for the change chose “micromanagement over markets” by imposing rules that cost providers money and led them to invest less money in expanding connectivity.

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Donald Trump’s pick for the FCC head spells big trouble for the internet.
2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump’s pick for the FCC head spells big trouble for the internet.

Slate  

This is part of Hello, Trumpworld, Slate’s reluctant guide to the people who will be calling the shots now—at least for as long as they last in Washington. Carr’s counter was that he wrote the ideological chapter in his capacity as a citizen—but that didn’t stop him from explicitly boosting Trump’s campaign late in the 2024 election cycle, by inaccurately …

Federal appeals court kills FCC's net neutrality rule
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Federal appeals court kills FCC's net neutrality rule

Salon  

A federal appeals court struck down net neutrality on Thursday, ending the widely popular regulatory doctrine that mandated internet service providers to treat all internet traffic equally. “The FCC lacks the statutory authority to impose its desired net-neutrality policies,” the judges wrote, overturning what they called the Federal Communication Commission’s “heavy-handed regulatory regime.” The pro-consumer policy of net neutrality was …

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job
55 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job

Wired  

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wants to refashion the broadband regulator into the nation’s speech police on social platforms. But since Carr was nominated as a commissioner in 2017 by Trump, he’s spent much of his time focusing on contentious internet speech rules that the agency has historically never played a role in. …

Column: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects ‘network neutrality,’ a boon for consumers
11 months ago

Column: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects ‘network neutrality,’ a boon for consumers

LA Times  

In the midst of its battle to extinguish the Mendocino Complex wildfire in 2018, the Santa Clara County Fire Department discovered that its internet connection provider, Verizon, had throttled their data flow virtually down to zero, cutting off communications for firefighters in the field. The issue the FCC addressed Thursday is most often viewed in the context of “network neutrality.” …

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
11 months ago

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The FCC on Thursday restored …

Rebooting digital equality: FCC to restore net neutrality, reversing Trump-era repeal
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Rebooting digital equality: FCC to restore net neutrality, reversing Trump-era repeal

Salon  

On April 25, the Federal Communications Commission will vote to restore landmark rules governing net neutrality — a federal policy with a history of popular bipartisan support that safeguards free speech online by requiring federally contracted telecom companies like AT&T to treat all internet traffic the same, barring them from blocking websites or slowing down internet speeds for profit. Under …

Column: The FCC’s move to restore net neutrality is overdue, and possibly too late
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: The FCC’s move to restore net neutrality is overdue, and possibly too late

LA Times  

If you’re unhappy with the high cost and low quality of your internet service — and who isn’t? Current FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, a former Democratic Senate aide, has proposed restoring the FCC’s authority over broadband providers as well as the net neutrality rules that were in place until Pai killed them. You need a referee on the field looking …

Column: Internet providers put hypocrisy on full display in challenging net neutrality
4 years, 1 month ago

Column: Internet providers put hypocrisy on full display in challenging net neutrality

LA Times  

Net neutrality is the idea that all internet content should be treated the same by internet service providers. “They’ve been making these same arguments for years,” said Christopher Jon Sprigman, a law professor at New York University who has been at the forefront of net neutrality discussions for years. They just don’t want anyone telling them how to run their …

Goodbye to Ajit Pai, FCC chairman and enemy of net neutrality.
55 years, 2 months ago

Goodbye to Ajit Pai, FCC chairman and enemy of net neutrality.

Slate  

It took an industry man to ruin the internet as we knew it. And while net neutrality was and still is broadly favored by Americans—including, yes, some Republicans—Pai never stopped trying to gut it, eventually succeeding in late 2017 even as outraged constituents flooded the FCC’s public comments section, making clear their disapproval by crashing that system altogether. Pai very …

Senate approves Trump’s lame-duck nominee for FCC, adding hurdle to Biden plans
4 years, 3 months ago

Senate approves Trump’s lame-duck nominee for FCC, adding hurdle to Biden plans

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The FCC plan came in response to Trump’s …

Progressives welcome Ajit Pai's departure from FCC as great news
4 years, 3 months ago

Progressives welcome Ajit Pai's departure from FCC as great news

Salon  

Digital rights groups applauded the news Monday that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai—known for his efforts to destroy net neutrality and his fealty to corporate telecom interests—will resign his powerful post when President Donald Trump leaves office in January. "Ajit Pai will go down in history as one of the most corrupt government officials of the century," Fight for the Future …

