Opinion: US Internet providers put hypocrisy on full display over net neutrality


Net neutrality is the idea that all Internet content should be treated the same by Internet service providers. Industry groups decried a judge’s decision this week that California could proceed with net neutrality rules. — Dreamstime/TNS

California got the go-ahead from a federal judge this week to enact a net neutrality law passed in 2018. I’m guessing you don’t much care.

Not that you’re ambivalent about the Internet. There probably isn’t a single more important technology in your life right now, which is why I’ve called for authorities to regulate the Internet like the utility it’s become.

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