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Push for net neutrality likely in Congress next year
Congress will push for net neutrality legislation next year, one insider predicts.
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Is government regulation needed to ensure net neutrality?
arstechnica.com — Cato Institute scholar and Ars contributor Tim Lee argues that net neutrality advocates are right about the... importance of an open Internet—but wrong to think legislation is needed to protect it. Read More... (more) Is government regulation needed to ensure net neutrality?
Net Neutrality Advocates In Charge Of Obama Team Review of FCC | Threat Level from Wired.com
blog.wired.com — The Obama-Biden transition team on Friday named two long-time net neutrality advocates to head up its Federal... Communications Commission Review team. Werbach_kevin Crawford_4 Susan Crawford, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and ... (more) Net Neutrality Advocates In Charge Of Obama Team Review ...
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Net Neutrality A Likely Reality In 2009
WebProNews Feed — [image] Now that opposition is cleared Once the election smoke has cleared, Congress appears poised to pass Network Neutrality legislation. With promises from the Obama campaign about upholding neutrality principles, any remaining FCC opposition will be left standing out on a weak limb. If you hadn t noticed that the Congress did virtually nothing these past two years, well, that s because they were likely laying low while campaign money was still hot (certain major corporations are both anti-neutrality and big donors) and while it was still conceivable to shift blame to an already failing administration. If anything at all was accomplished it was while we were distracted by other things ...

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