https://qz.com/1302363/net-neutrality-officially-ends-today/ > Goodbye, net neutrality. Hello “light-touch” regulation internet. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman and former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai finally delivered what telecoms have been demanding for years: an end to regulations that treat them as a utility. Telecoms are now free to block, slow, or otherwise discriminate against online content and services. > The FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order officially went into effect today (June 11) after gaining approval from the Office of Management and Budget. The rules strip away Obama-era protections under the 2015 Open Internet Order. An internet without these rules could see customers pay more for certain services (such as Netflix), and internet providers degrade internet speeds unless companies agree to pay more, which could exclude startups from the web in favor of deep-pocketed incumbents.