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Net neutrality is all but dead. Here's what happens now.

April 23, 2018

Everyone take a moment of silence please — the free and open internet is all but dead.

In December 2017 the FCC, under chairman Ajit Pai, voted to repeal net neutrality, signaling the end of the open internet as we know it.

The decision was controversial at the time, with everyone from Alyssa Milano to Reddit calling out the FCC in the lead-up to the vote, but the the vote was just the first step toward repeal. To enact the change, the FCC would have to officially list the ruling and provide a timeline for it.

That listing came in February and, now we’re even closer to net neutrality’s funeral. The listing notes the repeal’s effective date as April 23, but there’s a big asterisk next to it. The effective date isn’t actually the effective date for the most impactful parts of the repeal. We have to wait for an administrative step — a review by the Office of Management and Budget — and then there will be another published notice.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Net neutrality is all but dead. Here's what happens now.

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