Net neutrality is hardly neutral. Director of CPAC Foundation’s Center for Regulatory Freedom Andrew Langer breaks down the implications of the Biden administration’s resurrections of the Obama-introduced net neutrality.
These regulations, imposed by the Obama era FCC, slowed innovation and Internet speed and decreased Internet quality. When the Trump administration removed net neutrality regulations, the United States enjoyed a time of Internet prosperity with high-quality and high-speed Internet even during a time of heavy use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, after a 2020 presidential election filled with disinformation spread through the Internet, censorship of conservative voices on social media and search engines, and amidst another presidential election, the Biden administration is reintroducing net neutrality.
“This is a very different net neutrality proposal than it was under the Obama administration. What’s different about it? Well, now, the Left is unabashed about not caring about content neutrality online. Right, the Biden administration leading up the election in 2024, they’re all about combating misinformation online, disinformation online in the name of supposed national security,” Langer explained. “So, there is a huge national security component to this new net neutrality proposal that has come out of the FCC. And that is incredibly disturbing.”
The new proposal is bound to be challenged, and the Center for Regulatory Freedom will be monitoring the developments of the regulation and challenge of the regulation.
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