Roundup: Net Neutrality Rollback (Reports, Statements, Documents)

UPDATES

• March 15, 2018  California Net Neutrality Bill Would Go Beyond Original Protections (Via Wired)

• March 6, 2018 Center for Democracy & Technology Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality

• March 5, 2018 Washington Becomes 1st State to Approve Net-Neutrality Rules (via Seattle Times) ||| Seattle Times Editorial

• February 26, 2018  Net Neutrality Activists Will Hold “Day of Action” (Feb. 27) to Overturn FCC Repeal (via The Hill) ||| Direct to “Day of Action” Web Site

• February 22, 2018 New ALA Statement Affirms Net Neutrality is Essential to Intellectual Freedom
  • Mozilla v FCC: Mozilla Re-files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
  • FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Statement on Publication of Net Neutrality Repeal Order

• February 21, 2018  Final Net Neutrality Rule (via Federal Register-Public Inspection File; Official Publication on 2/22.)

• February 20, 2018  FCC Reversal Of Net Neutrality Rules Expected To Be Published Thursday: Sources (via Reuters)

• February 20, 2018 Vermont Governor Becomes 5th to Issue Net Neutrality Order (via State Scoop)

• February 12, 2018 Update: Mozilla Will Re-File Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality (via Mozilla Blog)

• February 7, 2018 Hawaii Governor Mandates Net Neutrality in Contracts (via Broadcasting & Cable)

• February 5, 2017  New Jersey Governor Signs Executive Order Requiring All ISPs that Contract With New Jersey to Adhere to Net Neutrality Principles ||| Full Text of Executive Order

• February 2, 2017 Senate Receives Official Net Neutrality Notice From FCC (via The Hill)

• January 25, 2017 Governor Steve Bullock of Montana and Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York Sign Executive Orders to Protect Net Neutrality in Their States

• January 24, 2017 More Than a Dozen Net Neutrality Bills Have Been Launched in State Legislatures (via GovTech)

• January 19, 2017 Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Issues Statement on Net Neutrality

• January 16, 2017  22 Attorney Generals File Lawsuit Over Net Neutrality Repeal (via The Hill)

States Filing Lawsuit: New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia.

• Primary Document: Full Text of Petition Filed in Lawsuit

• Statement From New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
• Statement From California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
• Statement From Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn
• Statement From New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
• Statement from Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin
• Statement From Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson

• January 16, 2017 UPDATE: The Senate’s Push to Overrule the FCC on Net Neutrality Now Has 50 Votes, Democrats Say (via Washington Post) ||| 50 Senators Support CRA to Restore Net Neutrality (via ALA Washington Office)

• January 16, 2017 Public Knowledge Files Protective Petition in D.C. Circuit Regarding Net Neutrality Rollback  & Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality

• January 8, 2017 Senate Bill to Reverse Net Neutrality Repeal Gains 30th Co-Sponsor, Ensuring Floor Vote (via The Hill) &  The Effort to Block The FCC’s Repeal Of Net Neutrality Just Hit an Important Milestone (via Business Insider)

• January 5, 2017 Internet Association [Trade Group Whose Members Include Google, Facebook, and Amazon] to Join Expected Net Neutrality Lawsuit (via Reuters) ||| Full Text of Internet Association Statement |||| Internet Association Membership List

• January 4, 2017 FCC Releases Final Version of Net Neutrality Rules (Restoring Internet Freedom Order)

• January 3, 2018 Activists Launch Site to Track Lawmakers’ Positions on Net Neutrality (via The Hill)

• January 2, 2018 FCC is Still Editing The Net Neutrality Repeal Order (via ars technica)

• December 26, 2017 Minnesota’s Attorney General Announces She Will Be Part of Multistate Lawsuit Over Net Neutrality Rollback (via StarTribune.com)

• December 20, 2017 Senator Markey Statement on Rep. Blackburn’s Net Neutrality Legislation

• December 19, 2017 House Republican [Rep. Marsha Blackburn-TN] Offers Net Neutrality Replacement Bill (via The Hill)
  • Read/Track the Bill (HR 4682)
  • Statement by FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly
  • Tweet From Rep. Blackburn
  • Public Knowledge: Representative Blackburn’s Bill Fails to Restore Net Neutrality, Guts FCC Protections for Broadband (via Public Knowledge)

• H.R.4585 – Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

• FCC Vote Won’t End Net Neutrality Fight (via The Hill)

• Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) Announces His Support For Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution to Overturn FCC Net Neutrality Rollback

• Senator Markey Leads Resolution to Restore FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules ||| Direct to Full Text of Resolution

• NY State Attorney General Will Lead Multistate Lawsuit “To Stop Illegal Rollback Of Net Neutrality”

• State Of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson Announces Lawsuit To Come On Net Neutrality (Part of Multistate Suit Noted Above)

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December 14, 2017

As expected in a 3-2 vote (along party lines) the FCC voted to rollback net neutrality regulations today.

Searchable Video of of the December 14, 2017 FCC Open Meeting

View Online/Keyword Search Video of the FCC December 14, 2017 Open Meeting (via C-SPAN Video Library)
Net neutrality portion of meeting begins at 1:11:30.

