The U.S. puts net neutrality — National Post.

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The U.S. puts net neutrality — National Post.

Net neutrality, the concept that protects the Internet as a public service, was approved in 2015 under Barack Obama's presidency (2009-2017), but extended in 2017 by Donald Trump's successor (2017-2021). The Federal Telecommunications Commission approved the measure on Friday, by a three-to-two vote, with Democrats in favour and Republicans against. In practice, net neutrality requires that telecom service providers treat all traffic equally, el…