The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Marvin Ammori is a leading First Amendment lawyer and Internet policy expert. He was instrumental to the adoption of network neutrality rules in the US and abroad–having been perhaps the nation’s leading legal advocate advancing network neutrality–and also instrumental to the defeat of the SOPA and PIPA copyright/censorship bills. Read more » about Marvin Ammori
Valarie Kaur is Media and Justice Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. She is a lawyer, documentary filmmaker, and interfaith organizer who helps communities tell their stories and organize for social change. She has made award-winning films and led multimedia campaigns on civil rights issues: hate crimes, racial profiling, gun violence, marriage equality, immigration detention, and solitary confinement. Read more » about Valarie Kaur
Aeryn Palmer grew up in Seattle, Washington, and attended the University of Washington, where they earned B.A.s in Classics and Ancient Near East Studies. They then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, reading for an M.Phil. in Egyptology. Following additional graduate work in Classics at the University of Chicago, Aeryn decided to attend law school. Read more » about Aeryn Palmer
Lauren Turek is a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Virginia and a dissertation completion fellow at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. She specializes in the history of U.S. foreign relations, politics, and 20th-century American evangelicalism. Lauren is currently finishing her dissertation, entitled “To Bring the Good News to All Nations: Evangelicals, Human Rights, and U.S. Read more » about Lauren Turek
April 1, 2015
From the First Amendment to net neutrality, How does media regulation affect what we say? The Sixth Annual Rebele Symposium addressed this topic with Mignon Clyburn, Victor Pickard, and Morgan Weiland. Ted Glasser and Christine Larson moderated the event. Read more » about Shaping Your Speech: Media Reform, Past and Present
March 14, 2015
When the FCC announced recently that it would adopt new regulations for the Internet – regulations commonly known as Net Neutrality – the announcement was widely cheered by champions of free speech and denigrated by those who feared this was government overreach. One columnist went so far as to say that Net Neutrality would let the government monitor religious leaders and their communications. Read more » about What Net Neutrality Really Means For Religious Freedom
March 3, 2015
Luminaries from the decade-long fight for Net Neutrality share stories and memories of the movement.
Listen to the Net Neutrality Memories National Call at Soundcloud. Read more » about Net Neutrality Memories National Call
February 26, 2015
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve new net neutrality regulations. If the new rules are adopted, internet service will be regulated like a public utility, a move that will prevent companies from manipulating internet traffic.
It will be a major victory both for President Obama and for a swarm of internet companies that vocally supported net neutrality—everything from Netflix to Twitter, to Mozilla, Tumblr, and Etsy. Read more » about A Historic Day for The Internet: FCC Set to Approve Net Neutrality Rules
February 3, 2015
Professor Barbara van Schewick explains why meaningful network neutrality rules are critical to the future of the U.S. economy.
Learn more about Barbara and her scholarship at: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/barbara-van-schewick
You can follow her on Twitter at @vanschewick.
*Originally recorded in December 2014
Full video also available on YouTube. Read more » about Faculty on Point | Barbara van Schewick on Network Neutrality
February 3, 2015
The phrase “net neutrality” couldn’t sound more boring.
But almost 4 million people wrote to a US federal agency this year, demanding it. That agency has never received even a third as many comments. And samples show that a full 99 percent supported net neutrality.
What exactly can be so popular?
The short answer is: the Internet. The Internet is awesome and it’s awesome because of net neutrality.
http://ammori.org/2015/02/03/my-net-neutrality-explainer-in-fusion/ Read more » about Net Neutrality Explained by Marvin Ammori
November 13, 2014
"The Federal Communications Commission is faced with a crucial decision on open access to the Internet. A survey shows 80 percent of Americans want the FCC to prohibit providers from giving enhanced access to customers that pay more. Now the President agrees. But providers — like Time Warner Cable, Verizon and AT&T — say that will discourage innovations and investments that improve service for everyone. As the pressure rises for FCC action, will there be toll lanes on the information super highway." Read more » about Is "Net Neutrality" Essential to the American Way of Life?
November 11, 2014
Lawyer and Activist Marvin Ammori discusses President Obama’s stance on net neutrality. Ammori speaks on “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Watch the full video at Bloomberg TV. Read more » about President Obama Talks Tough on Net Neutrality
September 16, 2014
Prof. Barbara van Schewick participated in the FCC's Open Internet Roundtable on September 16, 2014.
The internet roundtable series provides an opportunity for the Commission staff and interested parties to further examine the actions the Commission should take for its goal of determining the best approach to protecting and promoting Internet openness. This roundtable focused on Policy Approaches to Ensure an Open Internet, specifically, Tailoring Policy to Harms.
Full video also available on the FCC's YouTube Channel. Read more » about Open Internet Roundtable - Policy Approaches
May 15, 2014
""If I'm a church or a university, I can put my content online, when it travels to my users it will get the same treatment that, you know, CNN's content will get or the content of The New York Times," says Barbara van Schewick, the director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School." Read more » about FCC To Unveil Proposed Rules To Govern Internet Traffic
