Maybe if they can't vent on the internet because their data and speeds are being throttled, they'll have more time to show up at the voting booth.
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Politico: FCC to seek total repeal of net neutrality rules, sources say
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Maybe if they can't vent on the internet because their data and speeds are being throttled, they'll have more time to show up at the voting booth.
Let them do it. I want all the big legal teams of each company rip them apart and sue them into oblivion.
The courts should help to put the kibosh on this push against NN. It shouldn't have to get to that scary point but here we are.
Impossible with the American system. You can't have more than two viable parties, because you need get more than half of the electoral votes. We would find ourselves in situation where nobody wins a majority.
realistically, after they scrap all the net neutrality rules, how long will it take before the downstream effects hit customers in the wallet?
My senator, Lisa Murkowski, listens to her constituents. We're a big reason why we still have the Affordable Care Act.
Reminder: Trump ran on this platform. It was a known thing that he didn't care for net neutrality. Well, more specifically, advisors told him not to support it because he's never used a computer in his life and has no idea how any of this works. Um, right, point being, this should surprise absolutely no one. Voting does matter, people.
He was the hatchet man put in for the sole reason to do this.
Same thing with Pruitt at the EPA.
Same thing with Pruitt at the EPA.
i'd like to hope, but who the fuck knows what the court will say -- they're going to try to pack the courts so it always leads in their favor, and then we'll literally have to take our country back by force if we don't want to suffer "A Handmaid's Tale" mixed with "A Brave New World" with some "1984" shades.
With the Sinclair merger soon to get the green light, all discourse counter to the administration being threatened by prison, pulling you from the air, threats both physical and economic, this? This is their end game. So we should probably proceed toward ours, too.
There's a case to be made that Pai is making a "capricious" decision, as well as ignoring millions upon millions of comments that provide perfectly legitimate reasons why NN needs to stay.
This regulation is only two years old. Pai would need to justify in court why the sudden rollback is necessary.
To be fair to Trump (lolololol, but seriously), any other Republican most likely would have also dropped Wheeler for Pai, and we'd be in the exact same boat here.
Fuck Ajit Pai. If he were to die, the world would be a better place.
The FCC has to justify the decision in court with an explanation that it will help consumers. Basically It is technically in there legal authority to ignore the massive lean that shows how popular NN is. But there going to have to argue it in the same court that agreed to and upheld the very Rules there trying to strip. Which is much harder to do without any popular support. Hopefully.
While it is true that most FCC decisions can be made unilaterally, there are a couple that have to be codified in law through Congress. The cap on local TV station ownership comes to mind.
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure NN isn't one of those things.
I guess every big site could do a day of "Block all Conservatives and Conservative Opinions" to scare them into not passing this.
I guess his check from the Sinclair group cleared, fucking cunt. I hope he goes down with this whole scummy administration.
Yup, through legislation. Need to get a majority in the House and a veto-proof majority in the Senate.
It's him trying to be funny and likeable.
Fuck Ajit Pai with a rusty spoon....and twist it.
I wish I could believe that just electing a Dem government would mean the return of NN, but I have my doubts. Once rights are striped, it's rare to have them returned without blood spilled. The only hope is the courts, but I lose faith in them by the day. I think once it's gone, it's pretty much gone for good
I don't know if I would really agree that Trump ran on this. He expressed opposition to NN in the past, but I don't recall him saying anything about it on the campaign trail. I don't think anyone did, really.
I don't know if I would really agree that Trump ran on this. He expressed opposition to NN in the past, but I don't recall him saying anything about it on the campaign trail. I don't think anyone did, really.
It is exponentially harder to build than to destroy. I am just surprised it has taken the new FCC this long to start ripping it down.
NN was obtained through organized effort and protest. I doubt this decision being made means it's the end of the argument. This isn't something will just go away.
Rights can go away far quicker than you realize.
None of them participated in this year's day of protest about it. They don't give a fuck
Through every f'd up thing that goes on in this country these days, I can usually point to a large segment of the population who at least probably supports it, no matter how backward I personally think it might be. But this? If you're not an immediate family member in one of the media conglomerates (that are for this), why in the world would you want this? This seems like one of the VERY few issues that the majority on both sides of the political spectrum would be strongly against.
Why is a scumbag like Ajit Pai doing this? I feel people like this have a great opportunity to be a "positive" force in US politics but instead these self hating pricks will just think for themselves and try to screw everyone off.
Really hope Dems blast this asshole. One would hope some legal consequences went his way.
Really hope Dems blast this asshole. One would hope some legal consequences went his way.
Assuming a change in leadership in 2020, can't we hopefully just reverse all the damage they do?
Hey, fuck the entirety of the GOP and their supporters. And fuck the apathetic shitstains that sit out on elections thinking that their choice doesn't matter.
Canada won't implement this, but so much internet traffic from Canada, some even going between two Canadians, goes through the US that I think we're going to get screwed by this anyway.
Well fuck them then. What is the FCC gaining from this? It seems like a net negative for everybody.
And since so many updates for the larger games are pushed through torrents, many companies will have to double dip.
The current head of the FCC was once a lawyer for Verizon, so I'm guessing money.
First to be throttled is video streaming, with YouTube and Netflix being the biggest drivers of traffic on the internet.
The FCC gains nothing from this. Ajit Pai,however, will almost certainly find himself in a cushy, high-paying position after he leaves the FCC.
Gamers made their voices heard over EA lootboxes.
But I'm not seeing that same energy being directed here.
But I'm not seeing that same energy being directed here.
That's what I was wondering as well. I figure they'd implement their filtering fuckery only for US internet users.
