We’ve spent a lot of time here at TLF talking about the sound economic arguments against net neutrality regulation. We argue that net neutrality regulation will result in worse consequences than leaving the internet relatively unregulated. But to me, the more important point is that net neutrality regulation is itself unjust.…
Tabatha Marshall, a resident of the State of Washington, was sued by ISC for making false and defamatory statements on her website.…
I believe that eventually some form of net neutrality will have to be put in place to prevent censorship or any restrictions of content based on person-to-person or amount of money being paid for service.…
According to Lin Ray, net neutrality means no bit of information should be prioritized over another (“VCU Blog”, 2014). The origin of information doesn’t matter. Due to net neutrality, there are no restrictions on the internet currently. In other words, we can have free communication. The entire source of the internet is freely available for normal web users. Losing the freedom of internet access could result in restricted access to websites; fewer download rights and so on. The topic of net neutrality has become controversial because several companies are trying to take away the freedom of internet access.…
“Net neutrality”. Two words that seem to pop up every few years, met with the internet’s fury, just to disappear from the public’s collective conscience. Although the words are familiar, the definition is sometimes not. Net neutrality is defined by Dictionary.com as, “the concept that...internet service providers should provide nondiscriminatory access to Internet content…”. Net neutrality is often at risk, thanks to new law proposals that, similarly to the words, seem to keep popping up every few years. Most people would ask, why would such a thing keep coming under fire?…
Net neutrality is the idea that all content on the internet should be treated equally (Schewick, 2009). This means that ISP’s cannot discriminate against content by slowing down content they do not agree with or charging internet companies more to have certain content delivered faster (Schewick, 2009). Net neutrality has been the unspoken standard since the creation of the internet. This is because, when the internet was first created, ISP’s did not have the technology to determine which content was going through their network (Schewick, 2009). Since then, technology has improved and ISP’s now have the ability to determine which content is going through their network and effect its delivery to the end user (Schewick, 2009).…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2015 voted to change the definition of broadband internet from 4 Mbps to 25 Mbps download speed and changed the upload speed to 3 Mbps from 1Mbps (Pramuk, 2015). Existing copper telephone cable is currently used to bring the internet into the home if fiber is not available, this method of receiving the internet is outdated and unreliable in rural communities that have not had any updates to the telephone exchanges. Once this fiber is brought into these rural communities; schools, businesses, and farming changes…
Due to the recent expansions in the availability of technology, the ability to access information has become increasingly more common. This ability to search for information and view content through the internet is currently protected in the United States under a set of laws that are commonly referred to as Net Neutrality regulations. Although many people are unaware of what the concept of net neutrality is, it is understood that the results of any change to current internet regulations would affect have long-lasting effects on all internet users. “Net Neutrality” is a concept that was defined and popularized by Tim Wu, a legal scholar and net neutrality advocate, as being, “the idea that any network traffic… can move from one place to any other place without discrimination” (Lohr 1). Recently, this equal access to content has come under attack by certain groups that would stand to profit from the removal of current net neutrality regulations, such as internet service providers…
The Internet has become a popular source of mainstream media. A battle is raging over the control of the Internet, and the rights of the American people are at stake. The documentary Killswitch, exposes the true power of the Internet and how the government is controlling that power; violating freedom of speech and the right to privacy. The documentary takes a stand in favor of Net Neutrality, which is the principle that the Internet enables access to all-content without choosing or blocking certain websites. The efforts of Aaron Swartz and Edward Snowden to win back Internet freedom are highlighted in this documentary in order to appeal to American citizens to take action in favor of Net Neutrality. “Freedom is embedded in technology and we have to protect technology if we want to protect our freedom” (Killswitch). Internet regulation grants power to the Government and violates constitutional rights of Americans hindering the Nation’s founding principle of democracy.…
* Kriens, S. (2006, November 29). Net Neutrality. Speech presented at Stanford Technology Venture Program, Stanford. Retrieved June 1, 2012, from http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1638…
Truman Capote is able to show the reader that Dick is more than just a cold-blooded killer. Capote does this by showing the reader Dick’s “status of life” details letting the reader see that he’s just like anyone else; he has a family who worries about him, a hard childhood, and he has made some bad choices.…
On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission passed the Title II Net Neutrality rules. These rules will be enforced by the FCC and will protect the American people when it comes to the use of the Internet. Some people say that this is a major part of history because of the way the Internet has changed and enriched lifestyles. Research suggests that Net Neutrality will benefit all Internet users because it protects consumers against blocking of content, prevents throttling of all traffic, prevents favoritism to certain interests, and insures the customer's safety from prioritizing any specific content or traffic. These rules apply to all fixed and wireless internet providers in the United States, and Net Neutrality and its…
But, what the FCC isn’t taking into account is the millions of internet users that want to keep internet neutrality. With net neutrality maintained, users of the internet will have equal access to the internet, which will increase their total…
Whether we accomplish this by turning ISPs into common carriers or by enforcing a standard non-discrimination rule with the internet, there has to be a zero tolerance for throttling of websites based off of extra fees charged by the customer-side internet provider. No matter what they may try to claim, the main reason the corporations that own our nation’s ISPs are fighting against net neutrality is because they want to make more money. If America backs down on this issue, the internet as we know it will be lost. As Nilay Patel said, “What happens now is entirely dependent on whether the FCC’s new chairman, Tom Wheeler, has the courage to stand up and finally say the right words — that broadband access is a telecommunications service that should be regulated just like landline phones.”Works…
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first critical upgrade of United States information transfers law in over sixty years, changing the Communications Act of 1934. The Act, marked by President Bill Clinton, spoke to a noteworthy change in American telecom law, since it was the first occasion when that the Internet was incorporated in television and range allotment.[1] One of the most disputable titles was Title 3 ("Cable Services"), which considered media cross-ownership.[1] According to the FCC, the objective of the law was to "give anyone a chance to enter any interchanges business—to let any correspondences business contend in any business against any other".[2] The enactment's essential objective was deregulation of the uniting TV…