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Net Neutrality, the principle that internet providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, is on the front burner this week. Vi Hart has a great video explaination (below).

FCC head Tom Wheeler is revising his proposed net neutrality rules, offering assurances that the agency won’t allow companies to segregate Web traffic into fast and slow lanes, reports the WSJ.

Wheeler will present a revised draft of controversial “net neutrality” rules to other commissioners as early as Monday. It would reportedly still permit paid-prioritization of Web content. But the new plan would attempt to explicitly warn Internet service providers such as Verizon and AT&T that they can’t unfairly put the content of Web companies that don’t pay for special treatment on a “slow lane.”

Law professors, such as Tim Wu, and consumer groups doubt the FCC can judge if an ISP is unfairly discriminating against Web content firms on the “case-by-case basis” Wheeler has promised.

The FCC will hold an Open Meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2014, where the Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rulemaking may (or may not be) voted on