t In 2016, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued the Prohibition
of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations. It favours the principle
of internet neutrality. This principle suggests that all data on the internet should be
treated equally without discrimination by user, content, site, etc. The objective of
this paper is to justify the idea that internet neutrality cannot ensure equality in the
ethical sense. Net neutrality can only maintain technological equality. The author
proposes the argument that technological equality is not the same as ethical equality.
Treating all content, which is not homogenous, equally leads to unethical activities.
It hampers an individual’s relationship with his or her society and, thereby, blocks
the foundation for social justice. Accordingly, the neutrality principle ignores the
idea of social justice and fails to protect human rights. Hence, it cannot be ethically
justifiable in its present form.

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• Internet Neutrality: A Battle Between Law and Ethics