Capstone Project on Net Neutrality

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I will be doing my capstone project on net neutrality. “Network Neutrality is the principle according to which Internet traffic shall be treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference regardless of its sender, recipient, type or content, so that Internet users’ freedom of choice is not restricted by favoring or disfavoring the transmission of Internet traffic associated with particular content, services, applications, or devices.” I will be doing an infograph and informational video seeking to inform others about net neutrality. Some of the questions I will answer are: What is net neutrality? Why do we have it? Who does it regulate? Why is it even important? What if we did not have net neutrality? What might that look like? There are some countries that do not have net neutrality and still have internet. What does their usage look like?
The most recent net neutrality rules were enacted by the Supreme Court and upheld by the FCC in 2015. It is a current social issue because the rules are now being fought that we should not have a free and open internet and that the broadband companies that net neutrality regulates should be able to roll back the rules in their favor. This is an important social issue because it effects every internet user not only based on the ability to use the internet, but the principle of fairness to not be slowed down because you are wanting to look at a specific site.

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