This is one of a series of blog posts about President Trump’s May 28 Executive Order. Other posts are here, here, and here. The inaptly named Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship seeks to insert the federal government into private… Read More ›
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Trump’s Executive Order Seeks To Have FCC Regulate Platforms. Here’s Why It Won’t Happen
This is one of a series of blog posts about President Trump’s May 28 Executive Order. Other posts are here and here. The inaptly named Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship seeks to insert the federal government into private Internet… Read More ›
New York State Legislator Introduces a Very Bad “Net Neutrality” Bill
In 2018, California established the gold standard of what states should be doing on net neutrality by passing a model law for other states to copy. So, naturally, that makes the job of any legislator truly interested in protecting net… Read More ›
Coalition Asks California's Governor Newsom to Support Fiber Broadband for All
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently joined several California-based ISPs, tech companies, non-profits, and local governments to commend Governor Newsom for adopting a “Broadband for All” vision. But simply saying “broadband” without a clear eye towards the future risks having government… Read More ›
America Is Still in Desperate Need for a Fiber Broadband for Everyone Plan: Year in Review 2019
Earlier this year, EFF noted that the United States is facing a high-speed broadband access crisis. For the foreseeable future, it appears that a supermajority of Americans will not have access to fiber to the home. Instead, it is cable… Read More ›
The Year We Fought to Get Net Neutrality Back: 2019 Year in Review
Ever since the FCC repealed net neutrality protections in 2017, we’ve been fighting to return as many protections to as many Americans as possible. In 2019, the battles in the courts and Congress both kept those committed to a free… Read More ›
California’s ISP Deregulation Law Allows Recording VoIP Calls without Consent
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been opposing A.B. 1366, legislation by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, which would renew a law that effectively shields a huge part of the telecommunications industry from state and local regulation. Comcast and AT&T law backed this… Read More ›
The Public Deserves a Return to the 2015 Open Internet Order
Congress is actively debating how to fix the FCC’s repeal of the net neutrality rules. But the first bills offered (H.R. 1101 (Walden), H.R. 1006 (Latta), and H.R. 1096 (McMorris Rodgers) focus narrowly on the “bright line” rules of no… Read More ›
Oakland Renters Deserve Quality Service and The Power To Choose Their ISP
Oakland residents, we need your stories and experience to continue the fight to stop powerful Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from limiting your ability to choose the service that’s best for you. Submit Your Story If you live in Oakland and… Read More ›
Real Net Neutrality Is More Than a Ban on Blocking, Throttling, and Paid Prioritization
The majority of Americans support net neutrality protections. Based on the comments in the most recent Congressional hearing on net neutrality, you could come away with the idea that most of Congress and most of the giant Internet Service Providers… Read More ›