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AskCyber Home » News » Cyber Security Legislation » Cyber Security Update – Net Neutrality Day of Action

Cyber Security Update – Net Neutrality Day of Action

2017-07-12 by Michelle Dvorak

Cyber Security Update – Net Neutrality Day of Action – What Is It All About

Today is the first and possible annual Net Neutrality Day of Action. It is an online, grassroots activism movement to send a message to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to tell them to keep the Internet neutral and open to all forms of web traffic, without bias. The movement is an attempt to stop Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit V. Pai from reversing net neutrality regulations.

Net Neutrality is the common name given to Title II Net Neutrality Rules established by the FCC in February 26, 2015. The rules apply to both wired and wireless internet connections grounded in Title II authority. What they mean are that all traffic carried by an Internet service providers must be served equally regardless of source or destination.

Net Neutrality means internet service providers cannot:

  • No Blocking. – An internet service provider cannot stop any type of legal internet traffic, websites, apps or services
  • No Throttling – ISPs cannot throttle or slow down any type of internet traffic, or the serving or an app or website’s content
  • No Paid Prioritization – Companies served by the ISP cannot pay to have their traffic served faster or before others

For example, let’s say Verizon is your internet service provider – how you access the internet at home or work. Netflix is a competitor of Verizon because they both sell movies on demand. Under current net neutrality laws Verizon is not allowed to serve Netflix movies (or any other service) slower than it delivers its own movies to your home TV. They are also not allowed to block Netflix (or any other service) altogether. Finally, Verizon cannot accept compensation to deliver any other traffic, like YouTube Red, faster than any other competitor on its network.

Companies participating in Net Neutrality Day include:

  • Google
  • Facebook
  • Netflix
  • Spotify
  • GitHub
  • Mozilla Foundation
  • Reddit
  • And 30 more companies

Reddit’s home page popped up an interstitial that read:

The internet’s less fun when your favorite sites load slowly, isn’t it? Whether you’re here for news, AMAs, or some good old-fashioned cats in business attire, the internet’s at its best when you—not internet service providers—decide what you see online. Today, u/kn0thing and I are calling on you to be the heroes we need. Please go to battleforthenet.com and tell the FCC that you support the open internet.

—u/spez

Figure 1

Sites like Chess.com posted an open letter to legislator [Figure 1] on their website. AT&T is on the list of companies supporting Net Neutrality Day although they have worked hard to have the regulations repealed. Opponents of net neutrality argue that ISPs should not be regulated as a utility. They also feel that the free market will solve this for us. Many also feel that all prices should not be equal and since competitors are using an ISPs connection that they have invested infrastructure dollars into, why shouldn’t they pay money to use it?

How you can support Net Neutrality:

If you agree with net neutrality and want to support Net Neutrality Day, there are ways for you to support the effort to preserve net neutrality.

Ways to support Net Neutrality:

  • Call your Congressperson
  • Sign a petition at MoveOn.org
  • Visit the informational website at to find out more

Filed Under: Cyber Security Legislation Tagged With: Net Neutrality

About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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