When so-called net neutrality rules were first implemented by the FCC under president Barack Obama, it was an explicit acknowledgment of the increasingly important role the internet played in our lives. Those rules were repealed in 2017 under president Donald Trump and most tech outlets, ourselves included, considered this a regressive move for anyone who did anything on the web. This state of affairs has been the status quo since the 2015 changes were overturned, but today, seven years later, net neutrality is back.
