The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in a Report to Congress, has adopted new standards for determining when internet services are fast enough to qualify as broadband services. The report sets the speed threshold at...more
Beginning a process that will lead to a report on the availability of broadband service in the US, Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed that the FCC adopt new standards for what...more
On January 28, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision upholding a California law that applies “network neutrality” requirements to internet service providers in the state, affirming a decision...more
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has released an order on the FCC's 2018 Restoring Internet Freedom decision. The court affirmed most of the FCC decision but said the FCC could not prevent states...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week issued an en banc decision reversing an earlier Ninth Circuit panel order that had found the Federal Trade Commission has no authority over “common carriers,” including...more
The FCC has released the final version of its Restoring Internet Freedom decision, which largely reverses the 2015 Open Internet order and the "network neutrality" rules adopted in that order. Since the FCC had released a...more
On December 14, 2017, the FCC adopted a decision reversing nearly all of the significant elements of its 2015 Open Internet Order and the "network neutrality" rules from that order, retaining only the requirement that...more
The Federal Communications Commission has released a 177-page order detailing new privacy and data security rules. It is important to note that these new rules not only apply to providers of broadband internet access service...more
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The recent massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that caused major internet outages was led by an army of security cameras, digital video recorders, and other Internet of Things ("IoT") devices that had been...more
As expected, today the FCC adopted new privacy rules for broadband providers. Based on the information provided at the FCC's open meeting and in its press release and fact sheet, the new rules follow the general outline of...more
The Federal Communications Commission plans to protect consumer privacy on the Internet by regulating Internet service providers. But the proposals, if adopted, could disrupt the Internet advertising industry. In a 147-page...more
At its March 31, 2016 open meeting, the FCC adopted a notice seeking comment on privacy rules for Internet service providers (ISPs). The rules would govern how ISPs can collect and use information about their customers'...more
In an order released late on December 15, the FCC extended the temporary exemption for smaller Internet service providers ("ISPs") from the "enhanced transparency" provisions of its March 2015 Open Internet Order through...more