Net Neutrality By Carmen Chan 116377656
First appeared in 2003 Term was coined by Tim Wu in his law review article: “Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination” http://www.jthtl.org/content /articles/V2I1/JTHTLv2i1_Wu. PDF https://www.flickr.com/photos/101265309@N03/9671085001/
Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 Put in effect 30th April 2016 Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) No blocking No throttling No discrimination of online content, applications and services
https://ec.europa.eu/ireland/news/key-eu-policy-areas/digital-single-market_en
USA Fear and uncertainty about current net neutrality laws Has threatened to block the AT&T/Time Warner merger in past http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/11/president-elect-donald-trump/
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How do they do it? Chinese ISPs block access to a long list of sites banned by the government. ISPs have lists of problematic keywords and take down pages that include them Specific search terms are red flagged, if searched you’re blocked from Google for 90 seconds Over 100,000 Internet police People paid to post pro-government messages on social networks, blogs and message boards
Why we should care? Freedom from monopolies Freedom of online speech Freedom to use any applications and services without interference Freedom to visit any website you want at the fastest browsing speed
Thank You http://www.cornellcurrent.com/2015/11/06/the-debate-on-net-neutrality/