I don't know when the internet will break, but I really, REALLY hope congress
pushes back against it.
The FCC Is Using Garbage Lobbyist Data To Defend Its Assault On Net
Neutrality
from the garbage-in,-garbage-out dept
By now it should be clear to most Techdirt readers that new FCC Boss Ajit Pai
envisions a future where there's little to no oversight of giant telecom
duo/monopolies like
The Worst Lies From Yesterday's Anti-Net Neutrality Speech
Libby Watson
4/27/17 5:48pmFiled to: Beltway Bullshit
https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-lies-from-yesterdays-anti-net-neutrality-spee-1794717829
Yesterday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced his plan to repeal the 2015 Open
Internet Order,
Calmstorm
Bad news about net neutrality.
Ajit Pai just granted the wishes of his friends at AT, Comcast and Verizon:
The FCC voted along party lines 3–2 to gut the Net Neutrality protections.
The cable and phone companies can now slow down their competitors’ content
or block political
Thanks, Time4Tea.
Battle for the Net has a really nice automated system for helping
stress-brained US Americans with phone calls today:
https://www.battleforthenet.com/#bftn-action-for
and here's some reasonably objective info from Al Jazeera for the rest of
you:
I did read the article, and you are not helping.
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On 11/12/17 02:49, wrote:
>>> In the 90s, the FCC was trying to censor the Internet.
>>> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html
>> Wrong. That's not what the article says.
>>
> Who WAS trying to censor the Internet, then? It was government-related.
Wrong again. You never
> > In the 90s, the FCC was trying to censor the Internet.
> > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html
>
> Wrong. That's not what the article says.
>
Who WAS trying to censor the Internet, then? It was government-related.
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On 11/12/17 02:20, wrote:
> Yes, it's a shame, although I'm a little confused about the issue now.
>
> In the 90s, the FCC was trying to censor the Internet.
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html
Wrong. That's not what the article says.
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Ignacio Agulló · agu...@ati.es
Yes, it's a shame, although I'm a little confused about the issue now.
In the 90s, the FCC was trying to censor the Internet.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html
Today, the phone and cable companies are inspecting our packets and
discriminating them.
What I don't understand about this net neutrality thing is, how is it that
this can be imposed unilaterally by a simple vote by FCC members? I would
have thought that enacting or repealing a US national regulation would have
to be voted on in Congress ...
Yes, this is very serious and we need to do everything we can. Two important
links are:
Save The Internet
Battle for the Net
Everyone should look at those.
1. Sign the petition
2. Call your congressional representatives and/or FCC Commissioners directly
3. Take part in the ‘Break the
calmstorm
It is going to be a close call, before the deadline in December 14, I hope
net neutrality moment stays the same with all the support from the public. I
did called already my state Congress Representative. Good luck
It seems no matter how much technology advances the same old shit keeps
trying to come back...
Anyways, here is this:
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/take-action-for-net-neutrality
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