Net neutrality has been a contentious issue in the US since the early 1990s. This was made even more contentious when President Donald Trump and his administration set their sights on dismantling the policy. Net neutrality as we know it today was put into place under the Obama administration in 2015, which in and of […]
What is Net Neutrality? Net Neutrality Definition
Net Neutrality means applying well-established “common carrier” rules to the internet in order to preserve its freedom and openness. The goal of this is to prohibit network owners from manipulating information or discriminating against content providers by halting, slowing, or tampering with the transfer of data. To an extent, this keeps capitalism from interfering with […]
Republican Views on Net Neutrality
Donald Trump’s presidency brought with it a slew of conflict over deregulation initiatives. Perhaps the most controversial of these was the battle over Net Neutrality. In December of 2017, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality regulations that had been in place since 2015. Reactions to this were far spread, ranging from celebration […]