FCC, US Communications Regulator, will vote on April 25 a proposal to restore net neutrality rules that reversed the policies of Trump and his current stooge, the former FCC chairman.

The US regulator, the most important of its kind in the world and with decisions that affect the entire planet, decided to vote again last October to reimpose regulations aimed at protecting what is a fundamental principle of the 21st century. free, open and non-discriminatory internet.

The new vote must restore criteria established by the Obama administration that prohibited discriminatory use by access providers. Rules adopted in 2015 considered ISPs as public serviceswhich guaranteed that the services provided by them would not be limited in any way, with open access for all and equal treatment of data traffic without discrimination.

And Trump has arrived… A lobby of America’s powerful telecom operators has put Ajit Pai in charge of the FCC with the sole purpose of ending net neutrality rules. Proposed by Donald Trump at the behest of the big carriers and with the consent of the tech giants, he came into office from his position as a lawyer for Verizon. As you can imagine, his task was focused on protecting the hand that fed him and not the user he had to defend.

With the arrival of Joe Biden in the White House, he was thrown out of office, but the ‘job’ was done. The president signed an executive order in July 2021 urging the FCC to restore net neutrality rules enacted during Barack Obama’s presidency. But the FCC is blocked for 3 years until last October. The vote on April 25 is very important to restore what is a fundamental right of the digital age.

In case you don’t know what it means to lose this right, we recommend reading this special article with everything you need to know about net neutrality. Generally speaking, don’t let the powerful few rule the internet; protect innovation; achieve business opportunities on a level playing field for small and medium-sized enterprises; maintain affordable broadband access prices; prevent certain content from being blocked; political control of networks and the Internet and that they remain fundamental rights in the digital age such as opinion and expression.