" Today, on December 14th, 2017, a warily anticipated vote was finally cast. This vote, having been taken through the Federal Communications Board of Commissioners, repealed the previously instated rule of Internet Neutrality. Of course, 'Internet Neutrality' as a term can be taken many ways- however, in this case, it was a law which prevented internet service providers from playing favorites with various sites, apps, and other online communication networks by giving one more speed and benefit than another. Now, with this law repealed, internet service provider find themselves in a manipulative and dictatorship-esque position. The fate of the internet, the sites which succeed, and those which don't, is now entirely up to them. It will obviously
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There are many dark corners of that world only visible through a screen, but these are small and difficult to locate. The government should be welcome to pillaging these websites of illegal content, activity, and trafficking. However, on the subject of simply picking and choosing what sites to promote, and what sites to subsequently kill, there should be 0 ability to do so, unless these sites explicitly broke the law. There are certainly a large number of big-name websites and apps familiar to the ear- from Netflix, to Snapchat, and Facebook. These would benefit from the repeal of Internet Neutrality, as they are likely to be promoted by internet service providers as faster than ever before. Unfortunately, this means that small, lesser-known nooks of the internet will not be supported, endorsed, and given the advantages that big-name destinations will. Sites and websites such as Crunchyroll, Amino, and countless other much smaller platforms will be made irrelevant, regardless of the hundreds of thousands of users who may rely on these for entertainment, communication, and
There are many dark corners of that world only visible through a screen, but these are small and difficult to locate. The government should be welcome to pillaging these websites of illegal content, activity, and trafficking. However, on the subject of simply picking and choosing what sites to promote, and what sites to subsequently kill, there should be 0 ability to do so, unless these sites explicitly broke the law. There are certainly a large number of big-name websites and apps familiar to the ear- from Netflix, to Snapchat, and Facebook. These would benefit from the repeal of Internet Neutrality, as they are likely to be promoted by internet service providers as faster than ever before. Unfortunately, this means that small, lesser-known nooks of the internet will not be supported, endorsed, and given the advantages that big-name destinations will. Sites and websites such as Crunchyroll, Amino, and countless other much smaller platforms will be made irrelevant, regardless of the hundreds of thousands of users who may rely on these for entertainment, communication, and