New York has expanded its probe to subpoena 14 industry groups and lobbyists, saying that fake comments “distort[ed] public opinion.”
Tag Archives: Net neutrality
“Attack” on FCC over net neutrality was legitimate traffic, report says
An FCC Office of Inspector General (OIG) report has found no evidence of DDoS attacks on the FCC’s comments system.
Welcome to the non-neutral net: Day one
Come Monday morning, when this article posts, net neutrality looks set to be axed. What might the dawn of a net neutrality-free future hold?
2 million stolen identities used to make fake net neutrality comments
Most crucially, two of those identities were senators who are now demanding the FCC find out who’s behind the bots and the identity theft.
Senate votes to restore net neutrality… but don’t get your hopes up
It’s people-pleasing, but it’s probably just symbolic.
Internet.org is accused of being a walled garden for the world’s poorest people
A collection of 65 advocacy organisations from around the world have published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg about Internet.org, calling it a walled garden for the world’s poorest people.
Facebook opens up Internet.org but there’s no support for HTTPS
Facebook has opened the internet up to users in India and other countries but says it won’t immediately allow HTTPS.
Full rules for protecting net neutrality released by FCC
The commission will decide what’s acceptable on a case-by-case basis. Let the legal battles begin! 
Say hello to net neutrality – FCC votes to “protect the open internet”
The FCC has voted in favor of net neutrality. Broadband is now a US public utility, free of blocking, throttling or paid prioritization, and also subject to greater government regulation.
Twitter, Netflix, Reddit, Foursquare et al. protest end to net neutrality
Those sites and many more simulated a slowdown of their sites and services by doing things such as posting the dreaded spinning wheel of death. The internet didn’t really slow down; the companies were, rather, trying to illustrate what the internet would be like if the US passes rules proposed by ISPs. 