Net neutrality: why are Americans so worried about it being scrapped?
by Alex Hern from on (#38PH4)
Most of the world won't be affected by the changes, so are they a problem? No, if you are a tech monopoly - but yes if you don't want a two-tier internet
Ajit Pai, head of the US telecoms regulator, revealed sweeping changes on Tuesday to overturn rules designed to protect an open internet.
The regulations, put in place by the Obama administration in 2015, enshrined the principle of "net neutrality" in US law. Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers should not interfere in the information they transmit to consumers, but should instead simply act as "dumb pipes" that treat all uses, from streaming video to sending tweets, interchangeably.
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