This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Appeals Court Hands Obama Administration Major Win In Net Neutrality Case
Under the law, broadband Internet providers “must treat all internet traffic the same regardless of source," dealing a punishing blow to telecom and cable companies that sought to overturn FCC regulations.
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Net Neutrality Victory: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Declares "The Internet Must Be Fast, Fair and Open"
After facing a deluge of 4 million public comments, Wheeler announces "the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC... assuring the rights of internet users to go where they want, when they want."
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In Battle for the Internet, Activists Are Defeating Big Cable
The Federal Communications Commission is verging on reclassifying the Internet as a common carrier – to be regulated like water and electricity – despite strong opposition from the telecom industry and their Republicans in office.
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Net Neutrality Shows People Can Make the Politically Impossible the Politically Inevitable
Last week was a turning point in a seven month campaign to save the Internet – proof that even in a government corrupted by money, united and mobilized people who act strategically with creative tactics can win.
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Obama Calls For "Strongest Possible Rules" to Protect Net Neutrality
Advocating a free and open Internet, the president came out against "fast lanes" for higher-paying web users, shocking the telecom industry.
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Net Neutrality Protests Sweep America As F.C.C. "Hybrid" Plan Is Leaked
Protesters have promised to escalate demonstrations after a Tom Wheeler's “hybrid” proposal failed to fully reclassify the Internet as a public utility and protect free speech.
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Netflix, Reddit, Kickstarter Join Sept. 10 Internet Slowdown for Net Neutrality
On Wednesday, top U.S. startups along with Internet activist organizations will add widgets to their sites that display the dreaded "loading" wheel one might see when trying to watch a video over a slow connection.
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Media In Rebellion: 65 Groups Tell F.C.C. to Reject Comcast-Time Warner Merger
Representing consumers, content producers, and social justice and democracy reform advocates, this dozens-strong alliance called on the Federal Communications Commission to reject the mega media merger.
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Web For All: Winning Internet Freedom Is A Central Battle for Real Democracy
The FCC is threatening to kill the Internet's innovative, information-democratizing potential because doing so serves the interests of the biggest corporations whose wealth dominates government.
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How Activists Put Protection of the Internet Back on the National Agenda
Over 3.4 million Internet users took action against the FCC’s proposed rules in recent weeks – grassroots pressure that forced tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon to get off the sidelines.
