Post by carol2 on Mar 30, 2024 22:44:56 GMT 10
Since December 14, 2017, US Internet service providers have the right to encourage the traffic of companies that have the means to pay and leave all others on a slow lane, thus creating a two-speed network. Verizon has stated, however, that it will not use this right. What will happen tomorrow to the Internet we know today? Small businesses and startups that cannot afford to pay may be at a disadvantage and perhaps even be crushed by powerful multi-billion dollar industries, because there is no longer any freedom to compete. In case a similar decision is made by the authorities in Europe, it would result in an increase in subscription rates of online services like Netflix.
Should net neutrality disappear, ISPsFrance Email List would potentially be able to control what we read as Internet users, since they would be able to choose the content before making it available to us. The Swiss newspaper Le Temps has called this “potential for censorship”. But censorship is directly related to freedom of speech, and if expression over the Internet is restricted, there will be no more freedom of speech. What will happen tomorrow to the Internet that we know today? Every day, our opinions are shaped by the Internet, through the information it provides us. If someone has the power to control the content we read, he also has the power to manipulate us.
How aware of net neutrality are Europeans? What is the level of awareness of Europeans vis-à-vis these developments in net neutrality? A BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communication) study based on statistics from four European countries (Sweden, Croatia, Greece and the Czech Republic) has shown that the citizens of our continent are not very familiar with this subject. This is probably because the issue is rather underestimated by users and maybe even ignored by them. Various governments have taken preliminary legislation to safeguard the neutrality of the network. In France, neutrality is protected by a European law transposed into the law for a digital Republic.
Should net neutrality disappear, ISPsFrance Email List would potentially be able to control what we read as Internet users, since they would be able to choose the content before making it available to us. The Swiss newspaper Le Temps has called this “potential for censorship”. But censorship is directly related to freedom of speech, and if expression over the Internet is restricted, there will be no more freedom of speech. What will happen tomorrow to the Internet that we know today? Every day, our opinions are shaped by the Internet, through the information it provides us. If someone has the power to control the content we read, he also has the power to manipulate us.
How aware of net neutrality are Europeans? What is the level of awareness of Europeans vis-à-vis these developments in net neutrality? A BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communication) study based on statistics from four European countries (Sweden, Croatia, Greece and the Czech Republic) has shown that the citizens of our continent are not very familiar with this subject. This is probably because the issue is rather underestimated by users and maybe even ignored by them. Various governments have taken preliminary legislation to safeguard the neutrality of the network. In France, neutrality is protected by a European law transposed into the law for a digital Republic.