The Federal Communications Commission has announced it will reimpose Obama-era 'net neutrality' rules, granting itself sweeping powers to regulate the internet by setting prices and policing traffic.
The Federal Communications Commission has announced it will reimpose Obama-era “net neutrality” rules, granting itself sweeping powers to regulate the internet by setting prices and policing traffic. Internet regulation failed under President Barack Obama’s FCC. So why does President Biden’s FCC want to bring it back?
By contrast, speeds increased only 44% in the three years net neutrality was in effect. This was about the same as the rate of increase in the three years before the policy was enacted. Internet overregulation did nothing to improve download speeds and may have held them back. The commission’s current chair, Jessica Rosenworcel, now argues that restoring these powers will give her the authority she needs to enforce newer cybersecurity standards. The national security argument is new; traditionally, Democrats have justified government control of the internet on economic grounds.
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