On the 14th, the Republican controlled Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines (3 to 2) to repeal net neutrality. For us to understand the adverse consequences of deregulating the Internet, we must know what net neutrality is and what deregulation implies. Only then can one realize why abandoning net neutrality is a draconian measure. In 2003, a Columbia University law professor, Tim Wu, coined the term net neutrality. The question of net neutrality is too important to be left to an administrative agency that splits its vote along party lines.

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2017 15:00 UTC