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Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites. Back in 2015, there were millions of advocates who put pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules in order to allow people to use the Internet freely. In 2018, the FCC voted to repeal Net Neutrality and allow Internet Service Providers to throttle and control what information people can consume and what paywalls that people have to go around to consume the data.

Within the freedom of the Internet, users felt that they had certain standards of privacy. However as recent events such as the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Scandal and the Equifax data breach happened, users are starting to realize that their information is not as secure as they once felt. Which is not only inexcusable from the standpoint of the businesses who have access to all of this data. It is also inexcusable for the users to be this ignorant about where their data is going. As easy as it has become to just click "I have read and agree to the Terms of Service", users should be less willing to blindly do that now that they see the direct result of their ignorance. Professionals in information security will respond if a large enough group of users continue to show that they are unhappy with current policies.

Anonymity on the Internet has always had a dichotomous impact. On the positive side, it has allowed people to present a version of themselves that they wish to portray but may not feel comfortable doing so with an attachment to their personal information. On the negative side, it allows people to take advantage of others by presenting themselves as someone desirable or allows them to be cruel and not be reprimanded for their actions. One of the big activist groups that benefits from anonymity is the eponymously named group, Anonymous. They are a hacking activist group who usually work towards social justice, made a statement around a year ago saying that they will go after the FCC if net neutrality is repealed. At this time they have not moved forward with anything.

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