Net Neutrality

Olisa Ausara-Lasaru

 

 

This Thursday, Government representatives will vote on the issue of Net Neutrality, and decide whether to repeal it or not. Many people may not even be familiar with the term ‘net neutrality’ because it’s never been an issue before, we all just accepted it and maybe even took it for granted. Net Neutrality means that all of the content on the internet will be accessible regardless of the source, or internet provider, and without favoring or blocking any websites that they don’t agree with.  Karina Santiago, ‘19 felt that, “Repealing net neutrality is most likely being done in favor of the people that will make more money off of it, and not considering the economic struggles that some families will now face as a result.” If Net neutrality is repealed, that means that internet content will potentially be more expensive, and not everything will be accessible, and uncensored like it used to be. Internet providers will be able to block certain content, or raise the prices on it if it competes with something on their servers that they promote.    

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