Posted by Julian Sanchez on August 18, 2010
Google and Verizon’s proposed framework for net neutrality regulation has provoked cries of protest from advocates of aggressive regulation at places like Free Press and Public Knowledge. Some of the loudest objections have concerned the distinction between the “public Internet,” which (at least for wireline broadband) would be subject to neutrality requirements, and vaguely defined [...]
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Tags: DBV-SH, FCC, free press, google, Jersey Shore, net neutrality, Public Knowledge, Snooki, Telecom, Internet & Information Policy, Verizon, VoIP | 
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Posted by Jim Harper on June 1, 2010
By Jim Harper
Last week, I referred obscurely to “folks wanting to install the FCC as the Internet’s regulator,” cautioning that this same Federal Communications Commission is our national censor.
A friendly correspondent points me to an article in Ars Technica about the demand for speech controls coming from the same groups that want the FCC to control the Internet’s infrastructure, groups [...]
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Tags: administrative arm-twisting, ars technica, Common Cause, FCC, federal communications commission, First Amendment, free press, free speech, Lars Noah, Law and Civil Liberties, Media Access Project, Regulatory Studies, speech controls, Telecom, Internet & Information Policy | No Comments »
