Why is Net Neutrality Back in the News? | Annie Chestnut-Tutor

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

One of these debates that resurfaces with every cycle is that of net neutrality. This is the basic idea that internet service providers have to be neutral about the way they provide access to different areas of the Internet. The company you pay to provide you with internet shouldn’t restrict your access to websites based on their political alignment, for example. This is a principle on which most people agree, but the policies around it can be much more contentious.

So what is going on with net neutrality now? And why does it matter? I sat down with Annie Chestnut Tutor, Policy Analyst in the Tech Policy Center here at the Heritage Foundation, to find out.

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0:15.0	To remind the current regime.
0:18.0	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.
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0:25.4	We need to get back in their box and stay there.
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0:32.2	From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.
0:46.1	Okay. Foundation, this is Heritage Explains. It keeps turning up like a bad penny.
0:49.7	Maybe you've heard this phrase, often used when something or someone just won't go away. But where does it
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1:02.4	wants to give it away. And when it shows up in your change at the grocery store, you're eager
1:07.1	to keep it moving to the next person. That way, bad pennies just stay in circulation.
1:13.2	And sometimes, policy debates are like that as well.
1:16.5	They keep coming up over and over again.
1:20.2	One of these debates that resurfaces with every cycle is that of net neutrality.
1:25.7	This is the basic idea that internet service providers have to be neutral
1:29.7	about the way they provide access to different areas of the internet. The company you pay
1:35.0	to provide you with internet shouldn't restrict your access to websites based on their political
1:39.6	alignment, for example. This is a principle on which most people agree, but the policies around it can be much more contentious.
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