The FCC approves strong net neutrality rules
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/26/the-fcc-set-to-approve-strong-net-neutrality-rules
The discussion has been going on for quite a while now, but this is a landmark: according to the new “Title II regulation” (of the Telecommunications Act), American ISP are now officially not allowed to block third-party contents, nor deliberately slow it down. It is also forbidden to grant priviledged/faster access to paying parties. New is that it also applies to mobile internet.
FCC Adopts Strong Sustainable Rules to Protect the Open Interne
▻http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-strong-sustainable-rules-protect-open-internet
Tom Wheeler (FCC) on Open Internet Rules:
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfVR0C2HHSI
This is remarkable, if you look back to what he said only a few months ago. He must be under quite some pressure...
▻http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/12/fcc-chairman-i-am-an-independent-agency
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has told web giants Google, Yahoo and others that he won’t cave to pressure from the White House
(But then again, Wheeler war appointed by Obama...)
And the reactions are there: Obama, AT&T, Verizon, Netflix, Comcast, and more:
▻http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/26/8115953/fcc-net-neutrality-vote-reactions
#OpenInternet
▻https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenInternet
#NetNeutrality #Net_Neutrality
▻https://twitter.com/hashtag/Netneutrality
