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Gizmodo analysis: What Obama's Net Neutrality Plan Gets Right
I called some experts and got some answers. Based on what they told me, Obama's plan nailed it.
It's super specific and that's awesome.
Let's take the last question first. The good news is, while presidential initiative is inherently political, President Obama's plan has some real meat on it.
Barack Obama has talked about keeping the internet free and open since he was just a candidate, and in the past few months, we've seen the White House take an increasingly aggressive posture in the argument over how the FCC should protect net neutrality. So when the president issued this statement, it was not a huge surprise. What was surprising, however, was how specific—and on point!—it was.
"It's exactly the thing we've been saying all along," Harold Feld told me. Feld is a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, an organization dedicated to preserving the open internet, and has been fighting for net neutrality for years. "The president has been more specific than anyone ever thought."
The most important part of the plan—and one specific that many people weren't expecting—is reclassifying the internet as a public utility under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. That protects consumers by treating the internet as an essential service. The statement also gave us a list of things the president wants the FCC to include in its new rules in order to protect consumers: no blocking websites or services, no throttling, no slow lanes, and greater transparency.
It's super specific and that's awesome.
Let's take the last question first. The good news is, while presidential initiative is inherently political, President Obama's plan has some real meat on it.
Barack Obama has talked about keeping the internet free and open since he was just a candidate, and in the past few months, we've seen the White House take an increasingly aggressive posture in the argument over how the FCC should protect net neutrality. So when the president issued this statement, it was not a huge surprise. What was surprising, however, was how specific—and on point!—it was.
"It's exactly the thing we've been saying all along," Harold Feld told me. Feld is a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, an organization dedicated to preserving the open internet, and has been fighting for net neutrality for years. "The president has been more specific than anyone ever thought."
The most important part of the plan—and one specific that many people weren't expecting—is reclassifying the internet as a public utility under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. That protects consumers by treating the internet as an essential service. The statement also gave us a list of things the president wants the FCC to include in its new rules in order to protect consumers: no blocking websites or services, no throttling, no slow lanes, and greater transparency.
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