Law Upcoming vote on Net Neutrality laws - How many times do we need to strike this shit down?

FCC plans to vote to overturn U.S. net neutrality rules in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission is set to unveil plans next week for a final vote to reverse a landmark 2015 net neutrality order barring the blocking or slowing of web content, two people briefed on the plans said.

In May, the FCC voted 2-1 to advance Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to withdraw the former Obama administration’s order reclassifying internet service providers as if they were utilities. Pai now plans to hold a final vote on the proposal at the FCC’s Dec. 14 meeting, the people said, and roll out details of the plans next week.

Pai asked in May for public comment on whether the FCC has authority or should keep any regulations limiting internet providers’ ability to block, throttle or offer “fast lanes” to some websites, known as “paid prioritization.” Several industry officials told Reuters they expect Pai to drop those specific legal requirements but retain some transparency requirements under the order.

An FCC spokesman declined to comment.

Internet providers including AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc say ending the rules could spark billions in additional broadband investment and eliminate the possibility a future administration could regulate internet pricing.

Critics say the move could harm consumers, small businesses and access to the internet.

In July, a group representing major technology firms including Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc urged Pai to drop plans to rescind the rules.

Advocacy group Free Press said Wednesday “we’ll learn the gory details in the next few days, but we know that Pai intends to dismantle the basic protections that have fueled the internet’s growth.”

Pai, who argues the Obama order was unnecessary and harms jobs and investment, has not committed to retaining any rules, but said he favors an “open internet.” The proposal to reverse the Obama rules reclassifying internet service has drawn more than 22 million comments.

Pai is mounting an aggressive deregulatory agenda since being named by President Donald Trump to head the FCC.

On Thursday the FCC will vote on Pai’s proposal to eliminate the 42-year-old ban on cross-ownership of a newspaper and TV station in a major market. The proposal would make it easier for media companies to buy additional TV stations in the same market.

Pai is also expected to call for an initial vote in December to rescind rules that say one company may not own stations serving more than 39 percent of U.S. television households, two people briefed on the matter said.
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Oh, and Comcast is already lobbying.

I'm so sick of this shit, seriously. The FCC is whoring out for Comcast and AT&T instead of ensuring that American citizens have equal access to the internet.
 
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AnOminous said:
It's not like there's going to be instant armageddon. This is the kind of hysterical shit that happens every time this kind of legislation comes up. Sure, that kind of hysteria is somewhat useful in defeating this crap by flooding legislators with complaints, but it's not like everything instantly turns to AOL the moment that fat orange cocksucker in the White House signs something into law he doesn't understand because he's too stupid.

There are still fallbacks like VPNs and so on. Eventually they go after those, too.

It's mildly amusing to think of the /pol/acks who worshipped the walking meme Trump getting ass fucked by him as their politically incorrect platforms get obliterated by ISPs who don't want to be associated with that, so throttle them down to 0. But it's a lot less amusing since I use a lot of those sites myself. Also, that shit will come along after Trump is out of office anyway. These things take years to happen.
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I doubt 4chan will actually be throttled. After moot sold the place, it's turned into 2010 reddit. The more problematic people they IP ban, the more likely they can get advertisers. And the more people will spend money trying to remove the IP bans.

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NumberingYourState said:
If you're a suit having to break under pressure of fucking internet trolls of all things, someone else is going to step in on the matter (not exactly replace) and who knows how bad it could get from there.
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Maybe if Pai's repel actually tackled both sides of the issue, maybe addressed the possibility that ISPs would likely take advantage of the NN removal for their own personal gains (and effectively pitting them against themselves and the public), people wouldn't be so hostile. But between not tackling the fears people have, only focusing on the public's opinions and even acting like a baby when confronted with views people have against him. I'd say some of the backlash against him is deserved.

I wouldn't say all of it is his fault (especially regarding the likes of twitter and their idealistic bullshit), but he should have thought of the bigger picture before deciding that the internet needed "fixing" instead of actually needing fixing.
 
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AnOminous said:
It's not like there's going to be instant armageddon. This is the kind of hysterical shit that happens every time this kind of legislation comes up. Sure, that kind of hysteria is somewhat useful in defeating this crap by flooding legislators with complaints, but it's not like everything instantly turns to AOL the moment that fat orange cocksucker in the White House signs something into law he doesn't understand because he's too stupid.

There are still fallbacks like VPNs and so on. Eventually they go after those, too.

It's mildly amusing to think of the /pol/acks who worshipped the walking meme Trump getting ass fucked by him as their politically incorrect platforms get obliterated by ISPs who don't want to be associated with that, so throttle them down to 0. But it's a lot less amusing since I use a lot of those sites myself. Also, that shit will come along after Trump is out of office anyway. These things take years to happen.
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That's actually pretty comforting if you're right. Hopefully they'll put NN back when the republicans lose congress during the midterms (god I never thought I'd be happy to see the GOP lose).
 
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The reason why I haven't called any of my reps or done jack shit because it is completely obvious this street shitter isn't listening to anyone but his corporate overlords. In fact, I am coming to the insane conclusion he actually believes this is a good thing. If he were an absolute 100% shill but not a true believer, all this shit would roll off him like water. Because who gives a shit, dude is getting paid. He could just pretend to 'hear both sides', calm the shit storm and then just ignore everyone and vote the way he wanted.