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, foe of net neutrality, resigns his post early
4 years, 3 months ago

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, foe of net neutrality, resigns his post early

Salon  

Ajit Pai, the former Verizon in-house lawyer whom President Donald Trump appointed to lead the Federal Communications Commission, announced on Monday that he is stepping down, ending a controversial tenure most conspicuously marred by his opposition to net neutrality. In a public letter released at the time of Pai's announcement, leaders of online businesses like Twitter, Reddit and Tumblr argued …

Trump is moving forward with his plan to regulate social media
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump is moving forward with his plan to regulate social media

CNN  

CNN Business — The Trump administration took a key step on Monday toward fulfilling the president’s executive order on social media, formally asking the FCC to develop regulations that could apply to Facebook, Twitter and other tech platforms. Under Trump’s May executive order, a branch of the Commerce Department known as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration was expected to …

US President Donald Trump's push to regulate social media faces uphill battle at FCC
4 years, 9 months ago

US President Donald Trump's push to regulate social media faces uphill battle at FCC

Firstpost  

Trump said last week that he wants to “remove or change” a provision of a law that shields social media companies from liability for content posted by their users. US President Donald Trump’s effort to regulate social media companies’ content decisions may face an uphill battle from regulators who have previously said they cannot oversee the conduct of internet firms. …

A Broken System Helped the FCC Kill Net Neutrality. It Afflicts the Whole Government.
55 years, 2 months ago

A Broken System Helped the FCC Kill Net Neutrality. It Afflicts the Whole Government.

Slate  

When Chairman Ajit Pai had the Federal Communications Commission reconsider network neutrality in 2017, he made his agenda clear: He wanted to take a “weed whacker” to the Obama-era open-internet rules. But despite public support for the relatively new rules, Pai’s 2017 bid to undo net neutrality was ultimately successful. It’s very, very rare for the notice and comment process …

US House of Representatives approve net neutrality bill but legislation faces long odds
5 years, 11 months ago

US House of Representatives approve net neutrality bill but legislation faces long odds

Firstpost  

US House of Reps approved a bill on a 232 to 190 vote to reinstate landmark net neutrality protections. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill on a 232 to 190 vote to reinstate landmark net neutrality protections adopted in 2015, but the effort faces an uphill battle to become law. The White House said Tuesday aides …

US House of Representatives to vote on net neutrality bill repealed by the FCC today
5 years, 11 months ago

US House of Representatives to vote on net neutrality bill repealed by the FCC today

Firstpost  

Republicans oppose the effort arguing it would grant the FCC too much authority over the internet The Democratic-led US House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under President Donald Trump. The bill mirrors an effort last year to reverse the FCC’s December 2017 …

US democrats unveil legislation to renisntate net neutrality rules repealed by FCC
6 years ago

US democrats unveil legislation to renisntate net neutrality rules repealed by FCC

Firstpost  

The “Save the Internet Act” bill said to protect consumers from higher prices, blocked websites. Democrats in Congress unveiled a bill on Wednesday to reinstate net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under U.S. President Donald Trump, the latest salvo in a more than decade-long battle over how to regulate internet traffic. The bill mirrors an effort last …

US FCC faces loads of tough questions from court on 2017 net neutrality repeal
6 years, 1 month ago

US FCC faces loads of tough questions from court on 2017 net neutrality repeal

Firstpost  

The FCC repeal was a win for providers like AT&T but was opposed by internet giants Facebook, Google. A federal appeals court asked pointed questions of the Federal Communication Commission on Friday in hearing a challenge to whether the Trump administration acted legally when it repealed landmark net neutrality rules governing internet providers in December 2017. The panel heard more …

Tech companies, states spar with govt over net neutrality
6 years, 1 month ago

Tech companies, states spar with govt over net neutrality

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Tech companies and nearly two dozen U.S. states clashed with the government in federal court Friday over the repeal of net neutrality, a set of Obama-era rules aimed at preventing big internet providers from discriminating against certain technology and services. The net neutrality rules had banned cable, wireless and other broadband providers from blocking or slowing down websites …

