By Eva Dou, washingtonpost.com, 4-25-24
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 April 25 to put the internet back under “net neutrality” regulation, reprising Obama-era rules that prohibit service providers from discriminating against certain websites by throttling or blocking them.
But there’s a key detail that remains to be worked out: how to define the internet in 2024.
As a growing proportion of the modern physical world is intertwined with the internet, the question of precisely where it begins and ends has become murkier. FCC officials stopped short of defining the boundaries at a news conference following the vote, as they continue to study the issue. » Read More