We don’t want to see the Internet, the greatest platform for collective action in human history, be turned into a cable box. Countries should enact strong net neutrality laws and regulations.
Continue readingFCC complaints data falls short of fully informing the public
The Federal Communications Commission's release of consumer complaint data is a step in the right direction, but it falls far short of the transparency and accountability full disclosure would bring.
Continue readingNet neutrality represents an important win for democracy
Today, over one year after the D.C. Court of Appeals struck down the FCC's rules — and after one of the most ferocious advocacy battles in American history — the FCC has formally sided in favor of a neutral Internet.
Continue readingNet neutrality is essential for a healthy democracy
The principle of nondiscrimination that is the bedrock of the Internet is certainly good for consumers — but it’s even better for our democracy.
Continue readingNet neutrality foes take their fight to the airwaves
Net neutrality friends and foes air their concerns in a pair of congressional hearings Wednesday, the latest front in a war of words ranging from K Street to your TV set.
Continue readingClearing up the confusion about our analysis of net neutrality comments to the FCC
We've gotten some intense responses and questions after releasing our latest analysis of public comments on the FCC's proposal to regulate Internet traffic. In this post, we try to clear up the issues that have been raised.
Continue readingOne group dominates the second round of net neutrality comments
A letter-writing campaign that appears to have been organized by a shadowy organization with ties to the Koch Brothers inundated the Federal Communications Commission with missives opposed to net neutrality, an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation reveals.
Continue readingWho’s behind the group that flooded the FCC with anti-net neutrality comments?
An organization affiliated with the Koch brothers’ network appears to be behind a majority of the recent anti-net neutrality comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission.
Continue readingWhat can we learn from 800,000 public comments on the FCC’s net neutrality plan?
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposed rules regarding net neutrality resulted in the commission’s largest-ever public comment collection. Use this visualization to browse the hundreds of thousands of documents in a simple and manageable way.
Continue readingFCC releases Open Internet comments in bulk
This afternoon, the FCC announced the release of a bulk, machine-readable archive of the more than 1.1 million comments they received during the first comment period of their Open Internet rulemaking proceeding.
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