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Exclusive: White House says net neutrality legislation not needed

January 15, 2015 creative authority, mistake, necessary-given, reuters-obama, roberta-rampton, rules-because, twitter, white-house

By Alina Selyukh and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said legislation was not necessary to settle so-called “net neutrality” rules because the Federal Communications Commission had the authority to write them. Republicans in Congress are trying to drum up support for a bill that would counter the FCC's upcoming new rules. “In terms of legislation, we don’t believe it’s necessary given that the FCC has the authorities that it needs under Title II,” a White House official told Reuters

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No increased stress from heavier social media use: survey

January 15, 2015 creative authority, higher-levels, illustration, levels, logo, mistake, photo-sharing, pictured-next, roberta-rampton, rules-because, survey-released, twitter

Heavy users of the Internet and social media do not have higher levels of stress, and women who use Twitter, email and photo sharing show less stress than women who do not use them, a survey released on Thursday showed.