6.1.5

Ethical Issues - Net Neutrality

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Net Neutrality

Net neutrality concerns how bandwidth is controlled on the Internet.

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Net neutrality

  • For a long time, a key principle of the Internet was that all packets are treated equally.
  • That means that if two websites both want access to a network, they should both have equal response times.
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Collapse of net neutrality

  • Net neutrality is now being threatened, particularly in the United States of America.
  • Companies are interested in paying Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prioritise their traffic.
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Impacts of net neutrality collapsing

  • If net neutrality collapses it could mean that the large, rich technology companies could have more control over the traffic of the Internet.
  • They could pay to have their traffic prioritised over their competitors.

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