The Federal Communications Commission of the USA abolished the principle of "network neutrality"
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In November 2014, Barack Obama, who was then President of the United States, spoke in support of the transparency of Internet access services and the provision of network neutrality. In February 2015, the principle was enshrined in legislation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He obliged Internet providers to treat all traffic equally. The key phrase here is "obliged", because yesterday the FCC abolished the principle of "network neutrality"
About this in recent years, wrote all the large American publications without exception, mainly because of the large-scale protests that caused this decision.
So, according to the results of voting for the corresponding decision, three were "for", two - "against".
The abolition of the principle of "network neutrality" gives American providers unrestricted freedom of action. If desired, they can do with the content that they want: block, limit and prioritize.
In the FCC, their decision was called an action aimed at "restoring freedom on the Internet."
The current head of the commission, Ajit Pai, appointed to the post by the new administration of Donald Trump, throughout this year, said that without this "repressive" rule, the Internet industry in the US developed better.
"The main problem with the Internet now is not blocking the access to content by the provider, but the complete absence of this very Internet access," said Ajit Pai.
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This is why I believe in blockchain and distributed technology. Government cannot be relied upon to protect the open internet.
Yes, we need the mesh networks to come too to become the new backbone too, then it would be fully decentralized ;)
Amen
It's horrible. Reminds the beginning of military operations against the extraction of crypto-currency.
They will take everything they can, sadly. Thanks for keeping us informed.
you're welcome
All the Tier 1 networks must be celebrating! We technically have roughly sixty days to fight back against this decision.
Why only 60 days? We wish you success. This trending will affect the global world.
Pai is a wanker. a stooge for the industry with no actual desire to protect the privacy of the masses.
So what happens to the small businesses. We continue taking the backseat? This is nerve wrecking. Some people is going to make a lot of money.
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This is just so scary. Soon the crypto sites will be included.
Lets hope on bether!
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