The FCC Restores Net Neutrality. What It Means for the Internet

Net neutrality, a set of policies designed to prevent internet-service providers from playing favorites among the websites they carry, is coming back. 

In a vote Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission classified internet service as a public utility. The definition is part of a new framework the FCC will use to regulate broadband networks. 

For years, internet-service providers have sparred with regulators and activists over the rules for offering internet access to consumers and businesses. Net-neutrality provisions introduced during the Obama administration were scrapped during the Trump presidency. The shifting rules...