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I vote for Ajit Pai to go to jail
He can bunk with that asshole who screwed up the post office.
Last I checked he was still in charge of it. The people Biden selected for the board of governors apparently decided he was an ok guy.
He’s qualified. He’s just an asshole.
I vote for him to work in a carnival dunk tank for the rest of his professional life. That guy is a clown.
Seconded.
This is two back to back huge wins for Biden, and honestly for all people who understand that corporate regulation is the only way we’re crawling out of our boring dystopia. Killing non-competes AND restoring net neutrality in the same week is massive for Americans.
Sadly, the average person has no idea what this is or what it means
These are excellent steps. Is this the Biden admin trying to build some positive reception among people who are upset about his support of Israel?
Everyone bitching about Biden, yet he’s actually doing something besides slinging insults and eating adderall. I really hope he curb stomps the cheeto come election time.
It’s great that the FCC can get back to doing it’s job properly now that its chair isn’t an industry plant
So if ISPs are once again Title II common carriers, how can they enforce the TikTok ban? 🤔
It will be enforced through the app stores, I imagine. You raise a good point, though, that people will still be able to access TikTok through mobile web.
I don’t doubt that TikTok would eventually post an apk on its website after being banned from app stores, so app should be a non-issue too.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The US government on Thursday banned internet service providers (ISPs) from meddling in the speeds their customers receive when browsing the web and downloading files, restoring tough rules rescinded during the Trump administration and setting the stage for a major legal battle with the broadband industry.
The net neutrality regulations adopted Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission prohibit providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from selectively speeding up, slowing down or blocking users’ internet traffic.
The latest rules show how, with a 3-2 Democratic majority, the FCC is moving to reassert its authority over an industry that powers the modern digital economy, touching everything from education to health care and enabling advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence.
The vote marks the latest twist in a years-long battle between regulators on the one hand, who say consumer protections are needed to ensure all websites are treated equally, and ISPs on the other who describe the rules as heavy-handed government intervention.
Whether it is throttling content, junk or hidden fees, arbitrary pricing, deceptive advertising or unreliable service, broadband providers have proven over the years that without proper oversight, they will not hesitate to use their power to increase profits at the expense of consumers.”
In past legal battles over net neutrality, courts have deferred to the FCC, ruling that it has wide latitude to regulate ISPs as it sees fit using the authority it derives from the agency’s congressional charter, the Communications Act of 1934.
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But who will think of the shareholders!!!
You know, the FCC is supposed to be experts on these kinds of things. And the fact that they can just flip-flop back and forth based on political whims makes me not trust their expertise at all. It makes them look really bad.
