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What could net neutrality’s end mean for you?

Experts discuss the FCC's recent decision to repeal rules governing net neutrality and how it will affect average Americans.

On December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal its net neutrality rules, which critics say could make the internet more expensive and less accessible for Americans.

Here, net neutrality experts Ryan Singel from the Stanford University Law School and Didi Kuo from the university’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies discuss what this means for Americans and for internet freedom.

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