Like it or not, FCC brings back net neutrality
by The Center Square
The Center Square— (The Center Square) – The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules, reversing a repeal ushered through during the Trump administration. Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers should not be able to discriminate against different kinds of content by throttling connection speeds or offering paid priority. Just ahead of Thursday' vote, Democratic FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said internet access went...
Fortune—FCC brings back net neutrality—’broadband is a necessity, not a luxury,’ chair says. The rules ban practices that reserve higher speeds for the services or customers willing to pay more for them.
Neowin—[Update] The FCC is voting today to bring back net neutrality in the U.S.. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has now voted in favor of reinstating net neutrality rules, which will bar ISPs from blocking or restricting content on broadband.
NBC News—FCC votes to bring back Obama-era ‘net neutrality’ rules that were repealed under Trump. The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to restore the policy of net neutrality, a set of rules that requires broadband internet providers to treat all internet traffic more or less equally. The move is a continuation of a battle that has raged for 20 years, with competing visions about what an open and efficient internet should look like. The vote was 3-2, with the FCC’s Democratic majority in favor and the Republican minority opposed. The vote largely restores a policy that was...