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ARL Urges FCC To Maintain Strong Net Neutrality Provisions, Submits Two Sets of Reply Comments
Last week, ARL submitted two sets of reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the Commission to maintain strong protections for net neutrality. ARL joined with eight other...
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ARL Submits Reply Comments Urging Protection of Net Neutrality
On August 29, 2017, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submitted reply comments in the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proceeding "In the Matter of Restoring Internet...
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ARL and Higher Education Groups Urge FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined with eight higher education associations in submitting comments, due today, July 18, 2017, to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to support...
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Battle for the Net: Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
Today, July 12, 2017, ARL is joining thousands of websites and tens of thousands of individuals in participating in an Internet-wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality. This day...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Internet Free Speech
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Reno v. ACLU, a case that determined that certain provisions of the Communication Decency Act (CDA)...
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ARL Joins Higher Education and Library Groups to Oppose Changes to Net Neutrality Rules
On May 18, 2017, the FCC voted 2-1 to move forward with its notice of proposed rulemaking to roll back net neutrality protections that were set forth in the agency's...
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The Future of Net Neutrality?
The net neutrality saga continues to unfold and it appears that threats against an open Internet may be at even greater risk today, given new leadership at the FCC and...
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Network Neutrality in the Cross Hairs
*Jointly authored by Larra Clark, Krista Cox and Kara Malenfant* It is widely reported that network neutrality is one of the most endangered telecommunications policy gains of the past two...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—July 2016
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from April 1, 2016 through July 14, 2016...
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US Appeals Court Upholds Open Internet Order Governing Net Neutrality
In an important victory for libraries, higher education, and consumers, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit released today its long-awaited opinion in US Telecom Association v. Federal...