Barbara van Schewick
Colleges / Universities: Stanford University
Net Neutrality
Description: “Net Neutrality” refers to the concept of an “open Internet” whereby end-users can access the lawful content, applications, services and devices of their choice. Policymakers around the world are considering whether and how to ensure that the Internet remains “open” and Internet access service providers do not improperly block or degrade content sent over their networks.
Net Neutrality Scholars
Christopher Yoo
Colleges / Universities: University of Pennsylvania
Kevin Werbach
Colleges / Universities: University of Pennsylvania
Recent Net Neutrality Blog Posts
Recent Net Neutrality Academic Article Summaries
Quotes in the News
van Schewick, B. (2022, May 6). Fast Company.“While California has been free to enforce its net neutrality law for over a year, today removes any doubt that the state has the right to protect its economy and democratic discourse from the whims of large phone and cable companies.”
Barbara van Schewick
TAP Scholar
Director, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
M. Elizabeth Magill Professor of Law and Professor by courtesy of Electrical Engineering
Stanford Law School
Stanford University
van Schewick, B. (2022, January 28). CNBC.“Today’s ruling means California can continue to enforce its net neutrality law and protect Californians against unfair practices by the companies they pay to get online.”
Barbara van Schewick
TAP Scholar
Director, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
M. Elizabeth Magill Professor of Law and Professor by courtesy of Electrical Engineering
Stanford Law School
Stanford University
van Schewick, B. (2021, March 17). Bloomberg.“People should be free to choose which videos they want to watch -- whether that’s Netflix, Twitch or their local church’s Sunday service -- without the company they pay to get online trying to influence their choices.”
Barbara van Schewick
TAP Scholar
Director, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
M. Elizabeth Magill Professor of Law and Professor by courtesy of Electrical Engineering
Stanford Law School
Stanford University
van Schewick, B. (2021, February 23). The Washington Post.“The judge found, as I’ve long argued, that an agency that says it has no power to regulate, it has no power to tell others they can’t regulate.”
Barbara van Schewick
TAP Scholar
Director, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
M. Elizabeth Magill Professor of Law and Professor by courtesy of Electrical Engineering
Stanford Law School
Stanford University
Hartzog, W. (2018, December 29). Wired.“I think that California, like Brussels, certainly might set the bar for compliance on several important tech issues. But this might not lead to balkanization in the way we’re seeing in China and Russia.”
Woodrow Hartzog
TAP Scholar
Professor of Law
School of Law
Boston University
