Net Neutrality

Netflix, YouTube internet speeds reportedly throttled by wireless telecoms

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Netflix, YouTube internet speeds reportedly throttled by wireless telecoms

Internet traffic speeds to some of the largest video streaming sites—including YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and others—were slowed down, or throttled, by mobile telecom companies, according to a new report. Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst used an app called Wehe and found that internet speeds for the popular websites were slowed down, Bloomberg reports. The Wehe app … Read more

Democrats press Brett Kavanaugh over net neutrality at hearing

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Democrats press Brett Kavanaugh over net neutrality at hearing

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) grilled Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh about his views on net neutrality, a week after Democrats argued that he would “cripple” internet protections for “decades to come.” The senator, who has been vocal in her support for net neutrality protections, asked Kavanaugh about a dissent he wrote in 2017 as a judge in the U.S. Court … Read more

Trump administration wants net neutrality-like regulations for social media

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Trump administration wants net neutrality-like regulations for social media

Eliminating net neutrality was all well and good when the Trump administration and supporters were set to benefit from its demise. Now, however, government leaders seem to feel that some form of net neutrality needs to come back because they say social media sites are stifling free speech (of conservatives) on social media. On Sept. 5, U.S. Attorney … Read more

Ajit Pai questioned by senator about FCC’s debunked DDoS claims

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Ajit Pai questioned by senator about FCC’s debunked DDoS claims

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) grilled Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday about the agency’s insistence that a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurred ahead of its controversial net neutrality vote last year. Until last week, the FCC had claimed it was subjected to a DDoS attack that crashed its public comment system shortly after … Read more