An initial vote will be held in October later this year.
FCC announces plans to resurrect net neutrality rules.::The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules meant to guarantee fair access to the internet and its information.
No it doesn’t. It stops them from doing things like throttling access to certain sites and providing special pathways to others. It has nothing to do with speech.
Sure. My point was that Internet monopolists have the technical ability to decide “I don’t like the stuff they say on that Lemmy site, Imma block it.” Which is another good reason to not have Internet services be monopolized, or to not let monopolists exercise that sort of technical ability discretionally.
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No it doesn’t. It stops them from doing things like throttling access to certain sites and providing special pathways to others. It has nothing to do with speech.
Sorry, what is “it” in that sentence? In mine, “it” is “Internet access”.
“It” is net neutrality. You know, the thing this post is about. Net neutrality does not police speech.
Sure. My point was that Internet monopolists have the technical ability to decide “I don’t like the stuff they say on that Lemmy site, Imma block it.” Which is another good reason to not have Internet services be monopolized, or to not let monopolists exercise that sort of technical ability discretionally.
Net neutrality is the opposite of that. I’m very confused here.
Um, I wasn’t disagreeing with you up top …