net neutrality

Startup News Digest 09/27/24

Startup News Digest 09/27/24

New Senate bill would improve startups’ access to capital

Startup News Digest 09/20/24

Startup News Digest 09/20/24

Startups weigh in on digital trade

Engine, INCOMPAS File Joint Amici Curiae Brief on the FCC’s 2024 Safeguarding the Open Internet Order

Engine, INCOMPAS File Joint Amici Curiae Brief on the FCC’s 2024 Safeguarding the Open Internet Order

Washington – As the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law plans a hearing Wednesday on the law that enables online services to host user-generated content, diverse organizations from academics to industry to public interest groups sent a letter to Subcommittee leaders. The letter acknowledges that Section 230 is the legal framework that enables anyone to create spaces online where user communities can gather and share content, to the benefit of Internet users and online expression. 

Startup News Digest 05/03/24

Startup News Digest 05/03/24

Ownership disclosure law creates burdens for startups

Startup News Digest 04/26/24

Startup News Digest 04/26/24

Net neutrality revival set to ensure level startup playing field

Startup News Digest 04/19/24

Startup News Digest 04/19/24

Lawmakers lament detriment to startups of Trade Rep’s digital trade reversal

Startup News Digest 04/05/24

Startup News Digest 04/05/24

Internet affordability funding to run out, reversing progress on digital divide

Startup News Digest 2/02/24

Startup News Digest 2/02/24

Startup policy priorities for 2024 and how to get involved


Startup News Digest 1/26/24

Startup News Digest 1/26/24

Pilot program launched to support AI research, innovation.


Startup News Digest 12/15/23

Startup News Digest 12/15/23

Tens of thousands weigh in on net neutrality rulemaking 

Startup News Digest 12/08/23

Startup News Digest 12/08/23

Supreme Court hears about dangers of state social media laws, including to startups

Startup News Digest 12/01/23

Startup News Digest 12/01/23

Digital taxes on the horizon, Canada likely to be first

Paying twice? The persistent proposal that could upend the Internet and increase startup costs

Paying twice? The persistent proposal that could upend the Internet and increase startup costs

Last month, a majority of the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution contemplating a policy framework that could diminish startup competitiveness and endanger the open Internet. The vote is the latest in a long-running effort by telecom companies to force websites and apps to pay them based on the traffic they generate. That model, sometimes called “sender pays,” is gaining popularity with policymakers throughout the world—including in the U.S.—threatening net neutrality principles and the competitiveness of U.S. startups. 

Startup News Digest 2/8/19

Startup News Digest 2/8/19

The Big Story: White House tees up AI, 5G work. The White House will take steps in the coming weeks to boost the U.S.’s competitiveness in the fields of artificial intelligence and 5G, the next generation wireless network, according to reports out this week. Those specific tech policy areas are ones where policymakers have expressed concerns about losing out to other countries, including China.