FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see and use

The following article by Brian Fung was posted on the Washington Post website November 21, 2017:

The FCC has unveiled a plan to repeal net neutrality, or the idea that Internet service providers can’t block or favor websites. See what this means for you. (Jhaan Elker, Brian Fung/The Washington Post)

The Federal Communications Commission took aim at a signature Obama-era regulation Tuesday, unveiling a plan that would give Internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers see and use.

Under the agency’s proposal, providers of high-speed Internet services, such as Comcast, Verizon and AT&T, would be able to block websites they do not like and charge Web companies for speedier delivery of their content. Continue reading “FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see and use”