But he's not. He is cracking and going "I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT" He is the most dangerous type of shill, an indoctrinated, brainwashed moron who doesn't even know he's on his knees for the corporate cock. He believes his own story as the hero. He is so stupid its actually dangerous.

The only way to win against someone like this is beat them down as hard as you can, metaphorically. You take his ass to court, you spend millions circumventing everything, you make it so he is ineffectual and people are all against him. You destroy his hope, his belief, you target his corporate overlords so even they turn on them. This type of ideologue believes they are a hero, so you have to turn them into a villain in the most brutal and unyielding ways possible. Hes a dumb motherfucker, the dumbest most dangerous kind who need to be destroyed to change. I have seen this type of shit before. Verizon set him up like this because they knew he was an egotistical, stupid re.tard who would actually believe any shit they would sell him. It sounds harsh, but if you really want to save NN, you have to completely obliterate this guy until he fucking loses his mind.
 
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Secret Asshole said:
The reason why I haven't called any of my reps or done jack shit because it is completely obvious this street shitter isn't listening to anyone but his corporate overlords. In fact, I am coming to the insane conclusion he actually believes this is a good thing. If he were an absolute 100% shill but not a true believer, all this shit would roll off him like water. Because who gives a shit, dude is getting paid. He could just pretend to 'hear both sides', calm the shit storm and then just ignore everyone and vote the way he wanted.

But he's not. He is cracking and going "I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT" He is the most dangerous type of shill, an indoctrinated, brainwashed moron who doesn't even know he's on his knees for the corporate cock. He believes his own story as the hero. He is so stupid its actually dangerous.

The only way to win against someone like this is beat them down as hard as you can, metaphorically. You take his ass to court, you spend millions circumventing everything, you make it so he is ineffectual and people are all against him. You destroy his hope, his belief, you target his corporate overlords so even they turn on them. This type of ideologue believes they are a hero, so you have to turn them into a villain in the most brutal and unyielding ways possible. Hes a dumb motherfucker, the dumbest most dangerous kind who need to be destroyed to change. I have seen this type of shit before. Verizon set him up like this because they knew he was an egotistical, stupid re.tard who would actually believe any shit they would sell him. It sounds harsh, but if you really want to save NN, you have to completely obliterate this guy until he fucking loses his mind.
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Lol calm down
 
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Darwin Watterson said:
A bit of both actually. I hate everything Pai stands for and think he’s a corrupt piece of shit...but at the same time I found some of his jabs here kinda funny and it’s a little amusing how many people you find who think he’s a sociopath just cause he wants to slow the net down for some people.
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It's a little more complicated than just slowing down the net for some people.

It's more like someone hatching a plan to privatize every public, government owned space, like sidewalks, public parks and universities, for the express purpose of eliminating the first amendment. They're not literally outlawing the first amendment. But they're achieving the same effect in practice, by eliminating all the places where it holds force.
 
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Secret Asshole said:
The reason why I haven't called any of my reps or done jack shit because it is completely obvious this street shitter isn't listening to anyone but his corporate overlords. In fact, I am coming to the insane conclusion he actually believes this is a good thing. If he were an absolute 100% shill but not a true believer, all this shit would roll off him like water. Because who gives a shit, dude is getting paid. He could just pretend to 'hear both sides', calm the shit storm and then just ignore everyone and vote the way he wanted.

But he's not. He is cracking and going "I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT" He is the most dangerous type of shill, an indoctrinated, brainwashed moron who doesn't even know he's on his knees for the corporate cock. He believes his own story as the hero. He is so stupid its actually dangerous.

The only way to win against someone like this is beat them down as hard as you can, metaphorically. You take his ass to court, you spend millions circumventing everything, you make it so he is ineffectual and people are all against him. You destroy his hope, his belief, you target his corporate overlords so even they turn on them. This type of ideologue believes they are a hero, so you have to turn them into a villain in the most brutal and unyielding ways possible. Hes a dumb motherfucker, the dumbest most dangerous kind who need to be destroyed to change. I have seen this type of shit before. Verizon set him up like this because they knew he was an egotistical, stupid re.tard who would actually believe any shit they would sell him. It sounds harsh, but if you really want to save NN, you have to completely obliterate this guy until he fucking loses his mind.
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Someone should dox his dog
 
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Marvin said:
It's a little more complicated than just slowing down the net for some people.

It's more like someone hatching a plan to privatize every public, government owned space, like sidewalks, public parks and universities, for the express purpose of eliminating the first amendment. They're not literally outlawing the first amendment. But they're achieving the same effect in practice, by eliminating all the places where it holds force.
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So who do we turn to? It feels like we're stuck in the Slavic countries with Hitler and Stalin slugging it out. No matter who wins, we're fucked all the same.
 
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thismanlies said:
So who do we turn to? It feels like we're stuck in the Slavic countries with Hitler and Stalin slugging it out. No matter who wins, we're fucked all the same.
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It really does feel like we need a violent revolt in the US in the worst case scenario... And not just for public utilities like this was always meant to be, either!

And these are words that should NOT be coming out of my mouth, either. But it seems like we really are getting to that point... Again, all thanks to shite like this and the shite state of affairs it entails.
 
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