India approves full net neutrality, bans any form of data discrimination
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I'm leaning toward your hopeful view.
But, never discount the money that the ISP companies can throw around. Especially on the state level.
Democrats are still afraid of their constituents. They will be more afraid with a ton of blue dogs getting tossed this primary and election season
Hard to say this with full confidence with how the SCOTUS is going. But India is fighting the good fight.
Are they trolling a fellow Indian named Ajit Pai here in the US, I wonder?
Yes. As long as voters put the pressure on Democrats we can probably get to Net Neutrality as law sooner or later.
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Pai is an american of indian descent. Not sure about the trolling.
In a wave election the Dems will be picking up Blue Dogs, not shedding them. Those moderate/lean R swing districts are not going to make the the blue districts blue-r.
I wonder how much more clogged the Indian internet will get with "Good Morning!" messages.
That seems very well thought out. India appears to have done thorough work on this legislation for the benefit of their people and learned from the successes and failures of other nations.
The way the GOP is afraid of their voter base, should be the way the Dems are afraid of theirs. This should be one of those for or against issues, with no inbetween.
Canada is also a cheerleader for Net Neutrality. Im not entirely sure to what extent but thats what I been told.
The caveat a lot of people might be forgetting in their celebration is that there's nothing in here about ISPs blocking or restricting things the government tells them to block or restrict. India does that quite often. For example, in addition to the widespread blocking of sites, the Indian government has the power to block mobile web services during "urgent cases of nuisance of apprehended danger". So, for example, if the Indian government doesn't like your protest, they can shut down the internet.
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India hasn't actually done that yet. They did try to block porn some three years ago, but that fell through after a few months.
You're right that it's a threat. But it's a threat everywhere.
India shut down the mobile internet two years ago during demonstrations that turned violent. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...to-Patidar-agitation/articleshow/51888620.cms
Indiana has rampant website blocking during tests. ISPs seem to be using Netsweeper and other tech.
https://indianexpress.com/article/i...ts-telcos-filter-the-most-netsweeper-5150620/
This is why net neutrality is in theory a very good move for the country. The problem is that net neutrality will only fix websites being blocked by ISPs of their own volition. Since 2000, the government has had powers to order ISPs to block websites for various reasons. They have ordered a lot of websites blocked over the years. I don't think this will fix that.
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Gujarat did that? Yeah, I'm not surprised lol.
Anyway, I agree with you on the long and short of it. And India definitely needs to get to a point where the internet is free, even from government interference, it's not there yet. But, that's a separate issue, and inasmuch as this kind of net neutrality goes, India has done well enough.