Network Neutrality in Brazil: Ecosystem & Proposal for an Observatory

Network Neutrality (NN) ensures an open Internet, in which individual users and organizations have their freedom and rights assured. According to NN rules, Internet service providers cannot block, throttle, or prioritize content on their networks. NN guarantees fairplay and represents an incentive to innovation. The debate around NN has been long and controversial. It is a fact, however, that the most diverse types of NN violations have been identified around the planet. This work presents the ecosystem of agents involved with NN in Brazil and introduces the Network Neutrality Observatory as a social control tool to monitor NN violations and ensure network rights.