As you must of heard in recent news, Net Neutrality was recently repealed on December 14, 2017 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by its chairperson Ajit Pai. If you dont know much about Net Neutrality it is the Net neutrality is the principle that internet service providers (ISPs), such as Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile. etc, treat all content equally and not give preference to some digital content providers. That means the consumer can load every website, app, video, .gif, etc., equally, regardless of where the content is hosted. For example, an ISP may not charge more for sites that stream movies or promote a specific agenda. This is also referred to as the open internet. Without Net Neutrality internet providers will make you pay extra to still be able to have these luxuries and those who don't pay will not the the same internet speed or even be able to use the apps.
Now that you are informed of this situation, lets go back to the topic of our discussion: how will this effect trolling?
In my opinion I think this will stop a lot of trolling on the internet. Trolls love the free use of the internet because it's a service where they can say whatever they want free of charge. With Net Neutrality being repealed, would people still want to pay just to say their hateful comments online? If they are extreme and have money to waste then I guess, but for the majority of trolls it wouldn't be worth it anymore. Now this doesn't change my opinion on how Net Neutrality is unfair to people who already pay the initial fee to have internet in their households, businesses, etc. but the upside of this situation could be the decline in trolls on the internet.
What is your stand on this situation? Or just general opinions on what I had to say about this? Do you think that this will have an effective decline on trolling on the internet?
- Jainah Fajardo
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