What to know about net neutrality as FCC weighs restoring it

The Federal Communications Commission announced it will vote in April on whether or not to reinstate net neutrality -- a set of rules to ensure equal treatment of internet data. The Trump administration overturned the policy in 2017. NYU Law School professor Christopher Sprigman joins CBS News to unpack the battle.

[codybeasenburg]

Internet access has gone from being a luxury to being a necessity. We need to treat it as a utility in the exact same way we treat electricity.

[CJinMono]

In addition to net neutrality, we also need data privacy protection, right-to-repair legislation, and AI use regulation, just to name a few.

[heyaisdabomb]

Everyone loves to hate on California, but the reality is, we are a testing ground for new laws, and we have a lot of protections other states don't have. For example, covid treatments like Paxlovid are mandated to be covered free by your insurance company, where as the rest of the cost is paying over $1000 for it now.

[joshmo]

I only have one option where I live. And they basically charge us whatever they want. We need competition.

[MarcBienenfeld]

Wow the end of net neutrality, the issue that was going to destry the internet 5 years ago only nothings changed

[Denka_]

oh is that why comcast gets away with charging for DATA lmfao. scammers.

[generaleerelativity]

Now imagine paying hundreds a month for broadband while someone else pays absolutely nothing for the same service. Why is this guy trying to sell this as if this is going to stop ISP'S from monopolizing certain areas? That's like selling suntan lotion under the premise that it's anti-aging cream.

[incompetentnerd]

NET NEUTRALITY IS BACK BABY!!! Woohoo!

[cjkatz]

Will YouTube still be the same if net neutrality comes out

[tylerjames]

...to protect our data, or to ensure they control it?

[jtgamer-nintendo-xbox]

Gaming needs to be fixed especially if we’re heading into cloud, gaming, and renting games through things like game pass we also need to worry about digital ownership of movies, music, and video games. There needs to be a priority please