Net neutrality bars providers from slowing down or blocking access to certain content or apps. It also prevents them from speeding up certain internet traffic for payment.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “ net neutrality ” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others.The measure passed Thursday on a 3-2 vote split along party lines, with Democratic commissioners in favor and Republicans opposed.
The rules, for instance, ban practices that throttle or block certain sites or apps, or that reserve higher speeds for the services or customers willing to pay more for them. While it’s been almost seven years since the FCC killed the previous net neutrality rules, their reinstatement isn’t expected to noticeably change users’ online experience. Public Knowledge legal director John Bergmayer credits that to several states having passed their own net neutrality measures prior to 2015, all of which remained in force when the FCC reversed course two years later following Trump’s election.
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