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An ongoing study first reported by Bloomberg reveals the extent to which major American telecom companies are throttling video content on apps such as YouTube and Netflix on mobile phones in the wake of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealing national net neutrality protections last December.
‘Massive Victory for the Whole Internet’ as California Passes Nation’s Strongest Net Neutrality Bill
In a major victory for the open internet that could have ripple effects throughout the United States, the California Senate thwarted aggressive lobbying by the telecom industry and passed the strongest, most comprehensive net neutrality bill in the nation.
As Google works to crush an internal staff revolt over its reported plan to launch a censored version of its search engine in China, a coalition of 14 of the world’s most prominent human rights groups sent an open letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday calling the tech giant’s project “an alarming capitulation” on human rights and demanding that it cancel any effort to provide censored services.