Welcome to the Tech Name Ride Home for Friday, April 26,

2024. I'm Brian McCullough today. Net Neutrality has been voted back

into existence. Earnings from Microsoft and Google, but it's the

YouTube numbers that continue to impress me. Bight Dance claims it would rather be

banned than sell US-Tik-Tock. The onion findsvolent billionaire, and of course the weekend, Long Reed suggestions.

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

The FCC voted three to 2 yesterday to reinstate the US's net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of internet service providers, and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet

quoting the New York Times. Known as net neutrality the regulations were first

put in place nearly a decade ago under the Obama administration and are aimed at preventing internet

service providers like Verizon or Comcast from blocking or degrading

the delivery of services from competitors like Netflix and YouTube. The rules were

repealed under President Donald Trump and have proved to be a

proved to be a contentious partisan issue over the years

while pitting tech giants against broadband providers.

In a three to two vote along party lines, the five member commission appointed by President

Biden revived the rules that declare broadband a utility-like service, regulated like phones

and water.

The rules also give the FCC the ability to demand broadband providers

report and respond to outages as well as expand the agency's oversight of the provider's

security issues. Jessica Rosen-Wersl, the chairwoman of the FCC and a Democrat, said the rules reflected

the importance of high-speed internet as the main mode of communications for many Americans.

Every consumer deserves internet access that is fast, open, and fair.

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