Hacker News with Generative AI: Net Neutrality

Revolving Door: Ex FCC Boss Ajit Pai Promoted to Top Wireless Industry Lobbyist (techdirt.com)
You probably recall Ajit Pai, Trump’s first FCC boss. Pai took a mindless hatchet to broadband consumer protection and media consolidation limits with no shortage of scandal. Like that time he turned a blind eye as the telecom industry used dead and fake people to generate fake support for shitty policies (like killing net neutrality). Or that time he made up a DDOS attack on the FCC to downplay massive public backlash to those same, unpopular policies.

Telecommunications, Politics, Media, Regulation, Net Neutrality

65 points by WarOnPrivacy 29 days ago | 8 comments

Net neutrality under Trump? Not so neutral (computerworld.com)
Under President Donald J. Trump, not just net neutrality but the First Amendment itself is under attack.

Politics, Net Neutrality, First Amendment

9 points by CrankyBear 67 days ago | 3 comments

Vanished from Google/Bing/LinkedIn: a rebuttal of an anti-net neutrality paper (blogspot.com)
What if something can't be found through Google Search? Does it still exist? That question I have to ask myself when I found that a blogpost I wrote two years ago can't be found anymore through either Google or Bing, though it is still listed on Brave. A LinkedIn post where I refer to the blogpost was also made inaccessible, even though Bing can still find that it exists and it can be partially read when browsing anonymously.

Search Engines, Censorship, Net Neutrality

107 points by vldr 103 days ago | 30 comments

FCC net neutrality rules dead again as appeals court sides with Big Telco (theregister.com)
The prolonged fight for net neutrality in America has shifted once again, with the FCC's resurrected regulations struck down by a panel of appeals court judges today.

Net Neutrality, Telecom, Law, Government, United States

36 points by chrisandchris 111 days ago | 6 comments

Court strikes down US net neutrality rules (bbc.com)
A US court has rejected the Biden administration's bid to restore "net neutrality" rules, finding that the federal government does not have the authority to regulate internet providers like utilities.

Net Neutrality, Law, Government, Technology, United States

156 points by rmason 113 days ago | 146 comments

Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Appeals Court (nytimes.com)
A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark net neutrality rules on Thursday, ending a nearly two-decade effort to regulate broadband internet providers like utilities.

Net Neutrality, Law, Telecommunications, Internet

50 points by jbegley 113 days ago | 5 comments

U.S. appeals court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules (tvtechnology.com)

Net Neutrality, Law, Technology, Government, FCC

419 points by pseudolus 113 days ago | 380 comments

The Frightening Stakes of This Halloween's Net Neutrality Hearing (eff.org)
The future of the open internet is in danger this October 31st, not from ghosts and goblins, but from the broadband companies that control internet access in most of the United States.

Net Neutrality, Internet Access, Politics, Technology, Law

3 points by hn_acker 177 days ago | 0 comments

ISPs worry that killing FCC net neutrality rules will come back to haunt them (arstechnica.com)

Net Neutrality, Regulation, Telecommunications, Law

73 points by thunderbong 254 days ago | 59 comments

Judges suspends FCC net neutrality restoration rule (inc.com)

Net Neutrality, Law, Telecommunications, FCC

139 points by nickt 266 days ago | 194 comments

FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole (arstechnica.com)

Net Neutrality, FCC, Regulations, Internet

62 points by CharlesW 348 days ago | 15 comments

FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote (arstechnica.com)