What Is Net Neutrality? Myths and Realities

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced her plan to restore the agency’s rightful authority to protect internet users. To undermine this effort, the industry has cranked up its Title II myth machine. Free Press is duty-bound to debunk these industry lies as we have an untold number of times in the past. So let’s set the record straight:

• Myth #1: Title II is ‘heavy-handed internet regulation.’
• Myth #2: Title II rules are a ‘solution in search of a problem.’
• Myth #3: The Biden FCC should be focusing on ‘real problems,’ such as obstacles to broadband deployment and accessibility.
• Myth #4: The FCC’s Obama-era Open Internet Order hampered capital investments, delaying new broadband deployment and innovation.
• Myth #5: Net Neutrality is a ‘hyper-partisan, politicized’ issue.
• Myth #6: The FCC lacks statutory authority over broadband-internet access; reinstating Title II is pointless because it won’t survive judicial review.
• Myth #7: It’s been nearly six years since the Trump FCC repealed the Open Internet Order and nothing bad has happened.