The Internet

Select a controversial topic regarding regulation and the internet (in either the US, another country, or on an international level) and provide a high-level summary of the issue, citing at least one recent (within the past 6 months) reliable source that is not provided in this prompt. Please avoid personal anecdotes or opinions, and simply present a (cited) overview of the topic.

Some potential topics include:

• Complete privatization (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. of internet domain addresses (no more US Gov't Control).
• Censorship (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. of content on the internet (whether legal or otherwise)--or making it illegal to access content (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. on there that is anti-government
• Net neutrality (Links to an external site.)
• File sharing (Links to an external site.) of content (copyrighted or otherwise)

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