Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Net Neutrality Explained and why it matters

UPDATE 2 - In a 3 to 2 vote, they killed Net Neutrality. But all is not lost! 

We can still get Congress to stop this—by passing a "Resolution of Disapproval" to overturn the FCC vote. Visit https://www.battleforthenet.com/breaktheinternet/ to see how you can help!

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet Service Providers and governments regulating most of the Internet must treat all data on the Internet the same, and must not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or method of communication. For instance, under these principles, internet service providers are unable to intentionally block, slow down or charge money for specific websites and online content.

Here is a video produced by the Wall Street Journal with their own explanation: