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I hear that the republicans are about to succeed in tearing-up Obama's net neutrality regulation.
I understand what net neutrality is.... but what impact will it's disappearance have outside of the US? I'm aware that most of the content comes from Servers in the US, but it's the ISPs that seem to be the ones that will impose speed restrictions - so will this impact the rest of the world?
I'm really happy that it might screw-over the average american (maybe if it hits them in the pocket it might cause some of them to reflect on how they voted in the last election?). However, if it in any way prevents my daughter being able to stream episodes of [i]Hey Duggee[/i] when her heart desires - she'll seriously flip her sh*t.
Just read the local news 😉
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/net-neutrality-regulations-to-be-overturned-in-the-us/9179512
and the John Oliver quick version
While it won't impact what you get here it could very well change some of the content models and remove the startup/competition from the market and change the way the big operators work in the US and outside.
What it could also mean is startups hitting the stuff out of the US first to become big enough to compete in the US.
[url= https://qz.com/1114690/why-is-net-neutrality-important-look-to-portugal-and-spain-to-understand/ ]I hadn't realised that Portugal didn't observe net neutrality[/url]
Without Net Neutrality ISP's can
1. Charge you extra to reach certain websites.
2. Slow down streaming services like Netflix that compete with their own streaming services.
3. Block some websites altogether.
Is basically it.
The American Civil Liberties Union have done a great read on it too;
[url= https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/internet-speech/what-net-neutrality ]https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/internet-speech/what-net-neutrality[/url]
Pretty good explanation and coverage by Philly D here:
Google selectively defunding popular youtube bloggers, bullshit Wikipedia facts, slanted Google search results, biased social media pushing one loony narrative or another - wherever you stand politically the net ain't neutral and the future is bleak. One glimmer of hope is the recent proliferation of new media outlets.
wherever you stand politically the net ain't neutral
But that isn't what Net Neutrality refers to. Watch the above videos.
One glimmer of hope is the recent proliferation of new media outlets.
And new startups like those are exactly the kind of thing that loss of Net Neutrality could kill.
I appreciate the meaning but neutrality is at risk on many fronts.