Tag: Net Neutrality

District of Columbia Circuit Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Where does Kavanaugh stand on privacy, net neutrality, 1st Amendment?

Like a good proportion of the country, I have been doing my best to catch bits and pieces of the Senate hearings regarding the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the US Supreme Court. When I sat down to write this blog I wondered, what impact might Kavanaugh’s confirmation have on intellectual freedom issues?

Lisa Hoover Civil Liberties, First Amendment, General Interest, Government Information, Intellectual Freedom Issues, Internet Filters, PATRIOT Act, Political Viewpoint, Privacy, Security, Surveillance
Truth, Lies and Broadband

Net Neutrality Represents Ongoing Debate about Affordable Broadband in America

The main premise of “Net Neutrality: An Intellectual Freedom Issue” is that intellectual freedom and the full functioning of libraries in America will be impeded by allowing internet service providers (ISPs) to throttle content in pursuit of their financial and customer service interests. I have to admit that the two ideas seemed unrelated to me. Is the premise really true? How exactly does net neutrality relate to public libraries and their provision of internet access?

Allyson Mower Computers, Information Access, Intellectual Freedom Issues, Technology
Laptop opening in the dark

Net Neutrality Update: The FCCs Restoring Internet Freedom Order and the Senate’s Joint Resolution

On January 4, 2017, the FCC issued an updated Declaratory Ruling of the Restoring Internet Freedom order, finalizing the changes the FCC would like to see done to it’s former Open Internet policy. While we wait to see how internet access might change under, one hurdle to the enactment of these policies might be the U.S. Congress.

Alex Supko Computers, General Interest, Information Access, Internet Filters, Technology