United States - New rules with limited protection for Net Neutrality about to take effect

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The new US rules on Net Neutrality, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved on 21 December 2010, were finally published in the Federal Register (the federal government's official journal) on 23 September and will take effect on 20 November. Encouraging initiatives, but insufficient The FCC is reinforcing several Net Neutrality principles. It says, for example that it aims to “preserve the Internet as an open platform for innovation, investment, job creation, economic (...)

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