page_title: Meo (telecommunication company)
section_title: Net neutrality dispute
hierarchical_section_title: Meo (telecommunication company) / Net neutrality dispute
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a screenshot of the website for the Portuguese Internet service provider Meo. The company presents an advertisement offering service packages in which users pay additional money for additional access to certain web applications. The significance of this is that there is a social movement called net neutrality which advocates that Internet service providers not discriminate among the sources of data which users wish to access. Here is some news coverage around this particular screenshot and its meaning in the context of net neutrality: In protest of this practice In Portugal, with no net neutrality, internet providers are starting to split the net into packages&#32;(in en).&#32;@rokhanna.&#32;Twitter&#32;(26 October 2017). /r/technology commentators&#32;(27 October 2017).&#32;In Portugal, with no net neutrality, internet providers are starting to split the net into packages. This is the future of the Internet if the FCC gets its way. It's not theory. It's happening already.&#32;(in en).&#32;Reddit. Portuguese non-neutral ISP shows us what our Trumpian internet will look like&#32;(in en).&#32;Boing Boing&#32;(28 October 2017). Without net neutrality in Portugal, mobile internet is bundled like a cable package.&#32;Quartz&#32;(30 October 2017). Portugal Shows The Internet Why Net Neutrality Is Important&#32;(in en).&#32;Techdirt&#32;(31 October 2017). This is what your internet service could look like without Net Neutrality&#32;(in en).&#32;PC Gamer&#32;(31 October 2017). What Would The Internet Be Like Without Net Neutrality? Portugal Is An Example.&#32;The Logical Indian&#32;(1 November 2017). Portugal: Glimpse Into the World Without Net Neutrality&#32;(in en).&#32;The Globe Post&#32;(18 November 2017). Spagna e Portogallo mostrano com’è internet senza la Net Neutrality&#32;(in it-IT).&#32;La Stampa&#32;(20 November 2017). What could the net neutrality decision mean for you? Look to Portugal for an example&#32;(in en).&#32;Deseret News.&#32;Deseret News Publishing Company&#32;(21 November 2017). If you want to see what America would be like if it ditched net neutrality, just look at Portugal&#32;(in en).&#32;Business Insider&#32;(21 November 2017). Without Net Neutrality, What Happens to My Netflix?&#32;(in en).&#32;New York (magazine)|NY Mag&#32;(21 November 2017). Den USA droht ein Zwei-Klassen-Internet&#32;(in de).&#32;Süddeutsche Zeitung&#32;(22 November 2017). Will Net Neutrality End In America? Here's What You Should Expect If It's Scrapped&#32;(in en).&#32;Bustle&#32;(22 November 2017). In support of this practice Verify: What does Portugal have to do with U.S. dumping net neutrality?.&#32;KUSA.&#32;NBC&#32;(22 November 2017). The image includes the art of these logos: Messaging WhatsApp Skype Viber Google Hangouts iMessage Facetime Social Facebook Instagram Twitter Snapchat Facebook Messenger Tumblr LinkedIn Pinterest Video YouTube Netflix Periscope Twitch.tv Music Spotify TuneIn Google Play Music Soundcloud Email and Cloud Gmail Yahoo! Mail SAPO Telecommunications Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive Amazon Cloud Drive iCloud Meo Meo Music Meo Cloud Meo Go Meo Drive
context_page_description: MEO is a mobile and fixed telecommunications service and brand from Altice Portugal, managed by MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia. The service was piloted in Lisbon in 2006 and was later extended to Porto and Castelo Branco.
context_section_description: A MEO advertisement for data access was the focus of a discussion beginning in October 2017 in Portugal, the European Union and the United States  and relating to net neutrality.
  MEO posted their advertisement for Internet services on their own website. On 26 October 2017, Democratic Party U.S. Representative Ro Khanna posted a screenshot of MEO's website to his Twitter feed while stating that their sales model was a violation of net neutrality and bad.
  Following Khanna's message, the technology community at Reddit discussed it on 27 October. Net neutrality advocate Cory Doctorow featured the ad as an illustration of a net neutrality violation on Boing Boing on 28 October. Quartz reported that the ad showed a net neutrality violation on 30 October. Tim Wu, the legal scholar who defined the term "net neutrality", commented on 30 October after reading the Quartz article that the ad did show a violation of net neutrality. From this point the discussion was far ranging. By 22 November, MEO published a response to the attention.
caption: Portuguese Internet service provider MEO offers to sell additional access to particular data services in this October 2017 advertisement. Many media sources republished this ad as a starting point for discussions about net neutrality.
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