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We are all equal on the worldwide web

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Net neutrality is a must! Blocking and limiting access to certain sites and content can be done at another level but at the level of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) the communicat­ion must be treated equally.

Once you give the permission to slow down or speed up the websites or other internet services to the ISPs, the ISPs will be controllin­g all of the content you see on the social media, news, and other electronic media. They will be paid by corporate giants to feed their content with an ultra-fast speed, while you and I or your small company or start-up with a brilliant idea will struggle to reach to the people because we couldn’t pay as much.

Apart from that, to develop an idea on any topic with an open mind, I feel like you need to be able to reach all the content and connect with all of the people with all sides of the story.

You don’t worry about how the majority thinks, because as we all know when Galileo had said “the world is round” the majority would say that the Earth is flat.

If net neutrality is not preserved, you may not be able to reach certain thoughts or opinions on some topic, and this will limit your thinking process.

As a result, right now you can communicat­e with anyone from any country regardless of their race, language, gender, and I think it would be very good to keep it this way. I clearly say no to a process where the company that connects you to the internet gets to control what you do on the internet. From Mr Murat Selim Ozturk Group IT manager at a Dubai-based company

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