Released: October 23, 2009

FCC to draft net neutrality rules, steps toward web regulation

Source: Cecilia Kang, Washington Post (Free Registration)

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to begin crafting rules to prevent Internet providers from acting as gatekeepers over which services and content are delivered to their customers, the agency’s surest step yet toward regulating the rules of the road online.

The federal government previously had taken a largely hands-off approach to Web regulation but decided to act as concerns grew that telecommunications giants such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon could begin to favor their products and services over others.

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