The price of paid prioritization : International and domestic consequences of failure to protect net neutrality in the United States
Abstract
In this Article, we first examine the trade and human rights obligations of the United States as they relate to net neutrality to determine the extent to which each of the two most recent approaches adopted by the FCC to promote an open Internet would comply with those obligations. We also examine the history of regulation of broadband providers as common carriers subject to nondiscrimination obligations under U.S. law. We conclude that the FCC has, by and large, successfully complied with its international trade and human rights obligations in its new Open Internet Order.Keywords:
net neutrality, Open Internet Order, FCC, international law, human rightsReferences
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