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US net neutrality may drift from Western consensus

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: INT/US
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: United States NA Western Europe India INT/US

Topical: industry social consumer corporate deregulation internet technology telecommunications computers
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2017), "US net neutrality may drift from Western consensus", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB220589

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Significance

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released a tentative agenda for the May consultations on April 27.

Impacts

The United States could attempt to export its new approach by supporting US ISPs with a market presence in other countries.
The US example will also be deployed by local ISPs seeking to frame net neutrality as a constraint on their competitiveness.
The debate could play to the disadvantage of Republicans if Democrats tie it to a broader theme of conservatives undercutting consumers.

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