#NetNeutrality

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Federal net neutrality rules, which briefly came back from the dead under the Biden administration, have been struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The three-judge panel ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to impose net neutrality rules on internet service providers (ISPs). The FCC sought to reclassify ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act in order to impose policies meant to prevent them from discriminating against different internet traffic, like by slowing speeds or blocking content.

But the judges disagreed with the agency’s interpretation of how ISPs could be classified and were emboldened by the recent downfall of Chevron deference, a legal doctrine that instructed courts to defer to regulatory agencies in many cases. After the Supreme Court did away with that principle in 2024, courts became more free to favor their own interpretations over the judgment of expert agencies. Net neutrality was immediately seen as a prime target to be struck down without Chevron. While the DC Circuit Court of Appeals upheld previous iterations of net neutrality, the Sixth Circuit judges note that it relied on Chevron to do so. “Unlike past challenges that the D.C. Circuit considered under Chevron, we no longer afford deference to the FCC’s reading of the statute,” they write.

“We acknowledge that the workings of the Internet are complicated and dynamic, and that the FCC has significant expertise in overseeing ‘this technical and complex area,’” the ruling says, citing an earlier decision. After the fall of Chevron, it continues, “that ‘capability,’ if you will, cannot be used to overwrite the plain meaning of the statute.”

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[scacciavillani]

La net neutrality (neutralità della rete) è stato finora un principio cardine della rete internet. Stabilisce che tutti gli utenti vengano trattati allo stesso modo, siano essi multinazionali o semplici utenti privati. Una junk mail o uno Streaming di Netflix hanno la stessa priorità quando viaggiano sulla rete. Questo principio viene sempre più indebolito da decisioni delle autorità e dei Tribunali americani.  Ma quali sono le conseguenze nel mondo reale se al posto della net neutrality si instaurasse un mercato che stabilisse i canoni d'uso della rete in base alle priorità dei soggetti che la usano. In altri termini far pagare per un servizio prioritario è un tabù? O è la foglia di fico che protegge gli interessi delle multinazionali? O il totem degli ultimi romantici di un'internet da figli dei fiori avulsa dalle logiche di #mercato? Per saperne di più sulla net neutrality vi rimandiamo a questi link https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-end-of-u-s-net-neutrality-means/ https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/net_neutrality_repeal_journalism.php

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1990 to promote Internet civil liberties.

[bing0brando]

"Without Net Neutrality, companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon can call all the shots and decide which websites, content and applications succeed."

[bloggerattumbler]

ISP

Major ISPs agree to new net neutrality regulations, ensuring equal access to all online content. Victory for internet freedom!

[mbartl14]

"But I wonder: what if Ferguson had started to bubble, but there was no Twitter to catch on nationally? Would it ever make it through the algorithmic filtering on Facebook? Maybe, but with no transparency to the decisions, I cannot be sure. Would Ferguson be buried in algorithmic censorship? Would we even have a chance to see her?This isn’t about Facebook per se—maybe it will do a good job, maybe not—but the fact that algorithmic filtering, as a layer, controls what you see on the Internet. Net neutrality (or lack thereof) will be yet another layer determining this. This will come on top of existing inequalities in attention, coverage and control."

-Zeynep Tufekci

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[osintelligence]

https://bit.ly/3KEkRWW - 🔒 In 2022, rightsholders in Austria were granted permission to block various pirate site domains and IP addresses, some of which belonged to Cloudflare. This move inadvertently caused ISPs to block access to many legitimate Cloudflare customers. Following reviews by local telecoms regulator Telekom Control Commission (TKK), it was determined that this type of IP address blocking violated EU net neutrality regulations, and it will no longer be permitted in Austria. #NetNeutrality #Cloudflare #IPBlocking ⚖️ While Austrian ISPs raised concerns about the implications for net neutrality, the court's decision favored rightsholders, and ISPs found themselves mandated to block certain torrent and streaming sites, including those offering unlicensed music, scientific articles, and textbooks. This brought up the issue of overblocking and the risk of unintentional censorship. #AustrianISPs #CourtOrder #ContentBlocking 🌐 A significant shift occurred in the summer of 2022 when new blocking orders included a list of IP addresses alongside domain names. Discovery that these IP addresses belonged to Cloudflare led to an unavoidable blockade of numerous innocent sites using Cloudflare. Although initially disruptive, the long-term effect of this ruling should lead to more responsible regulation. #Cloudflare #ISP #DomainBlocking 📡 The local regulator, Telekom Control Commission (TKK), has recently stated that the IP address blocks from last August amounted to net neutrality violations under EU law. While DNS-based blocking will still be available as a method to protect rightsholders, IP address-based blocking is now considered unlawful. #NetNeutrality #TelekomControlCommission #EUlaw 💻 In an effort to preserve net neutrality and freedom of expression on the Internet, TKK clarified its stance against IP address-based blocking. Emphasizing the risks of overblocking, TKK affirmed the need to continue implementing DNS blocks, which only block individual domains, thereby maintaining legal proportionality. TKK's commitment to transparency includes the publication of all blocking decisions and affected domains.

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[b3aches]

Tell Congress to oppose FCC rules that allow ISP discrimination. It's time to support real #NetNeutrality. Call now: https://dearfcc.org

[azspot]

The idea of net neutrality is to keep ISPs from treating internet traffic differently by throttling or blocking, for example. The FCC installed net neutrality rules back in 2015, but they were repealed in 2017 under a Trump-nominated chair. Republicans on the commission believed that removing what they saw to be onerous rules would lead to greater innovation. Democrats believed that repealing the rules would lead to disruptive throttling of internet traffic. Though neither scenario really came true, some point to net neutrality rules in California and the lingering threat of return at the federal level as heading off major changes that could soon be undone.

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AI makes the fight for net neutrality even more...

"The 2024 iteration of the open internet debate is the reiteration of an issue that first surfaced in 2004: whether the dominant and essential network of the 21st century will go unsupervised." #ai #netneutrality #tech

AI makes the fight for net neutrality even more...

Restoring net neutrality rules is a crucial step toward protecting open access to increasingly important AI-powered tools.

Korn Ferry Connect

[halbanese1]

AI makes the fight for net neutrality even more...

Tom Wheeler considers the history of open access regulation before the FCC's April 25 Open Meeting to Consider Restoring Net Neutrality. #ai #netneutrality #tech

AI makes the fight for net neutrality even more...

Restoring net neutrality rules is a crucial step toward protecting open access to increasingly important AI-powered tools.

Korn Ferry Connect

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For those who want to submit their support comments for #netneutrality directly to the FCC, use this link & Click on Expressing filing. https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/docket-detail/23-320

[isobug]

Not a request, I just wanted to clarify if Netneutral () can also be Netagerder (net + agender) or are it slightly different things?

Having a Neutral gender ( or being Netneutral ) and being Agender ( or being Netagender ) can overlap for some individuals, but the terms aren’t synonymous with each other. I think the confusion here might come from the term “gender neutral” being used to mean “not gendered / lacking a gender” when discussing things like bathrooms or product marketing.

There are people who have a very present Neutral gender and are not Agender / Genderless at all ( Neutrois, Niaspec, and other Ningender individuals. ) There are also Agender / Genderless people who are not aligned with Neutrality at all and are still Agender ( Libramascs, Librafems, and many more. )

So yes they are different labels. I see nothing wrong with anyone using both labels at the same time, but if you were writing a wiki page for Netneutral or discussing the terms w/ others, it would be misinformation to say something like “Netneutral the same as Netagender” or “Netneutral, also known as Netagender”.