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Old 06-11-2018, 01:32 PM
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Net neutrality, again.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b0adfb82691b9f
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Old 06-11-2018, 01:35 PM
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A future without net neutrality is here. Well, almost.

The Federal Communications Commission will take away the rights of internet users on Monday. Officially, the repeal of the 2015 net neutrality protections ― a repeal that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Trump pick, had pushed for ― will take effect.

That means that internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon will be able to block, throttle and otherwise interfere with online content without any real legal consequences.


Someone needs to explain to me how this "will take away the rights of internet users...". Which rights? Whose rights? What is being "taken away"?
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Old 06-11-2018, 04:10 PM
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States where sanity still rules are pushing back on this nonsense. The current incarnation of the FCC may sue, but Repubes are all in favor of States Rights.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/1...i-fcc-internet
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