Posted on 02/04/2015 10:52:32 AM PST by Jim Robinson
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) — The Federal Communications Commission will seek more influence on Internet regulation to ensure net neutrality, its chairman said Wednesday.
In an editorial published on {link:the website of the magazine Wired: “http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chairman-wheeler-net-neutrality?mbid=social_twitter”,nw}, Tom Wheeler explained new rules, proposed this week, “to preserve the Internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression. This proposal is rooted in long-standing regulatory principles, marketplace experience, and public input.”
The new rules will cast {link:high-speed Internet service as a public utility: “http://www.cnbc.com/id/102376526″,nw}, an unidentified person, who was consulted the FCC {link:on the proposal, told CNN: “http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/02/technology/net-neutrality-fcc/index.html”,nw}. The change would give the FCC more power to regulate arrangements between Internet and content providers, and would change current policy in which Internet providers charge content companies, such as Netflix, for direct access to customers through broadband.
The FCC would have the power to ensure broadband companies do not create “slow lanes” for public internet traffic, a concept known as net neutrality.
Wheeler’s plans are in accordance with President Obama’s statement in November...
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And let’s not forget the “fairness” doctrine for talk radio.
More government control, and not one American voted for this or had any say in the matter.
Control/regulation of everything is the obvious goal.
I did not know that the internet was broken to the point of needing government intervention.
the fix is in
I got a better idea. How ‘bout we abolish the FCC?
You need to read this, it seems there is more to FCC plan:
Taking over the Internet is an “act of love” ;?
He would probably think so, LOL.
Idiot.
The hackers will be able to work this out. The government can’t control them.
Net Neutrality....Govt takeover
Indeed. This is one arena in which the government is hopelessly outclassed, at least in terms of their ability to suppress freedom of speech. Technology -- some of which we haven't even ENVISIONED yet -- will find a way around anything the government can cook up. I just thought of one: Suppose little tiny drones were flitting around, physically, exchanging data by plugging in to one another and our computers? I know, ridiculous, but this is an example of the myriad ways around the government stomping on the First Amendment.
This is a fight they will lose.
Not to mention the huge problems such an activity will generate. Look at what China is going through: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/world/asia/china-clamps-down-still-harder-on-internet-access.html?ref=topics&_r=0
[[Net neutrality may be a worthy concept,]]
Worthy concept? So I’m free to give my opinion so long as I follow the rules and include a dissenting opinion along with it? I’m pretty sure our constitution didn’t include that qualifier in the first amendment-
[[for a hundred years the left/democrats had a monopoly on information CBS,NBC,ABC,PBS, NYTimes , newspapers all socialist propaganda outlets]]
And then when fox news, rush Limbaugh and other conservative names began appearing- all of a sudden the information highway ‘isn’t ‘fair’ anymore- For a 100 years liberal news and information whores dominated and their view was the only one available, but now that they have competition, they feel they must control how it is presented? And this is fair’? One can’t give an opinion without now beign required by law to include a dissenting opinion alongside it? I’m pretty sure our first amendment didn’t include such a qualifier to free speech
they first tried to get people to spy on others for htem- even setting up a government website for snitches to ‘report anything unusualy’ (IE: Report and negative comments about Obama or his policies) - and hten they ran ads trying to get people to ‘watch for anythgin suspicious and to immediately report it’ and when these requests fell flat- they then began to forcibly take over the internet in an effort to force people to comply and to keep tabs on everything THEY deem ‘non-compliant’ with their mandates-
[[Our Government is to big if they’re sitting around thinking up useless ideas like this.]]
Ah, but it’;s not a useless idea- they will rake in hundreds of billions of dollars In the forms of fines, fees, and surcharches and taxes- it’s just one more avenue for the government to reach into our pockets and take OUR hard earned money- Apparently the government is too inept to make money themselves, and so they have to resort to STEALING OUR money any which way they can-
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