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    The Fight for Net Neutrality

    By Kaye Foley UPDATE: On Friday, June 12, net neutrality rules officially went into effect. On Thursday, Feb. 26, the Federal Communications Commission approved the new net neutrality rules proposed by Chairman Tom Wheeler by a 3-to-2 vote. Net neutrality is the principle that all legal Internet content should be equally accessible to consumers and that Internet service providers, such as Comcast or Time Warner Cable, should not favor, block or slow down access to any of it. In May 2014, the