The Federal Communications Commission has ordered net neutrality to end on April 23, the agency formally announced Thursday in the Federal Register. The commission voted 3-2 in December to overturn Obama-era rules preventing internet service providers, or ISPs, from treating certain content differently. The FCC adopted rules to preserve net neutrality in February 2015. Overturning them means the government will stop regulating internet service as a utility, like phone service. Supporters, however, say net neutrality is essential to a free and open internet.

Source: Huffington Post February 22, 2018 14:58 UTC