As of December 14, 2017, the FCC has repealed net neutrality and now people are mourning the loss of it. However, there is still hope that we can get it back. Those ways are by veto, supreme court, or by participating in the next elections.
The most unlikely way we can get neutrality back is with president Trump vetoing the FCC's repeal. However, I don't this will ever happen since Trump is Republican and the repeal is supported by the Republican party since its more money in their pockets. I also believe that Trump has actually stated he won't veto the repeal so the chances of him repealing it are slim to none.
As of now, everyone is hoping that the supreme court will strike down this law. This is the most likely scenario that people are supporting since they believe that the repeal is unconstitutional. When the FCC repealed net neutrality they repealed everything that stopped ISPs (Internet Service Providers) from gaining power. This includes laws on censorship. Therefore, many people think the courts will strike this down because this violates our first amendment of freedom of speech. If the court does strike it down we will get our neutrality back, until someone else will try to take it away again.
If the supreme court fails to strike down the repeal I'm afraid that we must endure it and wait until the next congressional and presidential elections. With a democrat run executive and legislative branch, we could possibly bring net neutrality back. However, to do this we need everyone to participate in politics and voting. These past elections more than 50% of people didn't participate in voting, as a result, we are in the situation we are currently in. In the next few years, I urge everyone to participate in voting. After all, you have a voice and it needs to be heard.
So my question to you guys is that are you hopeful that we can bring net neutrality back? Also, since most of you can vote in a year do you plan to vote in the next presidential and congressional election?
Hi Bryan, I am not hopeful that we will get net neutrality back. Unfortunately, the government is literally so messed up right now, and I don’t have hope for anything that goes through the government. Our current government has tried to take down healthcare, DACA, and now net neutrality, it’s absolutely unbelievable what this country is coming to. I will absolutely vote in any election I can when I turn 18. Like Ms. Fletcher said, there’s only so much a vote can do, and that’s all I’m capable of doing, sure I can go out protesting and screaming about things I don’t agree with, but will it actually change what they think in government? Probably not. The United States government is supposed to be for the people, and for making this the best possible country to be in, and although we are one of the greatest countries in the world, right now, our government is failing us. I don’t know what’s going to happen and I don’t know how this whole thing is going to go, but from the sound of things, I don’t think it’s going to be good, and I’m nervous to see how all of this is going to go down.
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