Tumblr Backs Title II

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Social media site Tumblr has told the FCC that it should reclassify Internet access under Title II common carrier regs.    

In its comments on the FCC's ongoing effort to restore net neutrality rules thrown out by the D.C. federal appeals court, Tumblr says the FCC needs to adopt bright-line rules that prevent "[charging] access fees and paid prioritization schemes, congestion of interconnection points, discriminatory data cap exemptions, application-based discrimination, and site blocking."    

To do that, the company says, the FCC should "reclassify broadband internet access as a 'telecommunications service' subject to Title II’s framework and appropriate forbearance." 

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John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.