The Internet

Select a controversial topic regarding regulation and the internet (in either the US, another country, or on an international level) and provide a high-level summary of the issue, citing at least one recent (within the past 6 months) reliable source that is not provided in this prompt. Please avoid personal anecdotes or opinions, and simply present a (cited) overview of the topic.
Some potential topics include:

Complete privatization (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. of internet domain addresses (no more US Gov’t Control).
Censorship (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. of content on the internet (whether legal or otherwise)–or making it illegal to access content (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. on there that is anti-government
Net neutrality (Links to an external site.)
File sharing (Links to an external site.) of content (copyrighted or otherwise)

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