FCC Votes to Repeal Net Neutrality Regulations

FCC Votes to Repeal Net Neutrality Regulations
Major corporations such as Netflix had embraced the net-neutrality rules as the regulations prevented them from paying more for their high data usage. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Jasper Fakkert
Jasper Fakkert
Editor-in-Chief, U.S. Editions
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party-lines on Thursday to repeal internet regulations adopted in 2015 known as “net neutrality.”

Proponents of the regulations, which were adopted during the Obama administration, had argued that the increase in regulations was necessary to prevent internet service providers from charging websites that consume a lot of data, such as Netflix, more.

Jasper Fakkert
Jasper Fakkert
Editor-in-Chief, U.S. Editions
Jasper Fakkert is the editor-in-chief of the U.S. editions of The Epoch Times. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication Science and a Master's degree in Journalism. With more than a decade of experience at The Epoch Times, Fakkert has played a key role in expanding the publication’s reach, ensuring readers are provided with independent and insightful news coverage.
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