ALJAZEERA: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to formally put forward new rules on net neutrality that may result in a two-tier delivery service to consumers.
The controversial changes being proposed could allow for providers to charge content sites like Netflix for faster service. But it would prevent them from blocking or slowing down certain websites. The proposals were widely anticipated and have been the subject of intense debate in recent months.
Opponents of the new rules staged protests outside the FCC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., with some even camping there in the days leading up to the vote.
Thursday’s 3-2 split decision — which fell along party lines with the two Republicans on the five-member commission objecting to the changes on the grounds that it amounted to overregulation — is not binding and will be followed by a four-month public comment period… (more)
