Unfair or bad-faith practices by ISPs, should they occur, can be addressed by existing anti-trust laws – as they always have. But all that followed the rollback decision was… hysteria. “Taking away #NetNeutrality is the Authoritarian dream,” a...
NEW YORK (AP) —“Net neutrality” regulations, designed to prevent internet service providers like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Charter from favoring some sites and apps over others, are on the chopping block. The head of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, on Wednesday proposed undoi...
Net neutrality rules put in place under the Obama administration are at risk of being overturned. TheFederal Communications Commissionwill vote Thursday on whether to remove net neutrality rules instituted during the Obama administration, after a proposal by PresidentDonald Trump's appointed FCC Chairman...
What is net neutrality? Watching "House of Cards," listening to Kanye West's new album or emailing your mother. These daily, instinctive Internet actions are available to all of us anytime, free of charge, in what is known as net neutrality—the concept that Internet providers can't discri...
Despite its uneven evolution, net neutrality is seen as largely successful. Its supporters maintain that the concept helps uphold important values, such as the following: Information freedom.Net neutrality promotes free speech and idea sharing. Net neutrality laws will prevent ISPs from getting the po...
During the same year, Congress introduced one of the first laws that aimed to preserve Net neutrality. The Internet Freedom and Non-Discrimination Act of 2006 was meant to overhaul the 1996 Telecommunications Act. The bill failed, it was approved by the House Judiciary Committee but was never ...
Jessica Smith
Though the question of net neutrality may be simple, the answers are complicated. Experts in the internet policy and activism space get into the weeds of the net neutrality conversation and offer their predictions for what’s next.
Net Neutrality Net Neutrality is the principle that allInternettraffic is to be treated equally by Internet Service Providers (ISPs), regardless of its origin or theprotocolit uses. While Net Neutrality protections are in place, an ISP can not block, throttle, or prioritize traffic from specific...
Is There Net Neutrality in India? In 2017, India developed one of the strictest net neutrality laws in the world. Policymakers and Indian activists, with a desire to promote an open internet and widespread internet access across the nation, advocated together for the net neutrality law. Service...