Until this year, the concept of net neutrality — or internet freedom — wasn’t a part of our lexicon. We’d sign a contract with our broadband providers without having to think twice about which websites and apps we were allowed to peruse.
But open access to the web as we know it is under threat as Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai moves to repeal the Obama-era regulation. Democrats on the FCC are scrambling to push back in an attempt to preserve the rudimentary freedom on which crucial communities and connections are built.
A vote taking place on Thursday, Dec. 14 will determine whether service providers will, in fact, have the liberty to censor content and charge Americans for various levels of internet access.
