1. INTRODUCTION
The term ‘Net Neutrality’ refers to the notion that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are expected to adhere to insofar as to consider all data on the internet at par, regardless of its nature, origin or the intent behind the creation of said data. This entails that ISPs cannot restrict access to any data by direct or indirect means, on any grounds to the disadvantage of any interested party, while ensuring fair and free internet to all. ‘Net Neutrality’ presently assumes relevance due to the report promulgated by the Department of Telecom (DoT) which seemingly takes a stance to the prejudice of the users.
This project aims to explore and criticize the report of the DoT considering reports by Indian Media, vis-à-vis the legality
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This was accentuated when public furore arose in response to Airtel’s Zero scheme and Internet.org recently launched by Facebook, eliciting a quick response from the government. Net neutrality received spurts of wide coverage from media houses which in turn, fuelled the public opinion for the movement. The DoT report on net neutrality too received adequate coverage. Unfortunately, several of the dailies that the researcher reviewed, employed a unidimensional approach to review the same, which was evident in newspapers such as the ‘Times of India’ and ‘Indian Express’ which approached the topic solely from the view-point of public grievances and with an aim to increase public awareness , without weighing the costs of the ISPs and preventing a complete picture from being painted. The editorial section of ‘The Hindu’ however, covered net neutrality from the viewpoint of all stakeholders and sufficiently justified the predicament of the masses. Newspapers covered the campaign against net neutrality on social media as well and kept tabs on public sentiment over the course of this issue. The speculative journalism on the matter however was not found to be
Although the net neutrality debate didn’t come into the spot light so long ago, it has sparked controversy in the communications world. This concept provides a positive impact to the consumers, competition and network owners/internet service providers. It broadens the aspect of equality, which the open Internet was first based on. The profound effects on the aforementioned players provide a supported purpose to regulate the notion of net neutrality.
In “Fifth Sun” written by Camilla Townsend, we read about the Mexican culture and history and how it changed overtime with the arrival of the Spanish. As we read through the narrative, we see how Townsend illuminates the suffrage of the indigenous by providing different insights from tlatonani’s and sources from the Spanish (135 Townsend). The focus of this essay is how the Mexicans maintained their culture, although they were conquered. There were many ways in which the accomplished kept their culture and beliefs alive. This paper will specify how the Mexicans and the Spanish would combine their beliefs to make peace (170 Townsend).
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...s article “Ma Bell’s Revenge: The battle for Network Neutrality” shows us in a just a few of the hundreds of arguments which have been brought up over the proposal of network neutrality. Network neutrality essentially means that all data gets treated the same by an ISP or service, whether it be an incoming email or a gigantic video file, it’s is based on the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they choose to use on the Internet. The Internet has operated according to this neutrality principle since its earliest days. In other words, net neutrality is about equal access to the Internet in terms of overall speed. Just as telephone companies are not permitted to tell consumers who they can call or what they can say, broadband carriers should not be allowed to use their market power to control activity online.
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Imagine having to pay an extra $10 a month just so Netflix would stream fast enough for you to watch movies, or being an app developer and having to pay AT&T millions of dollars just so your customers can access your app on their network. These are the types of things that are prohibited through Net neutrality regulations. Net neutrality is the principle that all the traffic on the internet must be treated without discrimination, be it commercial or political. On December, 14, 2017, The Federal Communications Commision voted to implement chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to end Net Neutrality, removing the regulations that protect us from the shady profit seeking ways of powerful telecommunication giants. The protection of these regulations is imperative
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Technology has advance so much since the old days. We see technology everywhere but one major thing that has change since back then into now has been the internet usage. Believe it or not internet is being used everywhere. First, it was used in desktops now is on laptops, cellphones, and tablets and even on TV and Video games. Internet, is very bad for society but three major reasons why is bad is due to many deaths, creating health issues, and bullying.
"The internet has possibly been society’s biggest game changer. Without physical wires, people around the world can become connected instantly. Information can be spread faster than lightning and new pockets of the internet, with new purposes and effects, pop up every hour. The internet is often seen as something that needs restriction. Through the anonymity of a keyboard, people may be willing to get very nasty with one another where they would not in real life.
In spite of being the home of the free, America’s government has become overly observant of the people. The internet has been an unregulated possession of the Americans since 1965, but in 2015 things could possibly change. As Americans lose privacy day by day the internet should stay free of government regulation. If the government regulates the internet it will oppress freedom of speech, deprive Americans of useful information, and the exhaustion of tax payers’ money.
The FCC (Federal Communication Commission) defines open internet as “… the internet as we know it. It's open because it uses free, publicly available standards that anyone can access and build to, and it treats all traffic that flows across the network in roughly the same way. The principle of the Open Internet is sometimes referred to as ‘net neutrality’.” In this sense, the FCC acknowledges that the internet is supposed to be free and public, and no private company has the power to monopolize it. However, in the past months the FCC also was trying to pass a proposal that would end net neutrality and allow internet providers to control the internet data flow and divide it into slower and faster lanes.
Accessing the cyberspace is the first right should be granted in order to have privilege of and exercise the rest of the human rights on the internet. The internet has a very big impact in people’s life and what they have become today, especially with all the opportunities this medium provide for them to exercise their basic human rights. It has allowed the freedom of many voices to be heard in ways that was merely impossible before this revolution. Not only it has given people the rights to express and associate, but also the right to education as it allows to access many educational materials. In fact, accessing this virtual place has become a necessity to fulfill many other human rights including the right to work, and the right to take part in country’s government. Therefore, internet access should be a public right that ensure information and internet accessibility, usability, and availability for all people regardless of gender, place, and income.
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