This document discusses net neutrality and its relationship to privacy. It explains that net neutrality is the idea that all internet data should be treated equally and flow freely without interference from internet service providers. However, many ISPs are blocking, shaping, throttling or charging fees for certain internet traffic. This threatens privacy by requiring ISPs to monitor traffic and destroys confidentiality of communications. Without net neutrality, ISPs could control internet access and create a tiered system where certain sites have premium access, decreasing innovation and harming websites that cannot pay high fees. Net neutrality protections are being dismantled in the US but could be prevented in Canada through online and offline activism.

1. NET NEUTRALITY & PRIVACY
Alice Zhu

2. Porro. Creative Commons License. Sourced from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pesis/3383924434
WHAT
IS NET
NEUTRALITY?

3. ► It is the idea that all data and content on the internet
should be moved impartially
Free Press. Creative Commons License Sources from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/freepress/7419839828
► All information is treated equally and flows freely

4. Victor Bayon. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/formalfallacy/2057169454
But internet service providers are
significantly interfering with this.

5. Telus blocked its subscribers
access to websites run by a
telecommunications union
during disputes
Marco Bernadini. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/funadium/1405592515

6. Bell Canada shaped traffic
to peer-to-peer sharing
websites
Free Press. Creative Commons License Sources from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/freepress/7419840080

7. Rogers Communications
throttled streaming of online
games
Free Press. Creative Commons License Sources from flikr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/freepress/7419840118/

8. Bell allows its own mobile TV
app users to use no data
while Netflix users must
spend more
Kevo89. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevo89/3712757593

9. In the US, they can Charge companies like Netflix
a special fee when customers wants access
Thereaver Barrymore. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/thereaver/2636347674

10. Chris Smith. Creative Commons License Sources from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/cjsmithphotography/5511409574
SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?

11. Truthout.org. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/truthout/4902199424/
“It will end our rights to privacy and the protection of
personal data”
-Wired

12. To access all this data, ISPs have to track
users' Internet communications
and basically destroy the confidentiality of
communications
Truthout.org Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/truthout/5079871358

13. “[it will]…go contrary to the right to
confidentiality of communications,
as well as privacy and
personal data protection”
-European Data Protection
Ruben Diaz. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/outime/4251992459

14. INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
CAN CONTROL WHAT YOU DO
ON THE INTERNET
WITHOUT NET NEUTRALITY
Adam Scotti. Creative Commons License Sources from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/adamscotti/6265936601

15. Don. Creative Commons License Sources from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/donsolo/2462966749
It CREATES A TIERED SYSTEM: The
ability to stream video, access certain
websites, visit social networking sites,
could all priced by your internet
service provider

16. Waleed Azuhair. Creative Commons License Sources from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/waleedalzuhair/2492158122

17. Sandara Gonzalez. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/la-ultima-en-saber/1209594912
IN AMERICA, ISPs can give priority to the
websites or applications that pay the
premium — but slower service to the rest

18. Adam Ross. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/buckofive/429319452
Harm ecommerce for websites who can’t pay premiums

19. Fonso. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/fonso/4034348942
DECREASE
INNOVATION

20. Dan Iggers. Creative Commons License Sources from flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/fortinbras/132306381
“That means if you have an
[app or idea] that may…save
lives in destitute communities
through video-based
healthcare but you can’t pay
a jacked-up ISP fee that puts
a premium on video content,
you’re out of luck.”
-Tom watson

21. John Nacaratto. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/naccarato/252514436
NET NEUTRALITY IS DYING
IN THE US

22. Thomas Vandenberg. Creative Commons License. Sourced from flikr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasvdb/379546998
But with online and
offline activism, this
can be prevent in
C A N A D A

23. Davide Gabino. Creative Commons License Sourced from flikr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/strolicfurlan/8662153499
See original images at: strolicfurlan, thomasvdb, donsolo, waleedazuhair,
la ultima en saber, buckoffive, fonso, fortinbras, pesis, free press,
formalfallacy, funadium, kevo89, thereaver, cjsmithphotography, turthout,
outtime, adamscotti

24. John Nacaratto. Creative Commons License Sourced from flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/naccarato/252514436
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