Lately net neutrality has been a country wide debate. From re-tweeting posts attempting to raise awareness to men in suits giving spiels on your local news channel of how abolishing net-neutrality is good for us. Due to the free reign broadband providers will have it will come to no surprise when the cost to be apart of the “online community” is soon at an all time high. The negative effects wouldn’t stop there. On a small scale, it could impact the number of places that allow free wifi. On a larger scale, due to the inevitable price surges less people will have access to the internet. Which in turn means less people will be aware of what’s going on in the world. Ignorance is not to be tolerated especially in this day of age. In a poll ran in class during a clicker question, Dr.Pursel noticed majority of the class viewed the news on social media. According to an article posted by the Pew Research Center, the Journalism and Media sector, “The portion of Americans who get their news on a mobile device has gone up from 54% in 2013 to 72% today.” Well obviously as the internet and the way we interact with it advances so will the number of its consumers, but with the amount of people that rely on the internet to provide them with sound news increasing as it has over the years, is this truly the best time? When twitter has become a platform to voice the voiceless, is this the time to give internet providers the ability to potentially impact this?
http://www.businessinsider.com/fcc-net-neutrality-repeal-will-lead-to-higher-prices-fewer-choices-2017-12