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Americans From Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Support Net Neutrality, Poll Shows (mozilla.org)

Posted by msmash on from the agreement-on-something dept.

Mozilla conducted a survey in which it found that a majority of Americans do not trust the government to protect Internet access. From an article, shared by a reader: A recent public opinion poll carried out by Mozilla and Ipsos revealed overwhelming support across party lines for net neutrality, with over three quarters of Americans (76%) supporting net neutrality. Eighty-one percent of Democrats and 73% of Republicans are in favor of it. Another key finding: Most Americans do not trust the U.S. government to protect access to the Internet. Seventy percent of Americans place no or little trust in the Trump administration or Congress (78%) to do so. Mozilla and Ipsos carried out the poll in late May, on the heels of the FCC's vote to begin dismantling Obama-era net neutrality rules. We polled approximately 1,000 American adults across the U.S., a sample that included 354 Democrats, 344 Republicans, and 224 Independents.

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  1. People don't know what they are talking about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most Americans do not trust the U.S. government to protect access to the Internet. Seventy percent of Americans place no or little trust in the Trump administration or Congress (78%) to do so.

    And yet that is exactly what they are asking for with Net Neutrality...

    1. Re:People don't know what they are talking about by Xenx · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And the fact that the government is removing said protections just shows that most Americans are right not to trust them.

  2. Re:These Americans seem confused by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They don't trust the government to protect internet access, but they want the government to do it anyway. SMH

    They want them to do it, but don't expect that they will. What part of this is difficult to comprehend?

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  3. Re:Clear and Simple by spire3661 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I dont pay a fucking SLA for my gas line or electric service, I shouldn't have to have one for my data connection. The gas line to my house is sized for our needs, as is trunk that leads to my neighborhood, so should data be.

    TL-DR: Every home in America should have been Fiber-to-the-Premisis 15 years ago.

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