Net Neutrality

Senate Democrats will force net neutrality vote on Wednesday

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2018 3:09 pm

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has been a vocal proponent of repealing the so-called "net neutrality" regulations that took effect under former President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FCC to roll back Obama’s ‘net neutrality’ regulations June 11

Katelyn Caralle · May 10, 2018 6:41 pm

Recode reports this week that Amazon, Facebook, and Google have rallied a host of other multi-billion-dollar Internet corporations to file a legal brief in an effort to restore net neutrality. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Democrats file petition to force vote on ‘net neutrality’

Susan Ferrechio · May 9, 2018 4:23 pm

Sammi LeMaster, left, and Katherine Fuchs, right, carry the top of an alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality" down 12th Street SW to their truck after a protest at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, where the FCC is scheduled to meet and vote on net neutrality. The vote scheduled today, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at the FCC could usher in big changes in how Americans use the internet, a radical departure from more than a decade of federal oversight.

The Net Neutrality CRA would remove FTC privacy protections

Randolph J. May · May 9, 2018 12:00 am

Sammi LeMaster, left, and Katherine Fuchs, right, carry the top of an alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality" down 12th Street SW to their truck after a protest at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, where the FCC is scheduled to meet and vote on net neutrality. The vote scheduled today, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at the FCC could usher in big changes in how Americans use the internet, a radical departure from more than a decade of federal oversight.

Democrats to force net neutrality vote in the Senate

Susan Ferrechio · May 7, 2018 8:59 pm

CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Trump tweeted March 13 that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. (CIA via AP)

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Beltway Confidential

Net neutrality: For once, Washington relinquishes its power

Elliot Kaufman · April 24, 2018 4:14 pm

"In just 2 days, the @FCC majority will vote to repeal the nation's #NetNeutrality rules. Today I will offer my colleagues an alternative proposal to #SaveNetNeutrality. Your thoughts?" Mignon Clyburn tweeted. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democratic FCC commissioner stepping down

Tristan Justice · April 17, 2018 4:53 pm

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has been a vocal proponent of repealing the so-called "net neutrality" regulations that took effect under former President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Democrats question Republican FCC commissioners on CPAC appearance

Melissa Quinn · March 26, 2018 9:12 pm

In the photo taken June 19, 2015, the entrance to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) building in Washington. The government's latest push to make sure consumers get equal access to the Internet faced a key legal test Friday as a federal appeals court considered whether to treat high-speed service providers as though they are public utilities. But two judges hearing more than three hours of technical arguments in the case seemed at times sympathetic to government attorneys arguing that the FCC was within its authority when it approved "net neutrality" rules in February.

Beltway Confidential

Securing real protection for the Internet

Deborah Collier · March 16, 2018 7:04 pm

Former President Barack Obama is in talks to develop his own show for Netflix. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Barack Obama gives Netflix net neutrality. Netflix could give Obama a television show

Philip Wegmann · March 9, 2018 10:14 pm

"We can't stand by and watch one of the greatest tools for democracy ever created be turned into a private playground for the rich and powerful," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Six companies sue FCC over net neutrality repeal

Melissa Quinn · March 5, 2018 8:08 pm