Following years of debate and controversy, the Federal Communications Commission is set to hold a new vote on April 25 that will likely reinstate net neutrality, restoring protections affecting broadband internet usage in the United States.
Net Neutrality as a policy functions as the principle that internet providers should handle web traffic equally regardless of what kind of applications or sources are being used. These rules were introduced in 2015 and repealed in 2017, with the FCC considered to be on the verge of restoring them once again.
The FCC announced on Tuesday that its April 25 meeting of commissioners will vote on the final form of net neutrality rules. Per Reuters, it already voted in October over the proposal to bring back the rules, with the result being 3-2 in favor.
In this instance, the FCC isn’t planning to make any changes to what it had previously agreed on before the rules were pulled.
Despite being in power since the end of 2020, the Biden administration wasn’t able to reinstitute Net Neutrality for the first three years, until it came under majority Democrat control in October. At that point, it had the opportunity to introduce a new vote on the matter.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider and Reuters