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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…

activities” (). This definition can be interpreted in many ways. This is why there is so much controversy over what is labeled as indecent and what is not, thus causing a “freezing effect” on cable and broadcast networks. The problem is that the Commission is in charge of enforcing these prohibitions by means of radio communications. Historically, this was interpreted to apply only to radio and…

The Free Press: Silencing of Democracy A world without media would be a world of mass chaos. Honestly though, people around the globe would have no idea how to talk to one another, no idea when the next big social event was happening at a university, and most importantly, no idea what is going on in the world around us. Censoring of journalists is a topic that has been surrounded with much debate because they play such an evident and important role in our lives, which cannot be denied. While…

What is it? Net Neutrality is the idea/standard of the internet that everyone on the internet gets equal access to everything. This is regardless of who they are, what race they are, what company they are or work for, and everything of that sort. Net Neutrality is a significant thing to keep in the world of the internet because you can do what you whatever you desire. If you want to go to Netflix and watch a movie, you can. If you want to go to SoundCloud and listen to music, you can. There are…

Turner broadcasting system v. federal communications commission is a case that was argued on October 7, 1996. This case went to the Supreme Court and it is about television companies to devote some of their channels to local broadcast television stations. Also this case was designed to prevent cable operators from using their economic power to determine of broadcasters. The argument was that all Americans that are unable to have cable. They could get free television programming. The cable…

that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites” as stated by Dictionary.com. As of December 14, 2017 the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC voted to repeal net neutrality, totalling at a 3-2 vote. This act means that no longer will the internet be fair game to any website or user. What happens next? More importantly, what does the future in internet hold because…