The only saving the Internet needs is anti-trust action against Google, Amazon, Netflix, Twitter, and Facebook. Action that has been wanting a long long time now and is way overdue.
As with most things, humans have taken a wonderful gift, and pee’d all over it.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a wonderful, powerful tool, but the addictive sewer that parts of it have become hurt almost as much as the good helps.
All the claims to save the internet, in America, are being overshadowed, overseas. New Zealand, Australia, and what was Europe, has been pushing internet censorship. WHY? FIRST, to silence all the voices decrying mohammedanism. SECOND, to silence populist movements.
the act of merely proposing these Title II rules in 2010 led to the sharp drop in engagement: “investment was down about 20% to 30% over the years 2011 through 2015, costing the nation about $150-$200 billion in investment over the five-year period.” In a follow-up November 2018 paper, Ford found that the change in leadership and Pai’s drive to relax regulations in 2017 led to a dramatic turnaround. After declining for years, investment actually rose by $1.5 billion in 2017.
[...] Thanks to an app called Wehe (that relies on user-sourced data) internet users can get a birds-eye view on mobile app speeds before and after the official repeal of Title II rules on June 11, 2018. Interestingly, the three largest providers (Verizon, AT&T, and TMobile) have not been slowing down popular, bandwidth-heavy apps such as Youtube, Netflix, and Amazon. Across the internet, download speeds are increasing - not decreasing. According to internet speed-test company Ookla, broadband download speeds in the US increased by more than a third in 2018. Where’s the throttling we were promised?
The only time I’ve noticed any blocking is when using McD’s free wifi you can’t log on to other fast food places.
The HORROR!
Any new regulations would be drafted by the lobbyist lawyers of the Big Tech they were ostensibly going to regulate.
We already have: SEC, FTC, FCC, CDA (Section 230), and Anti-Trust regulations on the books.
If Congress meant to protect their electorate, they could and would have acted long before now.