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WI 1848 Forward: Moyers - Is Net Neutrality Dead? 5/2014 New Threat ! PBS

WI 1848 Forward: Moyers - Is Net Neutrality Dead? 5/2014 New Threat ! PBS | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
WI 1848 Forward: John Oliver (HBO) - Is #NetNeutrality Dead? 6/1/2014 New Threat...Let #FCC know what you think! https://t.co/c0Zucb3eWd
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Net Neutrality for an egalitarian Internet

Net Neutrality for an egalitarian Internet | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Developing countries, including their otherwise politically conscious and active groups, have to date mostly engaged only with issues of basic access to the Internet, and the quality or bandwidth of connectivity.  Talking about the architectural and governance issues relating to the Internet is often considered to be premature when people do not have basic access.  Taking advantage of such apathy, telcos and big Internet companies (those providing content and applications) have chosen developing countries to begin fiddling with the basic egalitarian design of the Internet.
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Net neutrality could become the biggest face-off on corporate speech since Citizens United

Net neutrality could become the biggest face-off on corporate speech since Citizens United | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Internet providers argue the policy violates their First Amendment rights. The FCC's defenders are meeting that charge head-on.
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First Amendment Scholars Amicus Brief in the Net Neutrality Litigation (and others) | Marvin Ammori

Larry Lessig and Yochai Benkler of Harvard, Jack Balkin of Yale, Barbara van Schewick of Stanford, and other legal scholars filed a brief in the net neutrality litigation yesterday that explains how the First Amendment applies to net neutrality...
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Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg Regarding Internet.org, Net Neutrality, Privacy and Security

Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg Regarding Internet.org, Net Neutrality, Privacy and Security | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
65 groups from 31 countries write this open letter to M.Zuckerberg regarding @internet_org
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Net neutrality: Net activism packs a punch - Times of India

Net neutrality: Net activism packs a punch - Times of India | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A few months ago, not many had heard of net neutrality. But a combination of humour, solid research and a practical game plan turned a nerdy cause into an online movement.
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Net Neutrality Argument Grows Louder in India, Internet.org Hit

Net Neutrality Argument Grows Louder in India, Internet.org Hit | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A group of India's leading technology and Internet firms has pulled out of Facebook's flagship effort to get billions more people online.
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Examining success for net neutrality and digital power: A Harvard/MIT research analysis

Examining success for net neutrality and digital power: A Harvard/MIT research analysis | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
2015 study examining the online public debate on net neutrality in the United States as the FCC was rewriting its regulations from January to November 2014.
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Column: Net neutrality rule opens the Internet playing field - Aiken Standard

Column: Net neutrality rule opens the Internet playing field - Aiken Standard | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Many of us are on our smartphones, tablets, laptops and computers more often than we care to admit.
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On Net Neutrality, Six Ways The FCC's Public Utility Order Will Lose In Court - Forbes

On Net Neutrality, Six Ways The FCC's Public Utility Order Will Lose In Court - Forbes | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The net neutrality rules are going to court. Here are the six arguments most likely to sink them once again.
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Why Third Parties Will Be Eliminated From the Internet (Op-Ed) - CoinTelegraph

Why Third Parties Will Be Eliminated From the Internet (Op-Ed) - CoinTelegraph | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Once upon a time, transactions between people were more or less done in person. The druggist you bought methamphetamine from at the pharmacy (yes, meth) had a name and a face. The chap you bought a car from had a name and a face, too.
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Once Upon a Time, There Was One Internet and It Was Open to Everyone…

Once Upon a Time, There Was One Internet and It Was Open to Everyone… | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Businesses have faced several crises and threats in recent years. The gradual and lingering fallout from the global economic crisis and shifting consumer confidence have touched all.
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a quick note on the non-neutrality of different mediums*

a quick note on the non-neutrality of different mediums* | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
so, there’s this meme, right, that floats around in contrarian liberal (as always, liberal-as-opposed-to-left) twitter that is supposed to be this dunk on traditionalist conservatives who gripe about the atomizing effects of new technology.
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Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Strong Net Neutrality laws and regulations need to be enactead worldwide to keep internet open and innovative, prenvent discrimination and protect citizens’ fundamental rights and freedoms
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USPP applauds FCC rules on Net Neutrality and Community Broadband | United States Pirate Party

USPP applauds FCC rules on Net Neutrality and Community Broadband | United States Pirate Party | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The United States Pirate Party is overjoyed that both Net Neutrality and Community Broadband measures passed the FCC today.

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Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web

So let's talk about ad blocking.
You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about the user experience of news, but what we're really talking about is money and power in Silicon Valley....
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Everybody's Internet, Tech Tent - BBC World Service

Everybody's Internet, Tech Tent - BBC World Service | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Mark Surman from the Mozilla Foundation defends the principle of an open internet.
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Mark Zuckerberg Can't Have It Both Ways on Net Neutrality - Wired

Mark Zuckerberg Can't Have It Both Ways on Net Neutrality - Wired | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The question isn't whether Internet.org is a threat to net neutrality. It's whether the rules of net neutrality should apply to places that have no internet access at all.
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Here's why Facebook's Internet.org is crumbling in India

Here's why Facebook's Internet.org is crumbling in India | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A group of Internet companies have withdrawn support from Internet.org, the buzzy Facebook-backed service that aims to bring people in developing countries online, following a backlash in India over net neutrality.
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Net Neutrality and Its Relationship to National Security

Net Neutrality and Its Relationship to National Security | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Net neutrality was never really connected to the national security debate but there definitely a connection between the two; though contentious and problematic at best.
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A Demand For Net Neutrality Roils India, Campaign Reaches Crescendo - Forbes

A Demand For Net Neutrality Roils India, Campaign Reaches Crescendo - Forbes | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
In an unparalleled, passionate campaign, India’s internet users have sent nearly 400,000 emails in the past three days asking the country’s telecom regulator to safeguard internet neutrality.
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Net Neutrality: TRAI Receives over 2 Lakh Mails after AIB's 'Save the Internet' Campaign Goes Viral

Net Neutrality: TRAI Receives over 2 Lakh Mails after AIB's 'Save the Internet' Campaign Goes Viral | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Latest reports suggest that the TRAI has received more than 2 lakh e-mails by Monday afternoon.
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European citizens have spoken out, and it’s time for the EU to pass Net Neutrality

European citizens have spoken out, and it’s time for the EU to pass Net Neutrality | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
As digital rights advocates around the world celebrate the victory for Net Neutrality in the U.S., we should remember that the fight in Europe is heating up.
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The Final Frontier of Net Neutrality

The Final Frontier of Net Neutrality | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
In the past few months we’ve heard a lot about two opposite Internets, one infernal and one heavenly.
The infernal Internet emerges from the recent debate over net neutrality.
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Where Do You Stand on ‘Net Neutrality’?

Where Do You Stand on ‘Net Neutrality’? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Transformative Technologies. Are the Federal Communication Commission’s new ‘net neutrality’ rules governing the Internet a good thing or a bad thing for manufacturers?
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