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Net Threats: Internet Openness in Danger

CTOvision

Reflecting the increasing attention paid to information security by many Americans, Pew Research recently conducted a large study, “ Net Threats ”, to identify important trends among technology experts’ opinions and predictions regarding the future of digital security. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian also objected to Internet fast lanes.

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Biden's Grand Plan for the Internet: Restore Net Neutrality, Create Municipal Broadband

Gizmodo

In addition tackling climate change, reforming the criminal justice system, and providing universal health care, Biden aims to restore net neutrality rules and get rid of laws that block municipal broadband, or internet access that’s provided fully or partially by local… Read more.

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The FCC is preparing to restore net neutrality in the US

TechSpot

The US implemented net neutrality rules at the national level during the Obama Administration in 2015. These rules classified internet broadband as "telecommunication services" under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act, which regulated ISPs as common carriers or utilities.

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Once again the FCC votes 3-2 to reinstitute Title II net neutrality rules

TechSpot

On Thursday, the FCC voted 3-2 to reinstate "net neutrality" rules. The proposal will essentially classify internet service providers as public utilities governed under Title II instead of Title I. The FCC claims the rules would prevent broadband providers from blocking or throttling traffic unless companies paid more, among other.

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Another Wave of Protest for Net Neutrality

CTOvision

Open Internet advocates have hatched another plan to engage millions of Internet users over the issue of Net Neutrality. The full list of participating websites is found at battleforthenet.com , an advocacy website that fights for “the free and open Internet, with no arbitrary fees or slow lanes for sites that can’t pay.”

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Net Neutrality Advocates Arrested at Google Headquarters

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Regarding the current debate over the FCC’s proposed fast lanes, most consider Google a supporter of Net Neutrality. In early June, Google supported the Reset the Net campaign , a protest against mass data collection. Big Data Government Trends FCC Federal Communications Commission Google Internet service provider NetNeutrality'

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Reddit Co-founder Joins Net Neutrality Debate

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Alexis Ohanian, the American Internet entrepreneur most famous for co-founding Reddit, has launched a crowdfund campaign to fight the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed “fast lanes” – superior channels that companies can purchase from ISPs to guarantee that their content travels quickly across the Internet. By ShannonPerry.

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