Battle For Internet Freedom And Net Neutrality Rages On

The Battle for Internet Freedom Isn't Over Yet

Net neutrality supporters scored a big victory in 2015 with the passage of controversial rules to protect the openness of the Internet, but there's more drama to come.

Marguerite Reardon | December 2, 2015

[...] After nearly a year of intense debate about how to regulate Internet traffic, the Federal Communications Commission in June put into effect a set of Net neutrality rules designed to ensure that all Web traffic is treated the same. Before the ink was dry on the FCC's regulations, broadband providers sued the government to get them thrown out. [...]

Source: http://internetassociation.org/093014wirelessnetneutrality/

<more at http://www.cnet.com/news/the-battle-for-internet-freedom-isnt-over-yet/; related links: http://www.cnet.com/news/cable-and-wireless-industries-sue-fcc-over-net-neutrality-rules/ (Cable and wireless industries sue FCC over Net neutrality rules. Internet providers are taking to the courts to throw out new regulations governing how they treat data on the Internet. April 14, 2015) and http://internetassociation.org/093014wirelessnetneutrality/ (New Survey Data Finds Strong Public Support for Wireless Net Neutrality Rules. September 30, 2014)>