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Net neutrality prevents ISPs from performing exactly this kind of censorship.
by yed 6y ago
Net neutrality prevents ISPs from performing exactly this kind of censorship.
- aksss 6y agoIt’s not ISPs doing the censoring.
- unityByFreedom 6y agoSure it is you just aren't aware of it. Zero rating is a form of content control where you end up paying more for off-network content.
- fat_pikachu 6y agoLots of countries with NN regulations allow zero rating e.g. look at the EU.
- unityByFreedom 6y agoThat's not a good thing
- fat_pikachu 6y agoThat's somewhat up for debate.
- unityByFreedom 6y agoEverything's up for debate provided you make a case for it.
- fat_pikachu 6y agoLet's rephrase it then. The topic of zero rating is a studied one where people have found advantages and disadvantages, which is why carve-outs were made for it in the first place.
- unityByFreedom 6y agoNo carve-outs were made for zero rating. Under Obama's FCC the practice was under investigation.
- fat_pikachu 6y ago> No carve-outs were made for zero rating. Carve outs were made in various countries with Net Neutrality. > Under Obama's FCC the practice was under investigation. Which just goes to show that the practice isn't explicitly banned and may exist even with Net Neutrality regulation.
- aksss 6y agoYou said “this kind of censorship”, but in the context of this topic, it’s not ISPs doing this censoring. I don’t think NN would have done anything to address the coordinated deplatforming of a Twitter competitor, right? Sure ISP’s could be the bad guy here too, though.
- unityByFreedom 6y ago> I don’t think NN would have done anything to address the coordinated deplatforming of a Twitter competitor, right? It would have encouraged a new Twitter to rise earlier than now. So yes it has an impact on the current deplatforming. The solution to private companies deplatforming is competition, at whatever level it takes. Without NN protections in place it is much harder to build out that competition at any level.