Net Neutrality
Fake Comments Cause Real Harm: How the Public Comment Process Was Corrupted
Turning a blind eye to the corruption of the public comment process—or worse, lumping together genuine mass comments with fraudulent comments—corrupts the rulemaking process.
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AT&T’s Treatment of HBO Max Sparks Calls for Net Neutrality Rules. But Is Sector-Specific Regulation the Right Solution?
Not all forms of self-preferencing should be banned, but we do need a standard by which to evaluate allegations of anticompetitive self-preferencing. Congress should...
One Year After the Net Neutrality Repeal: the FCC Has Abdicated Its Role Protecting Consumers and Competition
Every promise made by broadband providers and every reason cited by the FCC in its decision to eliminate the net neutrality rules has proven...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 8–16)
The AT&T-Time Warner merger is approved, further fueling the media merger frenzy and providing the Second Gilded Age with “another layer of gold”; net...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 2–Feb. 10)
This week in political economy.
India’s competition authority imposed a 1.36 billion rupees ($21.1 million) fine on Google after it found the company guilty...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 9–Dec. 16)
This week in political economy.
House and Senate Republicans released the final version of their tax bill late Friday afternoon. The Washington Post breaks...
Will Repeal of Net Neutrality Accelerate the Trend in Media Consolidation? The History of Cable Suggests "Yes"
The history of cable and cable programming strongly suggests that without specific FCC safeguards, we can expect a massive “arms race” by providers to...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 18–26)
The stories that most interested us this week.
The New York Times reports on the ongoing turmoil at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and...
