Net neutrality is a protection that was set in place by the Federal Communications Commission that prevents telecommunications companies, such as AT&T and Verizon, from manipulating and analyzing the data that we send or receive over the internet. In theory, this seems like a great idea right? The government is using its power to protect our freedom on the internet. But, there was no clear threat to our freedom in the first place and this regulation actually does more to hurt the consumer than to protect them. These regulations were first put in place by the FCC in 2015, several years after the internet was created and functioning perfectly fine with no regulations on these telecommunications companies. Without government regulation, competition between companies is encouraged, providing the lowest prices and best speeds for consumers. Since the employment of these regulations in 2015, companies have reduced their investment in broadband innovation which only hurts low-income and rural areas that are in the greatest need of broadband innovation to catch up with the fast developing technology in the rest of the world. To sum up, net neutrality sounds like a beneficial idea in theory to prevent hypothetical dangers, but when put into effect, it provides harmful unintended consequences. SInce there was nothing wrong in the first place, this form of government intervention is unnecessary and