Front-page The FCC has voted to restore net neutrality, reversing ruling from 2017

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In 2017, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed net neutrality. At the time, it was a major controversy between internet service providers and the public, as getting rid of net neutrality gave businesses the ability to alter and throttle customers' internet speed depending on the websites they visited. Years later, under a new administration, the FCC has reinstated net neutrality, after a 3-2 vote. This change allows for the FCC to step in, oversee, and ensure that internet providers are offering an "open internet experience" to broadband consumers.

Reacting to the ruling, David Greer, Director of Fight for the Future, a nonprofit organization that campaigned heavily for net neutrality, said the following,

Telecom giants like AT&T and Comcast have spent millions on lobbying and used every dirty trick in the book to try to prevent the return of net neutrality. But they keep losing. Because people from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly agree they don't want their phone company to dictate how they use the internet, or screw them over more than they already do.

Meanwhile, Brendan Carr, a commissioner of the FCC who voted against net neutrality had an opposing view to the decision, stating,

My concern is that there's no reason for the government to go down this path of granting itself more powers to second guess all the decisions about the internet functions. So my worry is that it's a power grab without any need or justification, and it's very difficult to predict the harms that could ultimately flow from that

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