Where Net Neutrality Is Today and What Comes Next: 2021 in Review

When all is said and done—and there are some major steps to take in 2022—the United States will mark 2021 as the last year without net neutrality protections. This will undo the 2017 repeal and once again put the Federal Communications Commission...

Dumb Telecom Take Of The Week: Because The Internet Didn't Explode, Killing Net Neutrality Must Not Have Mattered

Very worried about the possible restoration of net neutrality at the Biden FCC, the telecom sector has taken to using telecom industry-friendly news outlets to parrot things you may be surprised to learn aren't actually true. This week a...

Whither net neutrality? On the urgent need to implement the TRAI’s recommendations on net neutrality

We wrote to the Minister for Telecommunications, Ashwini Vaishnaw to highlight the lack of implementation of TRAI’s recommendations regarding the enforcement of net neutrality principles by ISPs, which included establishing an independent Multi...

Senate Urged to Quickly Confirm Net Neutrality Advocates to FCC Posts

"While these choices were worth the wait, there's no time to waste and so much to get done," said Free Press of the expected nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Gigi Sohn to the FCC and Alan Davidson to the NTIA.

Closing the Loopholes in EU's Net Neutrality Framework - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The European net neutrality rules are being reformed to fix one of the biggest loopholes in the EU‘s framework: Zero-Rating. EDRi has been vocal about the dangers of Zero-Rating, a practice by which telecoms companies discriminate between online...

Victory! Oakland’s City Council Unanimously Approves Communications Choice Ordinance

Oakland residents shared the stories of their personal experience; a broad coalition of advocates, civil society organizations, and local internet service providers (ISPs) lifted their voices; and now the Oakland City Council has unanimously...

EFF at 30: Freeing the Internet, with Net Neutrality Pioneer Gigi Sohn

To celebrate 30 years of defending online freedom, EFF held a candid live discussion with net neutrality pioneer and EFF board member Gigi Sohn, who served as Counselor to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and co-founder of...

EFF at 30: Freeing the Internet, with Net Neutrality Pioneer Gigi Sohn

To celebrate 30 years of defending online freedom, EFF held a candid live discussion with net neutrality pioneer and EFF board member Gigi Sohn, who served as Counselor to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and co-founder of...

Axios Parrots A Lot Of Dumb, Debunked Nonsense About Net Neutrality

I've talked a lot about how the Trump net neutrality repeal was a massive con. It effectively gutted the FCC's consumer protection oversight at telecom monopoly behest, then tried to ban states from being able to protect US consumers as...

Biden Urges More Scrutiny of Big Businesses, Such as Tech Giants

An executive order reflects the administration’s growing embrace of warnings by some economists that declining competition is hobbling the economy’s vitality.

Biden Urges More Scrutiny of Big Businesses, Such as Tech Giants

An executive order reflects the administration’s growing embrace of warnings by some economists that declining competition is hobbling the economy’s vitality.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to Exit Commission After President-Elect Biden Takes Office

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 …

AT&T is blocking Tutanota. This shows why we must fight for net neutrality.

ISPs should not have the power to decide which online services users can or can not access.