NET NEUTRALITY HEARINGS The long-debated issue of net neutrality came to the forefront of politics in early 2015, as politicians made their cases for and against the policy. Many argued that net neutrality would preserve a free and open Internet, while others, including large broadband companies, argued that any government restrictions would hurt innovation. Here, Senator Al Franken, Senator (and presidential candidate) Bernie Sanders, and Senator Edward Markey appear at a news conference advocating for the reclassification of broadband Internet as a Title II utility. The FCC made this change in February 2015.

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