Episode 04 - Net Neutrality

The FCC will vote on December 14, 2017 on whether to reverse common carrier status for broadband under Title II of the Communications Act. This action will have profound effects on the internet and the way it functions. Join us in this episode as we explore exactly what this means for censorship and the future of the internet as we know it.

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@Electronic{,
author       = {Bhaskar Chakravorti},
month        = jul,
year         = {2017},
title        = {Why failing to protect net neutrality would crush the US's digital startups},
organization = {Business Insider},
url          = {http://www.businessinsider.com/failing-to-protect-net-neutrality-would-crush-digital-startups-2017-7},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Lauren McCauley},
month        = may,
year         = {2017},
title        = {'You Can't Make This Up': Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents},
organization = {Common Dreams},
url          = {https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/05/23/you-cant-make-comcast-threatens-legal-action-against-net-neutrality-proponents},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Karl Bode},
month        = may,
year         = {2017},
title        = {Cisco And Oracle Applaud The Looming Death Of Net Neutrality},
organization = {Techdirt}
url          = {https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170510/07262037333/cisco-oracle-applaud-looming-death-net-neutrality.shtml},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Nilay Patel},
month        = nov,
year         = {2017},
title        = {Ajit Pai and the FCC want it to be legal for Comcast to block BitTorrent},
organization = {The Verge}
url          = {https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/22/16691794/net-neutrality-fcc-ajit-pai-comcast-block-bittorrent},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Jon Brodkin},
month        = sep,
year         = {2017},
title        = {ISPs want Supreme Court to kill Title II net neutrality rules now and forever},
organization = {Ars Technica},
url          = {https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/isps-want-supreme-court-to-kill-title-ii-net-neutrality-rules-now-and-forever/},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Jon Brodkin},
month        = jul,
year         = {2017},
title        = {If FCC gets its way, we’ll lose a lot more than net neutrality},
organization = {Ars Technica},
url          = {https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/how-title-ii-goes-beyond-net-neutrality-to-protect-internet-users-from-isps/},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Jon Brodkin},
month        = jul,
year         = {2017},
title        = {The Internet is Fucked (Again)},
organization = {The Verge},
url          = {https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15715030/what-is-net-neutrality-fcc-ajit-pai-bill-rules-repealed},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {David Talbot},
month        = feb,
year         = {2013},
title        = {When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber?},
organization = {Technology Review},
url          = {https://www.technologyreview.com/s/510176/when-will-the-rest-of-us-get-google-fiber/},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Monica Hunter-Hart},
month        = may,
year         = {2017},
title        = {Netflix Leaving Battle for Net Neutrality Shows Why We Need It},
organization = {Inverse},
url          = {https://www.inverse.com/article/32361-netflix-reed-hastings-net-neutrality},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Karl Bode},
month        = feb,
year         = {2017},
title        = {Comcast, AT&T Are Paying Minority Groups To Support Killing Net Neutrality},
organization = {Techdirt},
url          = {https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170213/14460536703/comcast-att-are-paying-minority-groups-to-support-killing-net-neutrality.shtml},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Jon Brodkin},
month        = nov,
year         = {2017},
title        = {FCC will also order states to scrap plans for their own net neutrality laws},
organization = {Ars Technica},
url          = {https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/fcc-will-also-order-states-to-scrap-plans-for-their-own-net-neutrality-laws/},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Karl Bode},
month        = jul,
year         = {2017},
title        = {3 ISPs Have Spent $572 Million to Kill Net Neutrality Since 2008},
organization = {DSLReports},
url          = {https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/3-ISPs-Have-Spent-572-Million-to-Kill-Net-Neutrality-Since-2008-139931},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Alice Truong},
month        = dec,
year         = {2015},
title        = {Mark Zuckerberg can’t believe India isn’t grateful for Facebook’s free internet},
organization = {Quartz India},
url          = {https://qz.com/582587/mark-zuckerberg-cant-believe-india-isnt-grateful-for-facebooks-free-internet/},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Cory Doctorow},
month        = aug,
year         = {2015},
title        = {Google covertly lobbied against net neutrality in India},
url          = {https://boingboing.net/2015/08/20/google-covertly-lobbied-agains.html},
}
@Electronic{,
author       = {Mike Masnick},
month        = may,
year         = {2017},
title        = {If Net Neutrality Dies, Comcast Can Just Block A Protest Site Instead Of Sending A Bogus Cease-And-Desist},
organization = {Techdirt},
url          = {https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170523/13491237437/if-net-neutrality-dies-comcast-can-just-block-protest-site-instead-sending-bogus-cease-and-desist.shtml},
}

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Daniel Forkner & David Torcivia