The FCC has announced new rules and regulations that will govern the use of the Internet, and could potentially affect your business.
In a 3-2 decision last week, the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that are intended to prevent internet service providers from interfering with web traffic.
Commissioner Julius Genachowski and the FCC have spent more than a year working to get these rules formulated and approved, after receiving a round of public comments in 2009. In a statement released on Dec. 21, the FCC explained how these rules will attempt to curb the sphere of influence of broadband service providers over consumers and businesses.
“Broadband providers have taken actions that endanger the Internet’s openness by blocking or degrading disfavored content and applications without disclosing their practices to consumers,” the FCC noted in the statement. “The rules ensure that Internet openness will continue, providing greater certainty to consumers, innovators, investors, and broadband providers, including the flexibility providers need to effectively manage their networks.”
Perhaps anticipating the release of the new regulations by the FCC, the Department of Commerce released its own policy framework for protecting consumer privacy online. The policy recommendations, which have not been issued as actual policy just yet, are aimed at promoting privacy while spurring innovation.
Continues at: FCC Approves New Regulations for Net Neutrality.
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