The term was coined by Columbia University media law professor Tim Wu in 2003 as an extension of the longstanding concept of a common carrier which was used to describe the… See more

Internet neutrality
Network neutrality is the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Internet traffic … See more

Discrimination by protocol
Discrimination by protocol is the favoring or blocking of information… See more

Governments of countries that comment on net neutrality usually support the concept.
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Net neutrality regulations may be referred to as uncommon carrier regulations. Net neutrality does not block all abilities that ISPs have to … See more

Net neutrality is administered on a national or regional basis, though much of the world's focus has been on the conflict over net neutrality in the United States. Net neutrality in the US has been a topic since the early 1990s, as they were one of the world leaders in … See more

Legal enforcement of net neutrality principles takes a variety of forms, from provisions that outlaw anti-competitive blocking and … See more