Why is There a Battle Over Net Neutrality?

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🗓️ 11 July 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Net neutrality is the idea that the internet is a public good and that everyone should have equal, unfettered access to it. Though the FCC strongly supported it with new rules in 2015, today’s FCC is under new leadership and has other ideas.

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