The concern was that such programs could be anticompetitive and stand in contrast to the net -
neutrality rules set by the 2015 Open Internet Order.
Not exact matches
By the end of February, when Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler delivers his final
set of
rules on net
neutrality, Wheeler would expand the agency's reach over the internet and broadband providers through a series of «bright line
rules» that would take the debate over net
neutrality to yet another level.
At that time, the FCC chairman essentially agreed with a federal
ruling that would have given ISPs a free hand in
setting access to the Web — largely tossing out the underpinnings of net
neutrality.
Earlier, he dropped an effort to create competition for cable TV
set - top boxes and cancelled investigations into whether Verizon and AT&T had violated the net
neutrality rules by favoring their own streaming video services.
The Federal Communications Commission's new
rules eliminating its net -
neutrality protections are
set to take effect next month, but supporters of an open internet aren't giving up hope they can be restored — possibly even right away.
With the Federal Communications Commission
set to vote next week on its proposed repeal of net
neutrality rules, a New York congressman has introduced a bill to block such a rollback.
A date has been
set for an end to net
neutrality rules, Open Library launches an embed feature for bloggers, and Amazon considers expansion into the Arab world.
The Federal Communications Commission last week voted to end net
neutrality, the
set of
rules in place since 2015 to maintain the internet as a free and neutral platform on which all websites are treated the same.
Calls for a federal intervention already started; in a statement provided to AndroidHeadlines, the Internet Innovation Alliance repeated its support of the idea of an «Internet Bill of Rights» meant to «promote one standard of privacy and one
set of
rules that apply to all companies in the internet ecosystem,» thus relating the issue to the still - ongoing debate on net
neutrality.
«In addition, the existence of locally run systems allows for local governance, and this can include locally
set rules around data privacy and Net
neutrality.»
The FCC and FTC have drafted a
set of
rules to help «protect» consumers after the net
neutrality repeal on Thursday
I believe the FCC should create a new
set of
rules protecting net
neutrality and ensuring that neither the cable company nor the phone company will be able to act as a gatekeeper, restricting what you can do or see online.