Posted on 02/26/2015 10:08:14 AM PST by GIdget2004
Federal regulators voted Thursday to impose sweeping net neutrality rules that supporters say are critical to protecting the freedom of the Internet.
In a party-line 3-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission moved to embrace an approach advocated by President Obama to treat the Web like a utility in order to prevent major companies such as Comcast or Verizon from slowing, blocking or creating toll roads for peoples access to the Internet.
"We cannot have gatekeepers who tell us what we can and cannot do and where we can and cannot go online," said Jessica Rosenworcel, one of the FCC's three Democratic commissioners. "We cannot have a two-tiered Internet with fast lanes that speed the traffic of the privileged and leave the rest of us lagging behind."
After a decade spent by activists pushing for strong federal rules, supporters said that the tough new rules would be a strong bulwark to prevent people from being abused online. In the end, those activists helped drive more than 4 million net neutrality comments to the agency by far an FCC record.
On Thursday, the commissions meeting room was packed with activists, lawyers and journalists who trudged through the rare February snowfall to attend the historic hearing. Meanwhile, dozens of proponents of the rules gathered outside the agencys Southwest Washington headquarters to cheer on the vote.
Today, because of your efforts we are better able to allow millions of Americans to tell their stories, to reach their potential and to reach the American ideal, said Mignon Clyburn, another Democratic commissioner, in thanking activists for their work.
The vote puts an end to a tumultuous 13-month rulemaking period prompted by a federal appeals court ruling last January, which tossed out previous regulations dating from 2010.
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The number of friends and acquaintances who have complained about access to or functionality of the internet is exactly zero.
But apparently the federal government sees it as a threat. Threats must be neutralized.
Net Neutrality.
His son.
Hey Lefty, here’s a new thread for you to troll.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3262238/posts
The internet has become the circus to supplant the forum. Thus the government will encourage every form of gross and excessive behavior, every form of sodomy, to the end of keeping the people docile, ignorant and dependent.
The fundamental transformation of the US into the USSR continues. God help us.
Unfortunately, soros has 4 sons and a daughter I believe. At least 2 sons are just like daddy.
You're right, we're not. I don't know about you but I have to go to work.
Some would argue that it's legal, ok, so what if Congress passed a law allowing
a committee to decide that anybody over (65) must be put down, put to death.
It's the same reasoning and logic.
Those committees do the will of one Person without the proper process of creating laws
which is Illegal. illegal, illegal, and still illegal. It must be stopped.
And just because every dolt in DC allows it, still does not make it legal!
This net neutrality is Soros funded marxism, a government takeover of the Internet. It's a means to control and censor the Internet just as obamacare is not to make healthcare better but to install socialism/marxism. the goal of net neutrality ,obamacare , and the global warming hoax is communism/marxism and government control of the internet and everything.
Obama and the FCC have no authority to pass these net neutrality rules(laws really).
For many years Far leftist groups many funded by Soros have been pushing for this net neutrality and the FCC to implement this net neutrality. almost 200 million $ soros has given to this socialist/marxist cause
this is a marxist/government takevover of the Internet. As Marxists wanted the government to take over the means of production(factories) this net neutrality funded by Soros is meant to take over the means of information production . this is marxism/socialism/communism and government control of the Internet. why should anyone trust government as they have the guns? I don't why do you trust government ?
These articles also prove what I say is true:
Soros, Ford shovel $196 million to ‘net neutrality’ groups, staff to White House
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 25 Feb 2015 | Paul Bedard
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3261518/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3262106/posts
1. This is an unlawfull action . the FCC cannot wtire laws like this 300 plus pages of laws/rules that they call
net neutrality. Obama can't write laws either . so these FCC burocrats must be imprisoned for this illegal act
2. The media and Obama hid this form the American people. 90% of Americans don't even know the FCC passed net neutrality
on its on and if any heard of it they heard of it in passing and probably only 1% of Americans actually know what
happened and less than that understand the implications. The media and the Presidents job is to explain to the
people what laws they are trying to implement and then a bill has to be written and long debate on it then voted on
such a thing as net neutrality which would affect everyone. this action was sneaky ,totally evil funded and pushed
by evil socialists like Soros and Obama and doing it in secret against the will of the American people to enslave us
and to ruin the Internet as they are trying to do to healthcare with Obama care
3This net neutrality is marxism. they use the same marxist techniques as they used in the past agaains priavate
companies demonizing them. in healthcare they demonized the insurance companies now it's the ISps. same evil techniques
.
4. who would trust the government to make anything better or to make the Internet better. government is unaccountable
and it's just evil ,unaccountable corrupt force. why would any idiot think the government is something good or competent
that can fix made up problems is ridiculous.
ban these trolls from sites like these
1. Can five people create a new tax by request of the President?
2. Can a new Tax now be called a Regulation, Fee, or Fine without legal process?
3. Can five people create Laws when requested to by one person?
4. Can a committee of five, not Congress, vote to create laws?
5. Can the President grant himself new authority without due process?
If the government truly wanted to do what they say they’re doing with this edict they could simply enforce the no monopolies law.
You can toss Administrative Law on the burn pile as well.
good post.
and the 2 Republicans on the FCC voted no to not regulate and censor the INternet
the 3 democrats of course voted for these 312 pages of laws that censor the Internet and control the Internet but people here say democrats are the same as Republicans. so by the vote of 3 democrat unelected burocrats now freedom is ended in America.
This is some scary stuff. I haven’t seen the FCC documents but soros funded this and imo the days for this site , Drudge etc. are numbered as the FCC will now be able to hear grievances against web sites (Rush limbaugh just said this).
I’m looking for another country to get out of this socialist hell hole Obama is turning the USA into
I don’t know much about the FCC — how on earth does the Obama administration win anything in the FCC without either the Senate or the House?
My connection happens to be faster too. Suspicous of course, but hm ....
” ... but soros funded this and ...”
Hm.
“... the 3 democrats of course voted for ...”
How does that work? Doe the President have majority control of the FCC?
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