Posted on 02/26/2015 9:35:27 PM PST by Ray76
Internet is a medium by which every one may publish to every one.
The medium must not can not be regulated.
Regulation is an abridgment of the freedom of speech and of "the press"
Internet is “the tyrant’s foe, and the people’s friend”
The FCC is seizing control of the medium. They claim laws of the 1930's as their authority. The 1930's are well before computers and internet existed.
The FCC has no authority to regulate the medium. There can be no authority to control the medium.
It’s all about control, as you said. The government wants to control whatever means it’s foes have to communicate their message, and this is just another Obama takeover of something that works against him.
We know what they wanted to do to newspapers, tv, and radio. None of those are utilities - which is what saved them.
Making internet a utility places it under their control. They will be able to claim that the “critical information needs” of this or that "community" is not being served "properly", that this or that website is "biased", that an ISP must provide "balance" in the websites made available over their network. etc. We know their intentions. We know what "just and reasonable" means: abridgment of the freedom of speech and of "the press".
Yeah....when the government needs to give the internet an “upgrade” which requires a “brief” shutdown...
Having government in control of anything RUINS IT!
AMEN BROTHER!
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