Pros:
-Every website and search engine is treated the same
-Allows for people who have blogs or website ideas to have the same opportunity as anyone else for their website to gain notoriety
-keeps internet providers competitive
Cons:
-lack of legislation make it vulnerable
-future of it is in question, in reference to legislation
-paying for different levels of internet could benefit the user, but cost them more money
Recently net neutrality has been in the internet for a number of things, but one of the main ones is the cost is could potentially pose to users. Providers such as Verizon, and at&t could potentially have option to charge users who want faster access more money, so essentially you would be paying to use websites such as youtube, and Amazon. The FCC has to decide if they are going to allow providers to do this, and make them more money.
Net neutrality is tied to free speech in many ways. The biggest one is net neutrality is essentially freedom of speech on the internet. Net neutrality guarantees that governments will treat all information on it equally, regardless of who says it, what website its on, etc. And freedom of speech is the freedom to express you ideas, thoughts, feelings through words without any questions asked. So in a sense, net neutrality is essentially freedom of speech but for the internet.
The recent news about net neutrality would affect me because it would mean, not necessarily myself, but my parents might have to pay more for faster connection and internet. And being the avid internet user that I am, that would mean paying more money to use websites like Youtube and Amazon.
My stand on net neutrality is I believe it is vital. Users being able to say what they want with no bias or mis-treatment from the government is key. However i also feel it is very broad and vulnerable. It is apt to being caught with many loopholes that could potentially cause problems and conflict for users, and thus is why many people dont trust not only the internet, but certain aspects of the internet like net neutrality.
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1234951
This site is valid to me because it is in "organization", as clued by the .org at the end of their address. To me, websites ending in .org, .edu, .gov are the more reliable sites to use.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/27/technology/open-internet/
I chose this one because it is off of a CNN website. CNN is a huge name in the news, although it is often seen as bias, it still provides valid information and data in all its articles.
