net neutrality
noun
: the idea, principle, or requirement that Internet service providers should or must treat all Internet data as the same regardless of its kind, source, or destination
… a philosophical contest that's being fought under the banner of "net neutrality," a slogan that inspires rhetorical devotion but eludes precise definition. Broadly, it means everything on the Internet should be equally accessible—that the Internet should be a place where great ideas compete on equal terms with big money.—
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Some would impose net neutrality requirements or classify ISPs as utilities, the filing said.
—ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
That has been the case during periods with net neutrality and without.
—Tyler Cowen, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2025
The Biden-era FCC's attempt to reinstate net neutrality rules and regulate broadband providers as common carriers was blocked in court, but ISPs lost the fight against the New York affordability law and an earlier fight against California's net neutrality law.
—Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
That certainly would have been preferable to forcing net neutrality to ride on a political seesaw for the past two decades, passing in and out of favor depending on who’s in charge.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
That has been the case during periods with net neutrality and without.
—Tyler Cowen, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2025
The Biden-era FCC's attempt to reinstate net neutrality rules and regulate broadband providers as common carriers was blocked in court, but ISPs lost the fight against the New York affordability law and an earlier fight against California's net neutrality law.
—Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
That certainly would have been preferable to forcing net neutrality to ride on a political seesaw for the past two decades, passing in and out of favor depending on who’s in charge.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Net neutrality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/net%20neutrality. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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