Nonprofits Should Oppose the FCC’s Destruction of Net Neutrality
(Image: Backbone Campaign, Creative Commons) In a 3-2 vote, the FCC voted to eliminate Obama-era regulations protecting the free and open internet. The rules upheld “net neutrality,” a system that essentially required internet service provides (ISPs) to treat all legal websites and digital services equally. Net…
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Nonprofits Should Celebrate Net Neutrality Rules
In good news for nonprofits and the continued viability of their online fundraising operations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed new rules supporting net neutrality, scuttling telecom businesses’ plans to implement a tiered system which would have directly harmed startups and charities unable to pay…
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