Sir Tim Berners-Lee, aka "inventor of the web" (according to this article) advocates net neutrality as self-enforced by the internet industry. If this doesn't happen (because why would it?), Sir Tim believes that governments should enforce the whole net neutrality thing by creating laws to ensure that all traffic on the internet continues to be treated equally.
There are some sticky issues about involving the government in regulating internet traffic. It could potentially act as a kind of slippery slope type situation where the government then begins to interfere with other kinds of internet use.
Another interesting point made by Sir Tim is that internet access is "now becoming a human right." This statement seems shortsighted and slightly ignorant of the fact that computer and internet access is often a privilege of Western, developed countries. What about the millions of people who have never even used a computer? Huh, Sir Tim?
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