net neutrality

E1271

Net neutrality is the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally by service providers, without blocking, throttling, or prioritizing specific content or services.


Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf internet governance concept
principle
telecommunications policy concept
appliesTo broadband providers
fixed broadband services
internet service providers
mobile broadband services
associatedWith consumer protection in telecommunications
digital rights
internet freedom movement
open internet
coinedBy Tim Wu
coinedInYear 2003
concerns equal treatment of data packets regardless of application or service
equal treatment of data packets regardless of content type
equal treatment of data packets regardless of destination
equal treatment of data packets regardless of source
controversy economic impact on broadband investment
extent of permissible network management
role of government regulation in the internet
coreIdea internet service providers should not discriminate among different kinds of internet traffic
debatedIn Brazil
European Union
India
United States
goal preserve an open internet
prevent anti-competitive behavior by internet service providers
promote competition online
protect freedom of expression online
hasDefinition the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally by internet service providers
historicalRoot common carrier principles in telephone regulation
impactOn online innovation
startups and small online businesses
user access to information
implementedThrough broadband access rules
internet service provider licensing conditions
telecommunications regulation
involves regulation of network management practices
rules on no blocking
rules on no paid prioritization
rules on no throttling
rules on transparency of network management
opposedBy some telecommunications companies
prohibits blocking of lawful internet content
paid prioritization of specific content or services
throttling of lawful internet traffic
unreasonable discrimination in transmitting lawful network traffic
relatedTo broadband classification
common carrier regulation
internet traffic management
platform neutrality
supportedBy many consumer advocacy groups
many digital rights organizations
many technology companies

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tim Wu
coinedTerm
Internet
hasKeyConcept
Tim Wu
hasWrittenOn

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