Network Neutrality
Network Neutrality is the principle that ISPs (Internet Service Providers) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method of communication without price discrimination.
Internet traffic includes all of the different messages, files, and data sent over the Internet, including emails, digital audio files, digital video files, and torrents.
Under net neutrality, whether a user connects to Netflix, Internet Archive, or a blog, their ISP (Internet Service Provider) has to treat them all the same. Without net neutrality, an ISP can decide what information users are exposed to.
Net Neutrality helps to provide freedom of information exchange, promotes competition and innovation for Internet services, and upholds standardization of Internet data transmission which was essential for its growth.