FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules to Preserve the Open Internet
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FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules to Preserve the Open Internet

ByKyle W. Bell

Internet activists won a major victory on Thursday as the Federal Communications Commission approved its strongest net neutrality rules yet. The FCC commissioners voted to approve a plan that reclassifies both home broadband and mobile Internet as a utility. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled the proposal earlier this month in an op-ed featured on tech…

Editorial: The Time for Net Neutrality is Now
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Editorial: The Time for Net Neutrality is Now

ByKyle W. Bell

We have long had a debate in the United States about the proper balance of government regulation. Some of these debates are legitimate concerns about government overreach; others have been perpetuated in the private sector to advance narrow economic interests, often at the expense of the general public. Right now, we are having a debate…