t’s tough to keep up with the cavalcade of bad policy coming out of Washington, but the expected repeal of Net Neutrality has captured public attention for one reason: Everyone needs the internet, and we need it to be open and free.
FCC Chairman Pai claims the Net Neutrality rules have harmed five small ISPs. But Free Press looked at the FCC's broadband-deployment data for these companies and found that four of them had expanded into new territory. The fifth started offering gigabit-internet service.
Before the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission made fun of himself, his critics, and the telecom industry at an annual Washington dinner, Net Neutrality activists protested nearby.
On Dec. 14, the Federal Communications Commission is due to vote on a plan to repeal its Net Neutrality rules. If this gets a green light, it will reshape the way the internet works in America, and most likely to the detriment of consumers and entrepreneurs.
Protesters demonstrated outside Verizon stores and congressional offices from coast to coast on Thursday to rally against the Trump administration’s plans to end Net Neutrality.
Free Press' president talks about Net Neutrality, the Sinclair Broadcast Group and what it's like to defend free speech and the open internet in the Trump era.
Open-internet advocates participated in planned protests on Thursday at congressional offices and more than 700 Verizon stores in all 50 states, plus D.C.