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

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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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday September 20 2017, @08:59PM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday September 20 2017, @08:59PM (#570846) Homepage Journal

    Oh, you mean they're funded by capitalists who've had their money stolen? Yeah, no shit. There wouldn't be anything to steal if it weren't for capitalism.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:50PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:50PM (#570884)

    You're really swinging for the fences here. I guess you really are the taxation is theft guy, TMB the bloody idiot.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @12:15AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @12:15AM (#570919)

      When you have no valid argument, ad hominem, amirite?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @04:54PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @04:54PM (#571244)

        That is the way TMB operates, I just have no desire to point out the problems with the base assertion that capitalism is the only reason humanity has advanced. It is arrogant and naive, and no amount of arguing will change the mind of the likes of him.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @05:02PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @05:02PM (#571249)

          And yet for all your enlightenment, the best you could come up with is a one-line post to call TMB names?