Tagged: net neutrality

November 23, 2024 @ 6:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tim Kravchunovsky, founder and CEO of the decentralized telecommunications network Chirp, fears the incoming chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, could stifle the decentralized telecommunications industry if he moves to repeal net neutrality once again. While Carr’s anti-Big Tech stance could be helpful… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly three years after Kickstarter joined forces with various internet giants to protest against net neutrality, the crowdfunding giant has made the move to stand against potential changes to the current FCC net neutrality regulations. On Wednesday, visitors to Kickstarter’s main website page were greeted… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 9:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter CEO and co-founder Yancey Strickler chimed in on the FCC ruling today that now classifies the internet as a public utility.  Advocates of net neutrality celebrated the victory as many viewed it as guaranteeing open and equal access to the world wide web. Strickler… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yancey Strickler, CEO and co-founder of global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, has been a consistent and vocal advocate for equality in internet service.  He has joined a broad coalition of voices confronting internet service providers who are determined to denigrate service for some.  Broadband providers want… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 1:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the FCC preparing to close public comments on its net neutrality proposal, crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter, is teaming up with Mozilla, Namescheap, Reddit, Etsy, Foursquare, Vimeo, and other major Internet companies to raise awareness about the situation by declaring to be “Day of Action.” According… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Destroying Net Neutrality has implications far beyond Kickstarter. Yancey Strickler, CEO of crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, has posted today affirming their support on the subject of Net Neutrality – something that should concern us all. Kickstarter has filed an official comment with the FCC expressing their… Read More