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The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law
The Trump administration said Sunday it will sue California in an effort to block what some experts have described as the toughest net neutrality law ever enacted in the United States, setting up a high-stakes legal showdown over the future of the Internet.
California on Sunday became the largest state to adopt its own rules requiring Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon to treat all web traffic equally. Golden State legislators took the step of writing their law after the Federal Communications Commission scrapped nationwide protections last year, citing the regulatory burdens they had caused for the telecom industry.
Mere hours after California's proposal became law, however, senior Justice Department officials told The Washington Post they would take the state to court on grounds that the federal government, not state leaders, has the exclusive power to regulate net neutrality. DOJ officials stressed the FCC had been granted such authority from Congress to ensure that all 50 states don't seek to write their own, potentially conflicting, rules governing the web.
Also at Ars Technica, TechDirt, and Politico.
Previously: California Gov. Signs Nation’s Strictest Net Neutrality Rules Into Law
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @03:28PM (5 children)
Weird, there already is a term for this:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fang-stocks-fb-amzn.asp [investopedia.com]
Why do Europeans leave Netflix out?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday October 02 2018, @04:13PM (4 children)
Not the same. FANG is "acronym for four high-performing technology stocks" (little interest for Europeans) while GAFA [qz.com] is more synonymous (for Europeans) with "invading personal privacy or new ways to avoid paying their fair share."
Probably because Netflix is less invasive re privacy and hasn't played the tax avoidance game in Europe (yet?) to the extent GAFA did?
Anyway, even if there are a few European country with Netflix market penetration over 50% [emarketer.com], you'll note that the most populous European countries show a penetration rate of under 40% (Germany - 35%, France, Italy, Spain don't figure in the chart so the rate is under 33%). One on top of the other, I reckon Netflix penetration rate in Europe is around 25% at best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @04:38PM (1 child)
Thanks, that makes sense. Maybe they made up their own acronym because FANG - Netflix = ***
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @04:41PM
So, yes. They don't want to defame FAG, but not for the English-centric reason you think.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @05:11PM (1 child)
> Netflix penetration rate
I think I know how they could give those numbers a boost :D
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday October 03 2018, @12:24AM
Could you give us more inside, deep penetrating insight?
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