Official Statements From FCC

FCC News Release: “FCC Takes Action to Restore Internet Freedom”

• Statement by Commissioner Ajit Pai
• Statement of Commissioner O’Rielly
• Statement by Comissioner Carr Statement
• Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn
• Dissenting Statement Of Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel

Statements and Comments

ALA: After the FCC Vote: Continuing the Fight for Net Neutrality

CFLA: Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA-FCAB) Concerned about US Net Neutrality Protection Elimination

CAGW: Citizens Against Government Waste Cheers FCC’s Restoration of Internet Freedom

i2 Coalition: i2Coalition Statement on FCC Passage of “Restoring Internet Freedom Order”

FTC: Statement from Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen on the FCC’s Approval of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order

Mozilla Foundation: Today’s Net Neutrality Vote – An Unsurprising, Unfortunate Disappointment

National Association of Realtors: Net Neutrality Rollback Put Consumers, Main Street Businesses on the Defensive in Digital Era, Says Realtors

Netflix: “We’re disappointed in the decision to gut net neutrality…Beginning of a Longer Legal Battle” (via @Twitter)

Public Knowledge: FCC Abandons Consumer Protection Responsibility With Net Neutrality Repeal & Public Knowledge Backs Sen. Markey’s Plan to Overturn the FCC Net Neutrality Repeal

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR): Wyden Blasts FCC’s Repeal of Net Neutrality

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Primary Document

Read the DRAFT Order
210 pages; PDF.

FCC Documents and/or All Filings (Docket 17-108)

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Items From Prior to the December 14, 2017 Vote

UPDATE December 14 FCC December 2017 Open Meeting Agenda

UPDATE December 13  New York City Area Library Leaders Have Op/Ed Published & Send Letter to Congress Re: Proposed Net Neutrality Rollback
||| Direct to Op/Ed by NYC Library Leaders
||| Direct to Letter from NYC Library Leaders to Sen. Charles Schumer
Note: The open letter was published today by The Verge

UPDATE December 13 Letter From a Number of State Attorneys General to Delay Vote

UPDATE December 13 New York Attorney General Schneiderman Releases New Details On Investigation Into Fake Net Neutrality Comments ||| Letter From Schneiderman to FCC (3 pages; PDF)

• Commissioner Rosenworcel on Widespread Identity Theft in FCC Record

UPDATE December 13 Let’s Calm Down. No Matter What Happens with Net Neutrality, an Open Internet isn’t Going Anywhere (via NCTA)

UPDATE December 12 Letter Signed by More Than 100 Republican Members of Congress to FCC Chairman Supporting Reversal of Net Neutrality Rules

UPDATE December 12 Sir Tim Berners-Lee on Net Neutrality “Act Now to Save the Internet as We Know It” (via World Wide Web Foundation)

UPDATE December 12 Letter Signed by 19 Democratic Members of Congress Urging FCC to Delay Net Neutrality Vote (via Funds For Learning)

UPDATE December 11 FTC, FCC Outline Agreement to Coordinate Online Consumer Protection Efforts Following Adoption of The Restoring Internet Freedom Order ||| Direct to MOU (DRAFT)

UPDATE December 4 Wikimedia Foundation: “Net Neutrality is Essential for Access to Knowledge”

UPDATE November 30 Digital Library Federation Issues Statement on Proposed Rollback

UPDATE November 30 Debunking Chairman Pai’s Claims about Net Neutrality Prepared by the Office of FCC Commissioner Clyburn

UPDATE November 30 Chairman Pai Statement On Threats Against Congressman Regarding Net Neutrality

UPDATE November 29 ARL Issues Statement on Proposed Rollback of Net Neutrality

UPDATE November 27 Larra Clark, Deputy Director of the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), Shares First Impressions of Proposed Order to Rollback Net Neutrality (via ALA District Dispatch)

UPDATE (November 22, 2017): We’ve updated this post with the full text of the proposed order.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports

• Defining Broadband: Minimum Threshold Speeds and Broadband Policy

• The Net Neutrality Debate: Access to Broadband Networks

November 21 2017: Draft Order Circulated

Media Coverage

FCC Will Vote to Overturn Net Neutrality Rules In December (via The Hill)

FCC Plans Total Repeal Of Net Neutrality Rules (via Politico)

FCC Plan Would Give Internet providers Power to Choose the Sites Customers See and Use

Full Text: Statements From Commissioners

Statement of Chairman Pai

Statement of Commissioner Carr

Statement of Commissioner Clyburn

• Commissioner Clyburn Fact Sheet on Net Neutrality

Statement of Commissioner O’Rielly

Statement of  Commissioner Rosenworcel

Statements/Commentary After Draft Circulated

ALA: ALA Strenuously Opposes FCC Proposed Order on Net Neutrality & Net Neutrality at the end of 2017: What Libraries Need to Know

Brookings: The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal: A Shameful Sham that Sells out Consumers
Note: Written by Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler

EFF: A Lump of Coal in the Internet’s Stocking: FCC Poised to Gut Net Neutrality Rules

Freedom House: Ending ‘Net Neutrality’ Could Reduce Access to Information

INCOMPAS: Statement on FCC Plan to Kill Net Neutrality

Internet Archive: Net Neutrality & Competition: The Final Days of Internet Freedom

Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition): Statement 

Mozilla Foundation: Statement on FCC Proposal to Roll Back Net Neutrality in The U.S.

Public Knowledge: FCC Chairman Pai Moves to Strip Americans of Net Neutrality Protections
See Also: PK Net Neutrality Timeline

World Wide Web Foundation: FCC Announces Vote to Scrap Net Neutrality Rules