A READER ON NET NEUTRALITY AND RESTORING INTERNET FREEDOM

In December 2017, the Federal Communications Commission adopted its landmark Restoring Internet Freedom Order that repealed the public utility-like regulations which were applied to broadband Internet service providers by the Obama Administration&rsquo,s FCC. The Restoring Internet Freedom Order&rsquo,s return to a light-touch national broadband Internet policy fosters free market competition and helps to secure the Internet&rsquo,s future. ,The FCC&rsquo,s action enhances consumer welfare and encourages economic investment and technological innovation by all the participants in the Internet ecosystem. Importantly, the FCC&rsquo,s decision also establishes a regulatory framework that ensures consumers are protected from anticompetitive conduct as well as from unfair and deceptive trade practices. ,In the context of offering a convincing defense of the FCC&rsquo,s Restoring Internet Freedom Order, this volume provides a wealth of information and key insights into the long-running debate surrounding &ldquo,net neutrality&rdquo, regulation. The selected writings in this Reader explore both legal and policy rationales that support the FCC&rsquo,s December 2017 action. They explain why the FCC&rsquo,s pro-consumer, pro-investment, pro-innovation approach to regulation of broadband Internet services that was adopted in the Restoring Internet Freedom Order should be preserved._,