For the sake of keeping the lines of communication open between the government and the people, I find that net neutrality is of the upmost importance in that department. Back during the Obama administration policies were attempted to keep the protection of net neutrality but to no avail failed to be passed. According to the Daily News, these "poorly written new rules on net neutrality," were the turning point in protecting the rich, instead of the common carriers.
The person in charge of the FCC was Tom Wheeler, who was "a key lobbyist for both the cable industry and the telecom companies." So much for being neutral. This meant that he was more inclined to speak for the rich companies, giving them better deals and faster internet service (the big companies and corporations who also control the very bias media outlets), while the non-for-profits and the not-as-popular sites fall to the wayside, loading more slowly. Unfortunately, this also leads to the type of news outlets that the public turns too — whoever can get their news out the fastest. So if the biased big corporations are the ones that the public is turning too (Fox News, CNN, etc.) then how is the public supposed to be properly informed?
This is relevant now more than ever, especially under the Trump administration.... and I'm sure we all know why. More about the current FCC regulations on net neutrality under the Trump administration can be read here. Basically, Recode says that the new administration is currently working to undo everything that was accomplished under Obama — shocker right? In case you weren't invested before, you should know that this could also affect the price of Netflix by increasing it quite a bit. I'm sure that puts it into perspective for you now.
No comments:
Post a Comment