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To: jimfree

Well, for starters, the FCC has zero statutory authority to do ANYTHING with the internet. They simply declared they had it during the Obama era.


23 posted on 11/16/2017 12:03:07 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ...)
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To: DesertRhino
Well, for starters, the FCC has zero statutory authority to do ANYTHING with the internet

Telecommunications Act of 1996

`(a) FINDINGS- The Congress finds the following:

`(1) The rapidly developing array of Internet and other interactive computer services available to individual Americans represent an extraordinary advance in the availability of educational and informational resources to our citizens.
`(2) These services offer users a great degree of control over the information that they receive, as well as the potential for even greater control in the future as technology develops.
`(3) The Internet and other interactive computer services offer a forum for a true diversity of political discourse, unique opportunities for cultural development, and myriad avenues for intellectual activity.
`(4) The Internet and other interactive computer services have flourished, to the benefit of all Americans, with a minimum of government regulation.
`(5) Increasingly Americans are relying on interactive media for a variety of political, educational, cultural, and entertainment services.
`(b) POLICY- It is the policy of the United States--
`(1) to promote the continued development of the Internet and other interactive computer services and other interactive media;
`(2) to preserve the vibrant and competitive free market that presently exists for the Internet and other interactive computer services, unfettered by Federal or State regulation;
`(3) to encourage the development of technologies which maximize user control over what information is received by individuals, families, and schools who use the Internet and other interactive computer services;
`(4) to remove disincentives for the development and utilization of blocking and filtering technologies that empower parents to restrict their children's access to objectionable or inappropriate online material; and
`(5) to ensure vigorous enforcement of Federal criminal laws to deter and punish trafficking in obscenity, stalking, and harassment by means of computer.

25 posted on 11/16/2017 12:27:56 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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