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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Male said:
>Doing the Harlem shake
>2017
I've never seen such a perfect representation of how out of touch this twat is.
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I know he probably wants to dissociate himself from this shit especially since he's doing serious music now but I wouldn't mind if Joji (the guy who does Filthy Frank and Pink Guy) tore him a new asshole for using the old dead meme he started.
 
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http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/net-neutrality-vote-nears-brace-long-fight-51776364

Moffett and Nathanson, the analysts, said that they suspect the latest FCC rules to be short-lived. "These changes will likely be so immensely unpopular that it would be shocking if they are allowed to stand for long," they wrote.
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Xerxes IX said:
I know he probably wants to dissociate himself from this shit especially since he's doing serious music now but I wouldn't mind if Joji (the guy who does Filthy Frank and Pink Guy) tore him a new asshole for using the old dead meme he started.
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He already did:
 
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Darwin Watterson said:
I don’t consider myself to be a prejudiced person overall, but I don’t really like Indians, and this whole fiasco has done nothing to strengthen my opinion on them.

Eid Iap Eid.
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I feel bad for Indian Americans who are good people in general and have to put up with ignorant people being suspicious of them and saying crap like "you're not gonna destroy the internet are you?" regardless of whether this moronic and wasteful action passes or not. I have a saying that describes how groups suffer from the actions of the few;

It doesn't matter how many good people you have in a group. All it takes is just one or a few to fuck things up for everything else.

Secret Asshole said:
My faith isn't in the people, it isn't in Congress. Its in the huge, powerful, richest companies in history that he has aligned himself against. I've never seen someone with that dumb fucking smile on his face eagerly walk into the barrels of companies worth over 2 trillion and think he's going to be some sort of hero or win. If on the off chance, it dies, the spite fucking those companies do will be insane. Entertainment either way.
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I will admit that when you put things into perspective like this it helps me breathe easy about the whole debacle, especially when you mention how he made enemies with several big companies. Plus the unintentional visual of him ""walking into the barrels of companies" makes it seem like he expects to win against a bunch of tanks while unarmed just because he's the "hero"
 
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Cosmos said:
He is the fucking definition of a corporate shill. I've said it before, but it's extremely disappointing that someone who is such an obvious puppet for corporations is allowed to hold public office. This entire time he's basically been like "Well, tens of millions of Americans have been screaming at me to not do this, and it's one of the few issues that almost everyone seems to agree on, but Comcast is paying me major dough so fuck you guys, lol"
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Reminds of that one scene in a documentary about the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill. There was a group of fat cat rich guys talking about how "Oil is the way of America!". Meanwhile, the victims are still expecting compensations that might not come. That's the kind of greed I imagine.
 
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Is Ajit Pai getting better?
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/a...till-harlem-shake-after-net-neutrality-video/
 
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I was going to share some of the more re.tarded opinions I've been hearing, but hey, tards have gathered together to express their excitement in one place!

Did you know NN is keeping us from Google fiber?

That NN was only forced onto us 2 years ago and everything was better before it?

That if NN had always been a thing from the start, AOL would still own the internet as a monopoly?

That personally not using certain sites yourself means it's fine if others lose the option to?

That if you don't want to pay extra for certain sites and packages, then fuck you, because the internet is a privilege and not a right?

I'd like to think these tards are all trolls but it seems they're really this delusional.

https://reddit.com/r/nonetneutrality
 
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I was going to share some of the more re.tarded opinions I've been hearing, but hey, tards have gathered together to express their excitement in one place!

Did you know NN is keeping us from Google fiber?

That NN was only forced onto us 2 years ago and everything was better before it?

That if NN had always been a thing from the start, AOL would still own the internet as a monopoly?

That personally not using certain sites yourself means it's fine if others lose the option to?

That if you don't want to pay extra for certain sites and packages, then fuck you, because the internet is a privilege and not a right?

I'd like to think these tards are all trolls but it seems they're really this delusional.

https://reddit.com/r/nonetneutrality
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What do they think of most of the Repubs who happen to be against the repeal? "Fake Republicans"?
 
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