Friday, December 15, 2017

The repeal of Net Neutrality

Twitter is the only social media account that I have where people were talking about net neutrality, mostly teenagers. At first when I had seen people talk about it I was confused and then the next day my government teacher talked about it to the class and I was able to figure out what was going on. On twitter people were saying we were going to have to start paying all this money just to use apps like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram. Reading that shocked me because it's like we've been using all of these apps for free and now they want to charge us? But then I started reading more information about it on CNN or other news websites and what I found out was that these twitter accounts were over exaggerating the prices of what we'd have to pay when net neutrality is no longer a go. Most likely these people were just trying to get retweets or followers but also it is a big deal so they could also be getting people to rally against it, which they should. I also read that if it for sure happens the providers for certain internet services will be able to slow down or fasten what you use and possibly charge you whatever amount they'd like. Although, I am still confused about this whole thing but at the same time I want to know what our world would turn out to be like if this happens?

-Juliet Rose Chacon

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  1. I feel the same exact way you do. At first i thought it was just rumors when my aunt was talking about it and that was during Thanksgiving. But i did not think it was really going to happen or even pass because what party would want to pass a repeal so that we all have to pay just to go/use the internet. I agree that people like to over exaggerate about this only to get retweets or followers but at the same time it is outrageous how people are going to have to pay for internet. I really hope we won't have to in the future but who knows.
    -Maritza Rodriguez

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