BLOG #10

   

    The presentation I am writing about for this blog post is Landon Lozada’s. He did his presentation on Net Neutrality. I did not know what net neutrality was before this presentation. I remember when it was a big issue. I was in middle school when net neutrality ended. It is a huge deal because the end of net neutrality means that the tech companies could limit our rights on the internet. 

Net Neutrality means that everyone on the internet should have the same opportunity to succeed no matter how big or small they are. For example, a high schoolers blog should have the same opportunity as big advertisers. It was one of former president Barack Obama’s key issues. He has been in support of net neutrality since 2007 when he was still a senator. He famously said, “this allows for the opportunity for the next Google or Amazon and essentially the betterment of society and innovation.” 

I also learned that not only is net neutrality important on an economic level, but is important on an educational level. Net neutrality provides digital equality for all. It provides students and educators with the technology to help flourish learning. It also gives everyone the information to learn properly and fairly. Our country has a difficult history of not giving all of its citizens equality. 

    Net neutrality came to an end during former president Donald Trump’s administration. The leading man most responsible for ending net neutrality is former chairman of the FCC Ajit Pai. This was one of the worst things to have happen during former president Donald Trump’s administration. This gave the huge internet providers the freedom to limit peoples’ access to the internet based on their own opinions. That struck down everything that former president Barack Obama worked for. Making sure that all US citizens have equality on the internet.  

Work Cited: 

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/net-neutrality