Today Is a Huge Day in the Fight to Restore Net Neutrality
6 years, 1 month ago

Today Is a Huge Day in the Fight to Restore Net Neutrality

Slate  

The best remaining chance for restoring net neutrality has a key day in court Friday, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s 2017 repeal of the open-internet rules. The Obama-era net neutrality protections were barely two years old when Trump-appointed FCC …

US Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Appeals Against Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules [Read Order]
6 years, 4 months ago

US Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Appeals Against Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday refused to review a 2016 case brought by various broadband service providers challenging Federal Communications Commission net neutrality protections from the Obama era.The FCC was issued by the Obama administration in 2015 to protect principles of net neutrality, which require that all traffic on the internet should be. The Supreme Court …

US Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Appeals Against Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules [Read Order]
6 years, 4 months ago

US Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Appeals Against Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday refused to review a 2016 case brought by various broadband service providers challenging Federal Communications Commission net neutrality protections from the Obama era.The FCC was issued by the Obama administration in 2015 to protect principles of net neutrality, which require that all traffic on the internet should be. The Supreme Court …

US Supreme Court upholds Obama-era net neutrality rules; 2017 policy still in place
6 years, 4 months ago

US Supreme Court upholds Obama-era net neutrality rules; 2017 policy still in place

Firstpost  

The Trump administration and the telecom industry had wanted to erase the 2016 ruling The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a request by the Trump administration and the telecommunications industry to wipe away a lower court decision that had upheld Obama-era net neutrality rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, though the justices’ action does not undo …

Justification for killing network neutrality rules bogus, studies say
6 years, 9 months ago

Justification for killing network neutrality rules bogus, studies say

Salon  

When the nation’s top telecommunications regulator decided to do away with the widely popular “network neutrality” rules that governed the Internet, his justification was that the regulations were slowing deployment. Yet if you listen to the Trump administration, broadband installation in places like Anza slowed because of net neutrality rules — known as Title II regulation. "I would agree there …

FCC: Net Neutrality is officially dead today. Here's what to expect
6 years, 9 months ago

FCC: Net Neutrality is officially dead today. Here's what to expect

Salon  

After months of public debate and legislative resistance on the left, net neutrality as we know it ends today. The Federal Communications Commission’s overturn of net neutrality rules, which were enacted in 2015, prohibited internet service providers from offering in unequal access to web content. “As a result of this inaction, starting today internet service providers have the power to …

Senate Votes to Save Net Neutrality, but Hurdles Remain
55 years, 2 months ago

Senate Votes to Save Net Neutrality, but Hurdles Remain

Wired  

The Senate Wednesday voted to preserve net neutrality, with three Republicans joining all of the chamber’s Democrats and independents to block a Federal Communications Commission plan to undo Obama-era rules governing the internet. Senators Susan Collins, John Kennedy, and Lisa Murkowski crossed the aisle to defend net neutrality in what was otherwise a party-line vote. Meanwhile, the White House has …

FCC expected to publish its reversal of Obama-era net neutrality rules on Thursday: Sources
7 years, 1 month ago

FCC expected to publish its reversal of Obama-era net neutrality rules on Thursday: Sources

Firstpost  

The FCC in Dec. voted 3-2 to overturn net neutrality rules barring service providers from blocking, slowing access to or charging more for certain content. The US Federal Communications Commission is expected to publish on Thursday its December order overturning the landmark Obama-era net neutrality rules, two sources briefed on the matter said Tuesday. The Republican-led FCC in December voted …

Big Tech Backs US Congressional Vote to Keep The Net Neutral
7 years, 1 month ago

Big Tech Backs US Congressional Vote to Keep The Net Neutral

News 18  

Technology companies including Alphabet and Facebook on Thursday threw their weight behind a congressional bid to reverse the Trump administration’s plan to repeal Obama-era rules designed to protect an open internet. “The time has come for a bipartisan effort to establish permanent net neutrality rules.” A public backlash against the FCC’s plan, especially among younger people, has raised concerns among …

Tech giants back US congressional vote to support net neutrality
7 years, 1 month ago

Tech giants back US congressional vote to support net neutrality

Firstpost  

Internet companies say that without net neutrality protection, many Americans will have little recourse Technology companies including Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc on 8 February threw their weight behind a congressional bid to reverse the Trump administration’s plan to repeal Obama-era rules designed to protect an open internet. “The time has come for a bipartisan effort to establish permanent net …

