10
July 2013
Past Event
Network Neutrality Rules: A Discussion with Robert McDowell, Maureen Ohlhausen, and Craig Silliman

Network Neutrality Rules: A Discussion with Robert McDowell, Maureen Ohlhausen, and Craig Silliman

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
July 10, 2013
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10
July 2013
Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
Hon. Robert McDowell,

Hudson Visiting Fellow and former FCC commissioner

Hon. Maureen Ohlhausen

Commissioner. Federal Trade Commission

Craig Silliman

Senior Vice President, Verizon

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Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet

Note: Audio begins at 0:03:27

In 2010, the Federal Communications Commission promulgated regulations titled "Preserving the Open Internet," which limited the commercial behavior of Internet providers. Verizon brought a court challenge to these regulations, commonly known as "network neutrality" rules, arguing that they exceeded the FCC's statutory authority and violated the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.

On October 10, 2013, Hudson Institute's Center for the Economics hosted a panel discussion on the past present and future of the Commission's network neutrality rules, welcoming current Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen as a special guest and participant.

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