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Politicians and Entrepreneurs: Let Internet Flourish without Burden of Government Regulation

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Politicians and Entrepreneurs: Let Internet Flourish without Burden of Government Regulation

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/06/2017

If government is the creator of monopolies and the suppressor of innovation, why not push back against both FCC and FTC regulation of the Internet? …

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Federal Communications Commission Rightly Relaxes Media Ownership Rules

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Federal Communications Commission Rightly Relaxes Media Ownership Rules

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  • 10/27/2017

The FCC’s announcement that it will relax media ownership rules is good news for consumers. It’s heartening to see the agency act to eliminate…

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Net Neutrality Rules Threaten Internet Free Speech

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Net Neutrality Rules Threaten Internet Free Speech

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  • 09/11/2017

The supposed good intentions of net neutrality advocates don’t justify the real world harm of those regulations. …

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Who Benefits from FCC’s “No-Blocking” Rule?

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 09/01/2017

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2015 Open Internet Order included a “no-blocking” rule that prohibits Internet service providers (ISPs) from charging content providers a fee…

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Net Neutrality: Market Competition or Political Control?

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Net Neutrality: Market Competition or Political Control?

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  • 08/21/2017

The Internet is no exception to the rule that markets work better than the federal government does.

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FCC Chairman Pai Ends Obama-era Investigation of ‘Zero-rating’ Data Plans

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FCC Chairman Pai Ends Obama-era Investigation of ‘Zero-rating’ Data Plans

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  • 02/07/2017

Newly promoted FCC chairman Ajit Pai signals a reversal of policy on Obama-era net neutrality rules.

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Wyoming Considers Disastrous Sales Tax Proposal

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Wyoming Considers Disastrous Sales Tax Proposal

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/19/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court made clear in the case of Quill v. North Dakota (1992) that Congress, not the individual states, has the authority to regulate…

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Utah Keeping Amazon Sales Tax Deal Secret

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Utah Keeping Amazon Sales Tax Deal Secret

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  • 01/06/2017

The Utah State Tax Commission refuses to make public the details of the deal reached with Amazon due to what’s been reported as a “confidentiality…

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Future Cyber Mondays Could Take a Hit from Proposed Internet Tax

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Future Cyber Mondays Could Take a Hit from Proposed Internet Tax

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  • 11/28/2016

Adobe Digital Insights predicts that Cyber Monday’s sales will surpass last year’s sales by 11.5%, for a total of $3 billion this year.

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PITFA a Poor Hostage for Internet Sales Taxes

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  • 02/09/2016

Despite the premise of many a political cartoon, U.S. senators aren’t stupid. But a few of them are hoping to bamboozle at least 60 of their…

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What Will a Chaffetz Speakership Mean for Internet Freedom?

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  • 10/08/2015

With House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) gaffe regarding the Benghazi investigation, the race to replace outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) appears much more open. Days later,…

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Marketplace Fairness Act Is More about Tax Revenue and Rent-Seeking than Fairness

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  • 03/11/2015

Yesterday, Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wy.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) reintroduced the speciously named Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) in the…

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