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Net neutrality eviscerated by appeals court ruling

Federal net neutrality rules, which briefly came back from the dead under the Biden administration, have been struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The three-judge panel ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to impose net neutrality rules on internet service providers (ISPs). The FCC sought to […]

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What would a Supreme Court’s ruling on TikTok mean for free speech protections in the US?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain There’s a universe of possible outcomes if the Supreme Court takes up the TikTok case, a Northeastern University legal scholar says, including a ruling that signals a “slippery slope” toward more restrictions on constitutional freedoms of speech. The stakes are high, says Sahar Abi-Hassan, assistant professor of political science on Northeastern’s […]