Ilya Shapiro
Senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Holds degrees from Princeton, the London School of Economics, and Univ. of Chicago Law School.
Articles by Ilya
Net Neutrality Violates the First and Fifth Amendments
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(The following was co-authored with legal associate Matt Gilliam.)
In December 2010, the FCC adopted Preserving the Open Internet, a “network neutrality” order regulating broadband internet access service. Issued under authority (ostensibly) derived from 24 disparate provisions of federal communications law, Preserving the Open Internet is predicated on three basic rules: transparency, no blocking, and no discrimination.
Broadly speaking, “transparency” requires broad...
26 Jul, 2012
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