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In an interview just prior to leaving the FCC this month, former Commissioner Mignon Clyburn took aim at the agency where she worked for nearly nine years, saying it has abandoned its mission to safeguard consumers and protect their privacy and speech.
Clyburn, a net neutrality proponent who served as interim FCC chief in 2013, equated the FCC's mission to the Starfleet Prime Directive, saying the agency's top priority is to ensure "affordable, efficient, and effective" access to communications—a directive it has effectively deserted under the new administration, working instead to advance the causes of "last-mile monopolies."
Clyburn spoke to Ars Technica's Jon Brodkin during a phone interview shortly before she left the agency this month.
"I'm an old Trekkie," she said. "I go back to my core, my prime directive of putting consumers first."
Clyburn said that, whereas some of her colleagues shied away from their role as a government regulator, she had embraced it, particularly when it came to internet service providers (ISPs).
"Let's face it," she told Ars, ISPs are "last-mile monopolies."
"In an ideal world, we wouldn't need regulation," Clyburn continued. "We don't live in an ideal world, all markets are not competitive, and when that is the case, that is why agencies like the FCC were constructed. We are here as a substitute for competition."
Source: https://gizmodo.com/fcc-commissioner-says-the-agency-is-a-shill-for-isps-as-1826203464
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday May 24 2018, @06:57PM (6 children)
I thank her for her service. And Ajit thanks her for her service. But stay tuned, folks. We'll bring in another Dem. Probably another Dem -- although, I don't have to. And very very probably another DRAMA QUEEN. Because so many of them are. Right? Let's hope it's someone that's very easy on the eyes!!!
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday May 24 2018, @06:59PM (5 children)
I heard that the president does not discriminate. Not even against people who are shallow and lacking in substance. I even head that some of his best Russian friends are inflatable!
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Snow on Thursday May 24 2018, @07:29PM (4 children)
Inflatables are fantastic for watersports.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24 2018, @07:44PM (3 children)
Well, as I understand it he does like to have golden showers....
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday May 24 2018, @07:58PM (1 child)
Since he uses a golden toilet.
That would make sense.
It would cost many cents.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:53PM
Fake News. We asked the Guggenheim to loan us a Van Gogh for the @WhiteHouse [twitter.com]. The bimbo curator told us "no." She didn't tell us "no," she said we could borrow a gold toilet instead. One that THOUSANDS of people had done their business in. NO DEAL!!!!
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:59PM
Zero evidence discredited Fake Dossier paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC, and improperly used in FISA COURT for surveillance of my campaign. WITCH HUNT!