It’s Time to Share
News about the elections has rightfully consumed the airwaves and front pages for the past few months, and now that this has passed, it’s time to work together again and shift our focus to the future;...
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FCC’s online privacy rulemaking exposes partisan endgame of corporate favoritism
Some assume policymaking follows a rational, linear process in which policymakers observe a problem, weigh the critical variables, review possible solutions (and their costs and benefits), and then...
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Don’t Reinvent the Wheel on Privacy
For decades, the European Union has blessed a system of tax arbitrage which allows companies to establish in low tax countries while serving the rest of Europe. Companies from around the world...
View ArticleEvaluating the Consequences of Zero-Rating: Guidance for Regulators and...
Abstract: In February 2015, the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order reclassified broadband Internet access service (BIAS) under Title II of the Communications Act. The Order calls...
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FCC’s Privacy Actions Put U.S. On The Wrong Track
Historically, the United States has championed an open approach to the Internet – facilitating the development of services free and unfettered from state and federal regulation through a policy of...
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Keep free data free
Isn’t it strange that we have enjoyed free, advertising-supported radio and TV, but not internet? That’s changing. In fact, mobile providers such as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile want to give you...
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Pokémon Go versus the FCC’s net neutrality rules…in 60 Seconds
With its “T-Mobile Tuesdays” promotion, T-Mobile is giving customers free data for Pokémon Go. But does that defy net neutrality? AEI Visiting Fellow Roslyn Layton describes how the FCC’s rules impact...
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Net neutrality court decision is the best and worst outcome for FCC
On its face, the DC Circuit decision in the Open Internet proceeding could not be more favorable to the FCC. Two of the judges, Tatel and Srinivasan, have given the FCC everything it wants:...
View ArticleBeyond net neutrality: Policies for leadership in the information, computing,...
Key PointsNet neutrality in the US is backfiring against some of the very people it is supposed to help, so we need a policy that gets beyond net neutrality to a framework that resolves disputes,...
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Why does the FCC want to limit competition in online advertising?
Last week marked the deadline for submitting comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposed rulemaking concerning the privacy practices of broadband providers. As I submitted in my...
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Fact and fiction in “battle for the net”
Earlier this week, a group of activists, under the banner Battle for the Net, unveiled a campaign to generate letters to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complain about zero rating...
View ArticleThe FCC wants to regulate the cable box when the market is making it obsolete
The FCC wants to regulate the cable box when the market is already making it obsolete.The FCC has recently requested comments on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled, “Expanding Consumers’...
View Article2 big myths about the ‘Open Internet’
A recent interview in U.S. News & World Report made the case for Internet regulation. However, the interviewee’s claims remain unsupported by empirical evidence. Here’s how the real world looks...
View ArticleLayton: FCC oversteps with new ISP privacy regulation
The FCC took action yesterday announcing privacy rules for Internet service providers (ISPs). The fact that the FCC has jurisdiction over such regulation, usually reserved for the Federal Trade...
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Europe’s protectionist privacy advocates
Max Schrems is no hero. The Austrian privacy activist was hailed in some quarters last fall for helping bring down the 15-year-old Safe Harbor pact that facilitated digital trade worth more than $250...
View ArticleExplaining the detrimental effects of Internet regulation: Layton on ‘The...
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View ArticleCyberspace policy at home and abroad: The agenda for 2016 and beyond
As we kick off 2016, a variety of important cyberpolicy issues are vying for attention. Will this be the year we finally put the net neutrality debate behind us? Will the Federal Communications...
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Keep wireless broadband free from government ‘fixing’
It’s mind-boggling why after 20 years of successful wireless policy, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would make such a drastic change in course. Earlier this year, on in a party-line vote,...
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The FCC vs. your retirement
A network is like a carton of milk; it will expire if it is not refreshed. Telecom and cable companies need to invest some $60 billion annually just to maintain America’s broadband networks. A recent...
View ArticleIs the Internet a human right?
This week, the Internet Governance Forum – a global multistakeholder meeting convened under the auspices of the United Nations – meets in Brazil. Similar to last year’s event, zero rating and net...
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