Net Neutrality

[TheReal_ND]

BTFO

SOROSFLIX WILL NEVER RECOVER

[Fife]

HE BROKE US

[TheReal_ND]

DRUMPF

[K@th]

HE BROKE US

Really hoping that's sarcastic humor.

[Fife]

Here's a pretty good take on the actual issues involved.


Net Neutrality is Dead and that’s Good for Freedom, but Liberals are Crying Anyway

The battle over Net Neutrality may present the clearest example of the difference between liberals and conservatives out there today.
It is the difference between individual liberty and government control of almost every aspect of our lives.

Liberals support the government takeover of the Internet by way of the unaccountable FCC, a group of unelected officials who manage the federal rules related to most broadcasting (radio, TV, internet, etc) issues.

There is a nice sampling of some glorious tweets from the likes of Colbert, Kimmel, &c. Twitter is at least entertaining, if nothing else.

Pretty much the same big-state hooey you are hearing get spouted around our little litter box here.

Foolishness. Idiocy. Insanity.

These responses are utter insanity. Why? Because today’s FCC decision means that the Internet will continue to operate in the same basic manner it has since the Clinton era. Almost nothing changes. The only thing that is different is that we no longer have the shadow of threat of the government taking over and heavy-handedly micro-managing the way the Internet works.

Seriously, that’s it.

On Friday, everything will be the same as it was on Wednesday… and yet these liberals respond as if FCC Chairman Ajit Pai just dropped a nuclear bomb on the Internet.

It’s a ridiculous response.

It also ignores the fact that the FCC and the federal government will CONTINUE to regulate the internet, as they have been for the last 30 years.

The FCC will require ISPs to be transparent about their services, meaning that bandwidth throttling or other network management practices, which have sometimes been opaque to consumers, would have to be clearly labeled. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), meanwhile, would be empowered to regulate anti-competitive or anti-consumer behavior, stepping in when internet companies make promises to provide a service that they do not keep.

Pai has framed the move as a return to the sort of “light-touch” regulation that has governed the internet since the Clinton era. “Under my proposal, the federal government will stop micromanaging the Internet,” Pai said in November when details of his plan were released.

In a statement today, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee who voted in favor of undoing the Obama era rules, noted that the internet would still be subject to federal oversight, noting that prior to the Title II reclassification, the FTC brought numerous privacy actions against ISPs and that federal antitrust law would still apply to internet service. “We are not giving ISPs free reign to dictate your online experience,” he said. “Our decision today includes powerful legal checks.”

[TheReal_ND]

No

Netflix must die

The blood must flow

[Zlaxer]

Here's a pretty good take on the actual issues involved.


Net Neutrality is Dead and that’s Good for Freedom, but Liberals are Crying Anyway

The battle over Net Neutrality may present the clearest example of the difference between liberals and conservatives out there today.
It is the difference between individual liberty and government control of almost every aspect of our lives.

Liberals support the government takeover of the Internet by way of the unaccountable FCC, a group of unelected officials who manage the federal rules related to most broadcasting (radio, TV, internet, etc) issues.

There is a nice sampling of some glorious tweets from the likes of Colbert, Kimmel, &c. Twitter is at least entertaining, if nothing else.

Pretty much the same big-state hooey you are hearing get spouted around our little litter box here.

Foolishness. Idiocy. Insanity.

These responses are utter insanity. Why? Because today’s FCC decision means that the Internet will continue to operate in the same basic manner it has since the Clinton era. Almost nothing changes. The only thing that is different is that we no longer have the shadow of threat of the government taking over and heavy-handedly micro-managing the way the Internet works.

Seriously, that’s it.

On Friday, everything will be the same as it was on Wednesday… and yet these liberals respond as if FCC Chairman Ajit Pai just dropped a nuclear bomb on the Internet.

It’s a ridiculous response.

It also ignores the fact that the FCC and the federal government will CONTINUE to regulate the internet, as they have been for the last 30 years.

The FCC will require ISPs to be transparent about their services, meaning that bandwidth throttling or other network management practices, which have sometimes been opaque to consumers, would have to be clearly labeled. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), meanwhile, would be empowered to regulate anti-competitive or anti-consumer behavior, stepping in when internet companies make promises to provide a service that they do not keep.

Pai has framed the move as a return to the sort of “light-touch” regulation that has governed the internet since the Clinton era. “Under my proposal, the federal government will stop micromanaging the Internet,” Pai said in November when details of his plan were released.

In a statement today, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee who voted in favor of undoing the Obama era rules, noted that the internet would still be subject to federal oversight, noting that prior to the Title II reclassification, the FTC brought numerous privacy actions against ISPs and that federal antitrust law would still apply to internet service. “We are not giving ISPs free reign to dictate your online experience,” he said. “Our decision today includes powerful legal checks.”

The FCC extending its power to non-EMR broadcasts is like the EPA regulating water on private property....needs to stop.

[DBTrek]

If facts and reason could sway SJWs, progressives, or StA this forum would be a cricket symphony.

[K@th]

Would love to read that article Fife, but it is so laden with ads, it won't even load.

[Speaker to Animals]

If facts and reason could sway SJWs, progressives, or StA this forum would be a cricket symphony.

Where did you post facts and reason?