Federal Election Commission

I. Introduction Bill Chappell documented the FCC’s monumental ruling in favor of net neutrality on February 26, 2015. With this ruling, the FCC reclassified broadband access as a telecommunications service and therefore a common carrier, in turn applying Title 2 of the Communications Act of 1934 to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Title 2 of the Communications Act of 1934 makes it unlawful for any common carrier to “make any unjust or unreasonable discrimination in charges, practices,…

Identity Theft Do you know what 343 million dollars looks like because that was how much money so many people lost from identity theft. Today I’m going to talk about how identity theft is bad thing by taking someone’s money to them just getting your house bills. Identity theft is one of the most corrupt crime in the us. Identity theft is the most growing problem in the usa. next couple of paragraph are going to be about how identity theft may not even be theft, how many people got targeted,…

principle in which internet providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites. Today, December 14, 2017 marks the date when a vote was taken for federal regulators to allow internet providers to speed up services for websites they favor and block down or slow down others, states Jhaan Elker. In the event that a consumer owns a certain network then they can choose to slow down another network.…

Most of us probably believe we have absolute freedom when it comes to what we view on the internet. However, Barbara van Schewick points out in her article ‘Network Neutrality Nuances’, that we only have access to bits and pieces of the internet (Schewick, 2009). What we are able to view is all decided upon by our ISP. Schewick states that ISPs select what we view in order to maximize profits, to ban content which they consider to be inappropriate, or to keep track of all signals on their…

A large amount of people, over 50%, were in favor of keeping “Net” neutrality a reality while only a dismal 18% were against it (Graham). Net Neutrality, or the Open Internet Order, is the basis for keeping the internet an open, and free network for all people to use, previously enforced by Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. This large gap in opinions would lead one to think that today net neutrality would still be around, yet in December of 2017, it was repealed. This repeal came after…

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary; the idea, principle, or requirement that Internet service providers should or must treat all Internet data as the same regardless of its kind, source, or destination. When you go on the internet, you have certain expectations. You expect to be connected to the website of your choosing. Net Neutrality means you experience an internet that enables and protects free speech. You would expect that your cable or phone company isn’t playing with the data,…

Net neutrality is the idea that the Internet should be free and open to everyone equally. Without FCC regulation, this free Internet can not exist. The present and future world will need the free Internet to maintain the economy and our everyday lives. The FCC privacy rollback that you voted for this past March is a landmark in the decline of these vital regulations. Consumer privacy is important and voting against it is directly working against the people you represent. Consumers do not benefit…

In 2010, the Federal Communications Commissions introduced and eventually passed net neutrality protections that became the “first-ever rules to regulate internet access” in the United States (Net Neutrality: A Free and Open Internet). These protections put restrictions on internet service providers, so they would not be allowed to slow down or block internet services for customers. Citizens are overjoyed at the option of equal internet access for all, but this joy is short-lived because within…

In the past the internet has been free flowing and unrestricted. Recently, the FCC was in a court case with a big ISP company and the verdict was opposite to the current internet regulations which has caused the FCC to reinvestigate this topic. The definition of Net Neutrality is the concept that broadband Internet service providers should provide nondiscriminatory access to Internet content, platforms, etc., and should not manipulate the transfer of data regardless of its source or destination…

The controversy around net neutrality is pretty common, many think the government shouldn’t be wanting the people to be paying so much for something that everyone uses in their everyday life for useful purposes, while the other portion aren’t aware of net neutrality and or they simply do not care. Net neutrality limits people from seeing what is fully out there which can potentially be a good idea or one of the worst ones yet. Paying for such a thing, and paying a good price and not getting what…