In 2007, when I was a lawyer for the public interest group Free Press, I helped draft the complaint to the FCC against Comcast for secretly blocking BitTorrent and other technologies. Marvin Ammori bittorrentblockcomcast Change image and share on social
News seems to travel far more quickly on Twitter and Facebook than through search. Marvin Ammori facebooknewsquickly Change image and share on social
President Obama is a big supporter of keeping the Internet open. During his presidential campaign, he pledged his support to net neutrality repeatedly. Marvin Ammori bigcampaigninternet Change image and share on social
Under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, WordPress, and Facebook aren't responsible for the copyright infringement of each of their millions of users, so long as they take down specific posts, videos, or images when notified by copyright holders. But copyright holders thought that wasn't good enough. Marvin Ammori actcopyrightdigital share on social
The neutral and level playing field provided by permissionless innovation has empowered all of us with the freedom to express ourselves and innovate online without having to seek the permission of a remote telecom executive. Marvin Ammori empowerexecutiveexpress share on social
Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet. Marvin Ammori americancompetitivenessdemocracy Change image and share on social
In 2011, mobile data traffic in the United States was eight times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000. That's traffic. Marvin Ammori datumentireglobal Change image and share on social
The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom. Marvin Ammori adoptextremelyfcc Change image and share on social
The FCC banned throttling for good reason, namely that Internet service providers should not bias their networks toward some applications or classes of applications. Biasing the network interferes with user choice, innovation, decisions of application makers, and the competitive marketplace. Marvin Ammori applicationbanbias share on social
Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of public concern. Marvin Ammori concerndebatedemocracy Change image and share on social