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For the last few months, the FCC has been taking comments on the issue of Net Neutrality, promising to take public consideration into account before making any decisive action. But now the agency has asked for more information about paid prioritization from the public, while public interest groups are calling for action.

For the last few months, the FCC has been taking comments on the issue of Net Neutrality, promising to take public consideration into account before making any decisive action. But now the agency has asked for more information about paid prioritization from the public, while public interest groups are calling for action.

Verizon and Google are hiding behind vocabulary, convinced that by renaming an issue, they can fool the American public. Yet, whether it's directly setting up a payment-based Internet, or conceiving and executing a parallel system, the issue is the same: by commodifying the dissemination of information, the media giants strike at the core values of freedom of speech and expression upon which this country was built.

India expanded its drive to monitor Internet and telecom networks for security threats. The government said all communication-services providers operating in India, including Google and Skype, will need to open up their data within two months to be scrutinized regularly to ensure national security.

Here's a key reason why Department of Justice is interested in the possibly anticompetitive activities of the country's two or three giant cable companies: Sports.

Deutsche Telekom will lose exclusivity for Apple's iPhone in Germany ahead of the crucial Christmas holiday shopping season, bringing the number of providers who sell the popular device in the country to three.

NBCU and Hulu have teamed with Common Sense Media partners Comcast, Cox and Time Warner in donating airtime to a $40 million ad campaign, Power to the Parent, encouraging parents to take a larger role in their kids' media choices.

The FCC put off a controversial decision on Internet traffic rules, giving industry and consumer groups a chance to forge a compromise while avoiding a politically sensitive issue ahead of the November elections.

The FCC has opened the next chapter in the debate over Net Neutrality with a new Notice of Inquiry seeking public comments and feedback on specific aspects of the proposed rules. Net Neutrality advocates, however, are becoming increasingly frustrated with the FCC dragging its feet rather than implementing change.

American Internet users are being asked to help decide what ISPs can do to the Web traffic flowing over their networks. It is the latest step in an ongoing row over the code of conduct for ISPs. Many want all traffic to be treated equally under a Net Neutrality principle but some ISPs want to choose which data gets priority.