If you like your internet, you will be able to keep your internet. Period.
No one will take them away. No matter what.
Posted on 02/25/2015 5:44:47 PM PST by Ray76
[T]he Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to roll out something called the Critical Information Needs study, which will embed government “researchers” into media organizations around the nation to make sure they are doing their job properly.
The purpose of the CIN, according to the FCC, is to ferret out information from television and radio broadcasters about “the process by which stories are selected” and how often stations cover “critical information needs,” along with “perceived station bias” and “perceived responsiveness to underserved populations.”
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Utility regulations control usage, pricing, taxation, etc.
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.
If you like your internet, you will be able to keep your internet. Period.
No one will take them away. No matter what.
Thank you for that info!
Why am I not surprised?
Zampolits. Beautiful.
We are idiots.
'Minders: - - 'to censor or otherwise control the flow of information'...
Every newspaper in the country needs to fight this... even if 'it's not as bad as being portrayed'... because trust me - it's worse than being portrayed.
And as you say, they're now involved.
Your #2 is dead accurate.
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