Net Neutrality Divides Christian, Conservative Groups

NET NEUTRALITY DIVIDES CHRISTIAN, CONSERVATIVE GROUPS
[SOURCE: Christianity Today, AUTHOR: Sarah Pulliam]
[Commentary] For people who frequent YouTube, Facebook, and Google, net neutrality is a hot topic. For Christian and conservative groups, it has became a divisive topic. While the Christian Coalition supports net neutrality, 12 politically conservative and Christian conservative groups have begun lobbying against net neutrality. Net neutrality means that Internet service providers, such as Comcast, would not be able to discriminate in the service they provide. All traffic would transfer at the same speed over the network, regardless of the nature of the content or who provides it. The issue primarily is on whether the providers can charge Web sites like YouTube or Google more money to deliver their content faster. The Christian Coalition argues that this fee would hurt grassroots organizations. However, the 12 groups want the Internet providers to be allowed to block content such as pornography from some sites, a block that could be otherwise be prohibited under net neutrality proposals. Signers included David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and Gary Bauer, president of American Values.
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