The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to restore Obama-era net neutrality guidelines that were axed during the Trump administration.
The FCC decision was a 3-2 vote, with all Democrats on the commission voting in favor of restoring the net neutrality guidelines and the two Republicans voting against the move. The initial and controversial move to end net neutrality during the Trump era was met with fierce backlash online, although many of the fears expressed by opponents never came to fruition.
Net neutrality is the requirement that internet service providers do not discriminate based on the source or destination of data. It classifies providers as common carriers under Title 2 of the Communications Act, meaning they can be regulated more heavily, as if they were telecommunications providers.
The push to restore net neutrality began last year when the commission voted to consider a proposed rule to reverse the 2017
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