First Lawsuits Filed Against the F.C.C.’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
The first lawsuits over the agency's new rules for Internet regulation were filed on Monday, sooner than expected and months before the rules are expected to take effect.
View ArticlePublication of New Internet Rules to Prompt Cheers and Challenges
The F.C.C. regulations are expected to appear in the Federal Register as early as this week, starting two 60-day countdowns: one until they take effect and the other until a deadline for lawsuits.
View ArticleF.C.C. Fines AT&T $25 Million for Privacy Breach
Customer service employees at AT&T call centers sold customers' personal information to third parties over a six-month period ending last April.
View ArticleVerizon Wireless and Sprint to Pay $158 Million to Settle Billing Investigations
Verizon agreed to pay $90 million and Sprint $68 million to settle F.C.C. investigations into millions of dollars of unauthorized charges that appeared on customers' cellphone bills.
View ArticleCourt Denies Requests to Keep New Net Neutrality Rules From Taking Effect on...
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied numerous petitions to keep new Internet regulations from going into effect.
View ArticleNew Internet Regulations Take Effect, and Web Users See No Change
For all the buildup, the dawn of the new net neutrality rules was anticlimactic. For the average user weary of video interruptions and "buffering stream" pop-up messages, nothing changed.
View ArticleF.C.C. Votes to Move Forward With Plan to Subsidize Broadband for Poor Americans
The agency on Thursday voted along party lines to move forward with a plan to amend a $1.7 billion phone subsidy program to cover broadband Internet.
View ArticleA Steady Percentage of Americans Still Do Not Go Online, Study Says
Fifteen percent of Americans do not use the Internet — essentially the same portion of the population that did not go online in 2013 — according to a new Pew Research Center study.
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Gives $20 Million to Help Schools Get Faster Internet
The chief executive of Facebook and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, who have given extensively to education causes, are donating to a nonprofit group that helps schools apply for and use federal grants...
View ArticleJonathan Mayer, Well-Known Online Security Expert, Joins F.C.C.
Mr. Mayer, a lawyer and vocal consumer advocate, will be the chief technologist in the agency’s enforcement bureau.
View ArticleEight Questions About Friday’s Net Neutrality Hearing
A guide to Friday's net neutrality hearing, as the Federal Communications Commission works to uphold a set of regulations aimed at preventing favoritism on the Internet.
View ArticleIn Net Neutrality Hearing, Judge Signals Comfort With F.C.C.’s Defense
In a court hearing about net neutrality rules on Friday, a judge signaled comfort with some of the Federal Communications Commission's defense of the regulations.
View ArticleF.C.C. Asks Comcast, AT&T and T-Mobile About ‘Zero-Rating’ Services
The Federal Communications Commission said it was exploring whether new video streaming services from Comcast, T-Mobile USA and and AT&T violate net neutrality rules.
View ArticleIndian Regulators Suspend Facebook’s Free Basic Services
Regulators ordered Facebook's Indian partner to stop offering a free package of Internet services while it considers rules to govern all such programs. It is the latest setback in India for Mark...
View ArticleDaily Report: Waiting for the F.C.C.’s Lawyer to Take Another Stand
The commission's high-profile general counsel has faced criticism that too many of his decisions have been based upon Democratic politics.
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