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Net Neutrality Restored
April 25, 2024 at 10:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 9 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/25/net-neutrality-restored/
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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to restore net neutrality rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others, the AP reports.
The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration. In 2017, under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC repealed those rules.
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Cha
(297,734 posts)brooklynite
(94,749 posts)As well as all the newspapers and websites that people have decided are "in the tank" for Trump?
Silent Type
(2,979 posts)Although I can see how some companies could impact system.
summer_in_TX
(2,757 posts)Hooray!
Plenty of evidence shows that in the past some of the big ISPs 1) censored content (back during the Iraq War a number of us subscribed to newsletters that were never delivered to us) and 2) gave advantage to big players so their content loaded faster and otherwise made a noncompetitive environment for small players.
American ingenuity needs a fair playing field to encourage innovation and prosperity that is broadly based.
applegrove
(118,816 posts)with people who show ingenuity which is why they keep merging and monopolizing the industries they are in.