First, what is net neutrality? Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication. The term was coined by Columbia University media law professor Tim Wu in 2003, as an extension of the longstanding concept of a common carrier, which was used to describe the role of telephone systems. So the FCC voted to start the process of eliminating net neutrality rules and the classification of home and mobile Internet service providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. What this means is that ISPs can become​ the next cable packages. Oh you want Netflix? Gotta use Comcast. Hulu? Verizon. Companies would have no obligation to treat all data the same. You wanna talk about fake news? What happens when the only news sources on the internet are the big money players similar to cable? "But Britton, that would never happen!" Why is that exactly what happened with tv? Why would the internet not face the same future if we don't protect net neutrality? Prioritized access to customers is already a very real thing in the media world. It doesn't belong on the internet. More generally, Title II allows either ISPs' customers or their competitors to file complaints about "unjust" or "unreasonable" conduct. All of that will go away once ISPs are no longer classified as common carriers. The FCC last year also used Title II to impose strict broadband privacy rules that were eliminated by Republicans in Congress and President Trump before they could be implemented. Less for you, more for the corporations. But I guess that's the vector America has been following. What else is new.