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The end of net neutrality: What it all means:
The fight for the future of the internet just came to a head.
The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to repeal Obama-era net neutrality protections. The repeal passed along a party-line vote.
Ajit Pai, the FCC chairman appointed by President Trump, has framed the repeal as getting the government to “stop micromanaging the internet.”
The move is supported by the telecom industry, which claims existing regulations threaten to hamper broadband investments and innovation.
Technology companies and consumer advocacy groups have loudly protested the repeal effort for months, both online and offline, arguing it could spell the end of the internet as we know it.
Here’s what it all means and what’s really at stake.
NYPD opens investigation into Russell Simmons amid rape allegations:
The New York Police Department has opened an investigation into Russell Simmons based on media reports of multiple women coming forward to accuse the music mogul of sexual misconduct, including rape, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said.
Omarosa was only African-American earning the top White House salary:
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a senior staffer who recently departed the White Houseand the only African-American drawing a top salary, said Thursday the “lack of diversity” was a challenge she grappled with.
Salma Hayek recalls Harvey Weinstein ‘fury’ on ‘Frida’ set in op-ed:
Salma Hayek is breaking her silence about Harvey Weinstein in a New York Times op-ed in which the star details sexual harassment and abusive behavior on the set of “Frida.”
Charge upgraded against suspect in Charlottesville rally killing:
The Dodge Challenger crept up, reversed, then accelerated toward the crowd. As he watched a surveillance video of that moment — the car barreling toward people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last summer — Marcus Martin grew angry and cursed out loud.
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