Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality is a principle that applies common carrier rules to the internet, Common Carrier rules prohibit network owners such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from controlling what kinds of data goes through to their network. In other words, the company that connects you to the internet does not control what you do on the internet. These types of controls include halting, or otherwise slowing down any transfer of data. ISPs might want control these types of data in order to force competitions out of their business, or deny access to certain data that is either "controversial" or interferes  with a companies public image. In order to to do these kinds of activities ISPs may use software to track down a person's activity on the internet creating issues not only in regards to user anonymity but also a user's privacy. Furthermore, these companies could slow down data to certain services such as video streaming in order to force consumers into using their own services.

History
Net Neutrality in the United States first came into limelight as a result of a lawsuit from Verizon against the Federal government in 2014. The D.C. court had made it clear that while the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the current open internet rules id built on a flawed legal foundation. In that same year the then Chairman of the FCC Tom Wheeler introduced a proposal of net neutrality rules which received massive support from the general public. In 2015 these rules passed creating the Open Internet Order which is a strong set of net neutrality rules. However, in 2017, under Chairman Ajit Pai passed the Restoring Internet Freedom Act which reverses the the rules set by Tom Wheeler effectively killing Net Neutrality.

Public Reactions
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