U.S. president Barack Obama has entered the net neutrality debate that pits service providers against consumers and companies like Amazon and Google. The president wants to have high-speed Internet service providers governed by the same U.S. regulations imposed on telephone companies 80 years ago.
Depending on who you listen to, the rules could unleash future innovation and create jobs, or stifle innovation and kill jobs. The divisive and often confusing debate has intensified now that Obama has entered the fray.
Obama’s stance is meant to protect “net neutrality,” the concept that everyone with an Internet connection should have equal access to all legal content online. The idea served as one of the Internet’s building blocks, but its fate has been in limbo since January, when a court ruling invalidated Federal Communications Commission guidelines designed to treat all online traffic equally.
CCTV America interviewed Evan Engstrom, Policy Director at The Engine Research Foundation, about net neutrality and the impact of the regulation.
Story compiled with the information from CCTV America and AP.