In a bid to challenge FCC's decision, the state of Montana will sign contracts with those ISPs who adhere to net neutrality
7 years, 2 months ago

In a bid to challenge FCC's decision, the state of Montana will sign contracts with those ISPs who adhere to net neutrality

Firstpost  

Montana will sign contracts only with internet service providers that honor “ net neutrality ” firms, Governor Steve Bullock said on 22 January, the latest effort by a state to undermine a Federal Communications Commission order rolling back rules introduced in 2015. Bullock signed an executive order requiring state contract recipients to adhere to so-called net neutrality, which barred internet …

‘Internet drives the economy now': Lincoln senator seeks to re-enact net neutrality rules in Nebraska
7 years, 2 months ago

‘Internet drives the economy now': Lincoln senator seeks to re-enact net neutrality rules in Nebraska

Associated Press  

A Nebraska lawmaker introduced a bill Friday to restore rules preventing internet service providers from slowing your ability to binge television shows on Netflix or blocking search engines that aren’t Google. The “Internet Neutrality Act”, introduced by Sen. Adam Morfeld of Lincoln, would restore the federal rules at the state level, prohibiting broadband internet service providers from “limiting or restricting …

Securing net neutrality
7 years, 3 months ago

Securing net neutrality

The Hindu  

In less than a year, the Donald Trump presidency in the U.S. has administered quite a few body blows to many a signature achievement of his predecessor Barack Obama — for instance, the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate pact. Another addition to this list must be the decision by the government agency, the Federal Communications Commission, to remove …

What Net Neutrality Really Means For You (And For Us)
7 years, 3 months ago

What Net Neutrality Really Means For You (And For Us)

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― The repeal of net neutrality isn’t great news for consumers. And now, absent the regulatory protection of net neutrality, Verizon and other internet service providers can favor our content while discriminating against the competition’s. The company wasn’t the first internet service provider to build a media empire, and it may not be the last — …

What Losing Net Neutrality Means For Democracy
7 years, 3 months ago

What Losing Net Neutrality Means For Democracy

Huff Post  

@TimKarr via Twitter Widespread public outcry and over a decade of growing grassroots activism wasn’t enough to stop the Federal Communications Commission from voting to kill net neutrality this week—which came down to a party-line 3 to 2 vote on Thursday. Amid coverage of the Republican tax reform, the #MeToo movement, the Alabama special election, the Mueller investigation, and the …

Net neutrality - live updates: Politicians prepare to fight against FCC's decision to scrap rules protecting internet freedoms
7 years, 3 months ago

Net neutrality - live updates: Politicians prepare to fight against FCC's decision to scrap rules protecting internet freedoms

The Independent  

✕ Close Net Neutrality: Ajit Pai and FCC scraps online regulation changing how the internet works Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read …

Donald Trump plans total repeal of net neutrality law that keeps the internet free
7 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump plans total repeal of net neutrality law that keeps the internet free

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Pai said state and local governments "need to be preempted" from imposing their own net neutrality rules …

FCC repeals Obama-era net neutrality rules; lawsuits and court battles to soon follow
7 years, 3 months ago

FCC repeals Obama-era net neutrality rules; lawsuits and court battles to soon follow

Firstpost  

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, said in a statement he will lead a multi-state lawsuit to challenge the reversal. The approval of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal in a 3-2 vote marked a victory for internet service providers such as AT&T Inc, Comcast Corpand Verizon Communications Inc and hands them power over what content consumers can access. …

White House supports FCC’s move on net neutrality
7 years, 3 months ago

White House supports FCC’s move on net neutrality

The Hindu  

The Trump administration backs the Federal Communication Commission’s move to repeal Obama-era net neutrality regulations, the White House said on Friday, while adding that it also supports a free and fair internet. Asserting that a free and open internet has been a driving force of American ingenuity, Congressman John Crowley said the FCC’s decision to end net neutrality will not …

US telecom regulator votes to scrap Obama-era net neutrality rules
7 years, 3 months ago

