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Washington DC Braces for Net Neutrality Protests Later This Month

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 20 2017, @02:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the brace-for-impact dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Net neutrality advocates are planning two days of protest in Washington DC this month as they fight off plans to defang regulations meant to protect an open internet.

A coalition of activists, consumer groups and writers are calling on supporters to attend the next meeting of the Federal Communications Commission on 26 September in DC. The next day, the protest will move to Capitol Hill, where people will meet legislators to express their concerns about an FCC proposal to rewrite the rules governing the internet.

The FCC has received 22 million comments on "Restoring Internet Freedom", the regulator's proposal to dismantle net neutrality rules put in place in 2015. Opponents argue the rule changes, proposed by the FCC's Republican chairman Ajit Pai, will pave the way for a tiered internet where internet service providers (ISPs) will be free to pick and choose winners online by giving higher speeds to those they favor, or those willing or able to pay more.

The regulator has yet to process the comments, and is reviewing its proposals before a vote expected later this year.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/15/washington-dc-net-neutrality-protests-restoring-internet-freedom

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  • (Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:23PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:23PM (#570638)

    Regulation is what squeezes out the newcomer by making the barrier to entry that hurdle which a Big Business has already cleared.

    Indeed, a government regulatory agency is itself a goddamn monopoly; you want a monopoly to protect you from monopolies—it makes no sense!

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:46PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:46PM (#570648)

    Yes, I want a monopoly controlled by we the people to protect us from monopolies controlled by C-level sociopaths. How is that so hard to understand?

    Then again, on second thought, maybe you're right. "We the people" gave us fucking Trump and a Republican house and senate. CLEARLY "we the people" can't be trusted with that level of power.

    • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @05:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @05:06PM (#570714)

      Yes, I want a monopoly controlled by we the people to protect us

      Thanks for the laugh. The US government controlled by "we the people". Hee hee! What a riot.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:38PM (#570880)

      If net neutrality were the only issue in the election, I would've voted for Hillary Clinton.

      Trouble is, on 100% of the other issues with disagreement, she was horrible. Unlike her and her voters, I don't hate America. I don't feel guilty for being part of the greatest civilization ever, and I have no desire to see that civilization brought down.