Net neutrality
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The networkerBig Brother is still watching you and he goes by the name FacebookJohn NaughtonThe social media giant’s offer of free internet access ensures that mobile users stay where it can keep an eye on them
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FTC alleged world’s largest telecoms firm, which had revenues of $170bn last year, reduced data speeds if customers used too much
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Lawsuit argues the impaired emergency efforts show how loss of net neutrality protections can be deadly
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But resolution requires passage in House and Trump’s signature – an unlikely outcome before FCC’s repeal goes into effect in June
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The FCC has made life harder for millions of Americans who used the web to engage in politics and write themselves into history, says Carmen Scurato of the National Hispanic Media Coalition
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Internet providers seized a tool built at public expense, privatized it, and sold it back to us for profit. Repealing net neutrality will only make it worse
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Telecom regulator of world’s second largest internet market says it opposes ‘discriminatory treatment’ of internet traffic
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Rolling back net neutrality laws is just part of Trump’s giant experiment in media deregulation with little protection for the consumer
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If net neutrality controls are weakened, ISPs will decide what we can read – and what we can’t