US telecom regulator votes to scrap Obama-era net neutrality rules

India TV News  

US regulators today voted to rollback 2015 "net neutrality" rules of the erstwhile Obama administration that require internet providers to treat all traffic equally. "In particular, the FCC's action has restored the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission to act when broadband providers engage in anticompetitive, unfair, or deceptive acts or practices," the commission said. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi described …

Net neutrality: US regulators ditch Obama-era rules in move that could recast internet
7 years, 3 months ago

Net neutrality: US regulators ditch Obama-era rules in move that could recast internet

ABC  

The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to repeal sweeping 2015 net neutrality rules, in a move that gives internet service providers a free hand to slow or block websites and apps as they see fit, or charge more for faster speeds. Key points: FCC members vote 3-2 along party lines in favour of changes White House says it backs …

FCC votes along party lines to end ‘net neutrality’
7 years, 3 months ago

FCC votes along party lines to end ‘net neutrality’

Associated Press  

The Federal Communications Commission repealed the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules Thursday, giving internet service providers like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T a free hand to slow or block websites and apps as they see fit or charge more for faster speeds. This is the beginning of a longer legal battle.” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the Trump administration “supports …

Net neutrality rules swept aside by US FCC
7 years, 3 months ago

Net neutrality rules swept aside by US FCC

Live Mint  

Washington: The US Federal Communications Commission swept aside rules barring broadband providers from favouring the internet traffic of websites willing to pay for speedier service, sending the future of net neutrality on to a likely court challenge. The FCC’s action will “return the internet to a consumer-driven marketplace free of innovation-stifling regulations”, senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, …

The FCC has officially voted to kill net neutrality. Now what?
7 years, 3 months ago

The FCC has officially voted to kill net neutrality. Now what?

Slate  

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to enshrine new policies that could radically change the way you use the internet. I dissent from this fiercely spun, legally lightweight, consumer-harming, corporate-enabling Destroying Internet Freedom Order,” said Commissioner Mignon Clyburn in her opening remarks at Thursday’s FCC meeting before the agency voted to ultimately abandon the net neutrality rules. “The internet …

FCC Repeals 'Net Neutrality' Rules For Internet Providers
7 years, 3 months ago

FCC Repeals 'Net Neutrality' Rules For Internet Providers

NPR  

FCC Repeals 'Net Neutrality' Rules For Internet Providers Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Updated at 3:27 p.m. ET After a brief security evacuation, U.S. telecom regulators have voted to repeal so-called net neutrality rules, which restrict the power of Internet service providers to influence loading speeds for specific websites or apps. The debate FCC …

FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules, a milestone for Republican deregulation push
7 years, 3 months ago

FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules, a milestone for Republican deregulation push

LA Times  

Federal regulators voted on Thursday to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules for internet traffic — a major victory for telecommunications companies and another milestone for the Republican deregulation push under President Trump. The FCC’s net neutrality rules prohibited AT&T Inc., Charter Communications Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and other broadband and wireless internet service providers from selling faster delivery of certain …

Net neutrality advocates gear up for legal battle after failing to convince US FCC to keep rules
7 years, 3 months ago

Net neutrality advocates gear up for legal battle after failing to convince US FCC to keep rules

Firstpost  

Legal strategies could include arguing the reversal is arbitrary because it comes just two years after the Obama-era rules were put in place. Net neutrality advocates said they are gearing up for a legal fight after abandoning attempts to convince the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to keep 2015 rules aimed at maintaining an open internet. Industry and public interest groups …

Trump’s FCC wants to kill a free and open internet
7 years, 3 months ago

Trump’s FCC wants to kill a free and open internet

Salon  

To understand why the internet’s in big trouble again, first know this about how Washington works these days: Donald Trump seems to irradiate and poison everyone who is sucked into his gravitational pull. This view crosses party lines, as 73 percent of Republicans, 80 percent of Democrats and 76 percent of Independents want to keep the FCC’s Open Internet rules.” …

If the FCC Kills Net Neutrality, Expect Fewer Great Startups
7 years, 3 months ago

If the FCC Kills Net Neutrality, Expect Fewer Great Startups

Wired  

Instead of listening to the thousand of startups and investors who argue that ending net neutrality would damage online innovation, FCC chair Ajit Pai is pushing a vote this Thursday to dismantle two decades of open internet protections in one of the biggest corporate giveaways in history. I know because in 2012 I left a job I loved at WIRED …

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