ACLU Report Urges Cities and Towns to Provide Internet Service as a Utility to combat Net Neutrality Repeal

The American Civil Liberties Union released a report today calling on local governments to pursue providing broadband to residents to help counteract federal rollbacks of net neutrality and internet privacy protections. Last December, the Federal Communications Commission voted to revoke net neutrality, opening the door for telecom companies to give priority to internet traffic they favor and slow down or block other content. Last April, President Trump signed a bill to overturn FCC internet privacy rules, allowing telecom companies to collect and sell their customers’ private online usage information. The…

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The BURGER KING® Brand Takes on Net Neutrality Via “WHOPPER® Neutrality” Social Experiment

  The repeal of Net Neutrality is a hot topic in America, but it can be difficult to understand. That’s why the BURGER KING® brand is releasing an eye-opening video called WHOPPER® Neutrality which replicates scenarios that show the potential effect of the repeal of Net Neutrality. The recent repeal of Net Neutrality means that internet providers can throttle bandwidth, offer paid fast lanes, block and prioritize content as they wish. The BURGER KING® brand reenacted what this repeal could mean at the counter with people buying WHOPPER® Sandwiches. During…

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Net Neutrality

Well this week Trump got rid of Net Neutrality in the US, and with that came the fear other countries might follow suit. For a President whose approval ratings are the lowest on record you might have thought he would look at what 83% of US citizens want and consider it might be a good idea, but sadly he seems to be too focussed on undoing Obama’s legacy to look further at the real implications. For those who don’t know Net Neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers should…

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