By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) yesterday asked the National Communications Commission (NCC) not to follow in the footsteps of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in abandoning the principle of net neutrality. Many telecoms have also produced over-the-top (OTT) content, which people can access through the Internet, Lin said. If telecoms are exempted from observing net neutrality, people would be able to access the OTT content faster than other content, he said, adding that this would result in unfair competition. The NCC should not be affected by the FCC decision or succumb to pressure from telecoms, Lin added. In response, NCC Chairwoman Nicole Chan (詹婷怡) said that the draft act is based on the principle of net neutrality, even though the term is not included in the draft’s text.

Source: Taipei Times March 19, 2018 15:56 UTC