net neutrality

noun

: the idea, principle, or requirement that Internet service providers should or must treat all Internet data as the same regardless of its kind, source, or destination

… a philosophical contest that's being fought under the banner of "net neutrality," a slogan that inspires rhetorical devotion but eludes precise definition. Broadly, it means everything on the Internet should be equally accessible—that the Internet should be a place where great ideas compete on equal terms with big money.

—Sarah Rabil

Examples of net neutrality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The revision of net neutrality rules has disappeared from the version of the Digital Networks Act currently being worked on, while the initiative to rebalance market conditions between telecoms and big tech companies is ill-defined. —Mila Fiordalisi, Wired News, 24 Nov. 2025

The Trump Administration had abolished net neutrality, the principle that internet-service providers should treat all traffic equally. —Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

On net neutrality and the editorial standards of Wikipedia. —Literary Hub, 6 Sep. 2025

ISPs tried to get that law struck down, but courts decided that states could regulate net neutrality when the FCC isn't doing so. —Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for net neutrality

• abnormality
• cardinality
• commonality
• communality
• cordiality
• corporeality
• criminality
• criticality
• functionality
• generality
• geniality
• hospitality