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THE FCC JUST VOTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE INTERNET
TheHighWire.com ^ | Nov 15 2023 | STEVEN MIDDENDORP

Posted on 11/16/2023 12:39:58 PM PST by Aquamarine

The FCC voted today on a plan that gives the Federal government full control over the Internet. The plan passed by a 3-2 margin. A press release posted immediately after the meeting stated, in part, “Under the new rules, the Commission can investigate possible instances of discrimination of broadband access, work with companies to solve problems, facilitate mediation, and, when necessary, penalize companies for violating the rules. The FCC will review consumer complaints of digital discrimination of access through an improved consumer complaint portal and staff will meet monthly to assess trends in complaint patterns. Finally, the Commission adopted model policies and best practices that will support states, local and Tribal governments in their efforts to combat digital discrimination.”

The decision means that the Biden Administration is well on its way to implementing the plan that FCC commissioner Brendan Carr said “…reads like a planning document drawn up in the faculty lounge of a university’s Soviet Studies Department.” Commissioner Carr sent out his letter of dissent last week to warn the public about this “unlawful power grab” that “chooses central planning over free market capitalism.”

The plan is marketed as though it will prevent digital discrimination and a way to ensure equal access to broadband internet in the United States. While equal access is a component of liberty and freedom, this plan gives sweeping access and regulatory control over all aspects of the Internet business. According to the plan document, the FCC would have the power to regulate the following aspects as it relates to each Internet Service Provider:

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrestbrendancarr; brendancarr; civilwar; defundfcc; fcc; fccsedition; freespeech; internet; internetcontrol; marxisttyranny; netneutrality; policestate
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1 posted on 11/16/2023 12:39:58 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine

Just in time for 2024.


2 posted on 11/16/2023 12:41:55 PM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Aquamarine

Lets hope that someone sue them for exceeding their authority, and that they get slapped down. We need to return to the constitutional fact that only congress can make federal laws.


3 posted on 11/16/2023 12:42:49 PM PST by Revel
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To: Aquamarine

With the latest SCOTUS rulings on “Chevron Deference,” the FCC will need to have an underlying statute passed by Congress, or else they’ll get slapped down in court.


4 posted on 11/16/2023 12:44:40 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Revel

Will anyone be granted standing?


5 posted on 11/16/2023 12:45:17 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Aquamarine

Making Internet access a right.


6 posted on 11/16/2023 12:45:26 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Aquamarine

Hope we have a low-tech back-up plan...


7 posted on 11/16/2023 12:46:27 PM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; surrender!)
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To: Aquamarine

The Government controls everything, it only took 200 or so years.


8 posted on 11/16/2023 12:46:54 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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I'm sure they'll be fair and balanced. NOT!

Another step towards totalitarianism.


9 posted on 11/16/2023 12:47:23 PM PST by ssfromla (All of this is to see how far they can push us and I have to tell)
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To: Mariner

And white dudes like me have to pay for it?


10 posted on 11/16/2023 12:47:43 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Aquamarine

Money shot:
Carr’s letter stated, “Even in the absence of any evidence of intentional discrimination, the Biden plan states the FCC can impose potentially unbounded liability if the agency finds that some act or even failure to act happened to result in a disparate impact based on the FCC’s own judgment. Reading this theory of liability into the law conflicts with the Supreme Court’s civil rights precedent. The FCC should not adopt it.”
What’s that smell?


11 posted on 11/16/2023 12:49:03 PM PST by griswold3 (I cannot change the Tide but I can learn to Sail)
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To: Mariner

Will they eventually license the Internet like the do with amateur radio operators, one which can be revoked?


12 posted on 11/16/2023 12:50:08 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Aquamarine

The FCC can create expensive trouble for ISP’s, in a wide variety of ways, if they don’t give preferential treatment to designated “oppressed individuals”.


13 posted on 11/16/2023 12:50:33 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Aquamarine

Here we go. Alles klar, Komissar.


14 posted on 11/16/2023 12:51:00 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s time for another American Revolution.


15 posted on 11/16/2023 12:51:02 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: mewzilla

I’d make smoke signals but I’d need a burn permit.


16 posted on 11/16/2023 12:52:46 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Aquamarine

the FCC isn’t congress and cant write or create laws.


17 posted on 11/16/2023 12:53:46 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: griswold3
the Biden plan states the FCC can impose potentially unbounded liability if the agency finds that some act or even failure to act happened to result in a disparate impact based on the FCC’s own judgment.

"Your actions are perhaps the most racist thing we have ever seen, and we will fine you up the wazoo."

"But I took no action!"

Your failure to act is perhaps the most racist thing we have ever seen, and we will fine you up the wazoo."

18 posted on 11/16/2023 12:54:33 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Mariner
Making Internet access a right.

According to Karl Marx:

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"

The government decides what you have to pay based on your income and/or assets, and the government decides who gets broadband access for free.

19 posted on 11/16/2023 12:59:52 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: TexasFreeper2009

It’s a diktat.


20 posted on 11/16/2023 1:00:07 PM PST by EEGator
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