# 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"**
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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.

#### Of course, the crowds of people who went on the streets with protests, with his position do not agree.

##### Recall that this is not the first ambiguous decision of the FCC. Earlier, the commission abolished the new rules of confidentiality adopted on Internet in October last year, allowing Internet providers to use personal data of users without their consent. This decision was subsequently supported by the US Congress.

###### *Source: The Verge*