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the FCC may regulate the internet like a utility I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update the debate on net neutrality is heating up again as the chair of the Federal Communications Commission releases his latest proposal to enforce net neutrality that concept means all Internet traffic should be delivered the same to you regardless of what site you go to or what device you view it on to enforce it FCC Chairman Tom wheeler wants to regulate internet providers like a utility that includes both wired broadband and wireless Internet the FCC has rules that let it enforce customer fairness for telephone service but it wants to extend that to Internet traffic that means broadband providers like Comcast Verizon and AT&T cannot favor some traffic over another their proposal bans blocking content throttling content and paid prioritization it means a website can't be charged a toll to get to your home faster get ready for the internet providers to fight back in court the providers cry out that more regulation hurts innovation and some promise legal action to prevent the FCC from getting this authority this net neutrality issue is going to keep playing out but in the meantime there's some security news to be aware of millions of Android users may be infected with malicious apps that pop up ads on your screen three of these bad apps were reported by the security firm Avast and are now we're moved from the Google Play Store but there could very well be others out there with similar bad code one user posted this video on YouTube showing what happens when you unlock your device an app opens an ad in a browser and a pop-up asks you to click OK to fix a security issue and that just sends you to download another shady app one of these malicious apps was a card game called Duroc it was aimed at English language users it was listed as being installed 5 to 10 million times since December of last year other two apps targeted russian-speaking users people don't know these apps are bad right away because it can take a month for the pop-ups to start the app works like a normal game so you may not realize what's causing the pop-ups then speaking of unstoppable ads Instagram is now looping videos on repeat by default that includes video advertisements it's just like vine but Instagram videos are a little longer and you can't pause the video twitter is also making changes it wants to be easier to understand for brand new users because let's be honest twitter is weird when you're new to it but to save you from hunting for accounts to follow Twitter's just going to autofill your feed with accounts based on who your contacts follow that's your tech news update you can stay updated at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey