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  • Taibbi: WH-Directed Suppression Of Speech On Facebook Was Worse Than On Twitter

    01/17/2025 6:10:48 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 16 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | 16 Jan, 2025 | Tim Hains
    Journalist Matt Taibbi spoke to Brian Kilmeade about Mark Zuckerberg coming out against government censorship of social media and revealing the pressure he faced from the Biden administration to censor content on Facebook and Instagram. "On the whole, it is a net positive," Taibbi said. "Zuckerberg coming out and saying all this confirms a lot of what I reported and a lot of the information that came out from Jim Jordan's committee investigation into the Facebook Files. Even if it is not 100% sincere, it confirms some things and suggests that maybe these tech companies are afraid to continue doing...
  • U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules

    01/02/2025 2:10:06 PM PST · by CFW · 28 replies
    TVTechnology ^ | 1/2/25 | George Winslow
    In a major victory for cable companies and telcos that raises concerns about the Federal Communications Commission's regulatory authority in the wake of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the agency’s net neutrality rules. The rules require broadband operators to treat all internet traffic equally and banned them from giving preferential treatment to some sites by speeding up or slowing down consumer access. The FCC had implemented net neutrality rules under former President Barack Obama, which were then dropped during the Trump administration. Last April the FCC voted 3-2, along party...
  • The Counter-Constitutional Movement: The Assault on America’s Defining Principles

    09/27/2024 6:50:25 AM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    Jonathan Turley ^ | September 25, 2024 | Jonathan Turley
    Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the growing counter-constitutional movement in the United States. This assault on the Constitution is being led by law professors who have lost their faith in the defining principles and institutions of our Republic. Here is the column: Kamala Harris declared in Tuesday’s debate that a vote for her is a vote “to end the approach that is about attacking the foundations of our democracy ’cause you don’t like the outcome.” She was alluding to the 2021 Capitol riot, but she and her party are also attacking the foundations of our...
  • Federal court hands blow to Biden administration’s net neutrality regulations

    08/02/2024 2:47:49 PM PDT · by Twotone · 6 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | August 1, 2024 | Emily Hallas
    A federal court has blocked the Federal Communications Commission‘s reinstatement of net neutrality rules that expanded government oversight over the internet. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’s ruling against the FCC on Thursday came after the federal agency voted earlier this year to reinstate former President Barack Obama’s net neutrality regulations. “The final rule implicates a major question, and the commission has failed to satisfy the high bar for imposing such regulations,” the court wrote. “Net neutrality is likely a major question requiring clear congressional authorization.” The court has paused the regulation, saying it will pick up the case...
  • The Corrupt Hypocrisy of “Net Neutrality”

    04/26/2024 4:32:17 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 7 replies
    Front Page Magazine ^ | April 26, 2024 | Daniel Greenfield
    Remember when doing away with “net neutrality” was going to kill the internet? It went away and nothing happened.But now it’s back.The Biden admin and its media lackeys are hyping this as a pro-consumer move. The reality is that the actual impact on consumers has been and likely will be nonexistent unless Team Socialism figures out a way to leverage it for some nefarious purpose. And that certainly should not be ruled out.Net neutrality is about rewarding the biggest lobbyists and that means feeding the biggest censors.We were told that not having net neutrality would endanger our internet access. The...
  • FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules

    04/25/2024 9:38:02 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 48 replies
    The Hill ^ | 04/25/2024 | JULIA SHAPERO
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules. The agency voted 3-2 along partisan lines to revive rules barring broadband providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic to some websites and speeding up access to others that pay extra fees. The move brings broadband under the purview of the FCC by classifying it as telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act. “Four years ago, the pandemic changed life as we know it,” FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said at Thursday’s commission meeting. “We were told to stay home, hunker down and live online. So...
  • THE FCC JUST VOTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE INTERNET

    11/16/2023 12:39:58 PM PST · by Aquamarine · 120 replies
    TheHighWire.com ^ | Nov 15 2023 | STEVEN MIDDENDORP
    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...
  • FCC commissioner calls Biden equity plan for internet control 'sweeping, unprecedented, and unlawful'

    11/07/2023 8:00:52 AM PST · by george76 · 48 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | November 06, 2023 | Heather Hunter
    Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr is calling the Biden administration's "digital equity" plan for all internet services and infrastructure an "unlawful power grab." Biden’s plan hands the Administrative State effective control of all Internet services and infrastructure in the country. Never before, in the roughly 40-year history of the public Internet, has the FCC (or any federal agency for that matter) claimed this degree of control over it. Indeed, Biden’s plan calls for the FCC to apply a far-reaching set of government controls that the agency has not applied to any technology in the modern era, including Title II...
  • With a New Commissioner, FCC Finally May Try to Reinstate Net Neutrality

    09/26/2023 8:50:19 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 12 replies
    gizmodo ^ | 26 September 2023 | By Kyle Barr
    It’s been six years since internet service providers were granted a boon allowing them to push and pull the levers of internet speeds for any website that may not want to pay a ransom. The end to limitations of what is called net neutrality has tugged at the heartstrings of many internet advocates According to unnamed sources who spoke to Bloomberg, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is just about ready to announce plans to bring back net neutrality rules. It comes just a few weeks after Congress finally approved new commissioner Anna Gomez, allowing for a 3-2 Democrat majority on...
  • Bush official says Gitmo detainee (9-11 "20th hijacker") was tortured

    01/16/2009 11:47:05 PM PST · by FocusNexus · 46 replies · 1,216+ views
    CNN ^ | Jan. 16, 2009 | CNN
    Susan Crawford, the retired judge in charge of determining which Guantanamo detainees should be tried by a U.S. military commision, has refused to refer the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani to prosecutors because of that assessment, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. "We tortured (Mohammed al-) Qahtani," Crawford told the Post. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution. Military prosecutors have accused al-Qahtani of helping to plan the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and believe he may have sought to participate, possibly as the "20th hijacker." The United States had...
  • Biden Suffers Embarrassing Defeat After Controversial Nominee Withdraws Nomination

    03/07/2023 11:56:51 AM PST · by cotton1706 · 110 replies
    RedState ^ | 3/7/23 | Bonchie
    In a major victory for free speech in America, controversial Biden nominee Gigi Sohn has withdrawn her nomination to the FCC. Sohn was at the center of a firestorm that had lasted for nearly a year and a half. Her nomination initially failed during the less US Senate term because she was such a terrible candidate for the job. The White House then inexplicably renominated her in January of 2023, believing that the new one-seat larger Democrat majority would force her through. The Washington Post broke the news, though they did their best to present Sohn as a victim of...
  • Report: FCC Received 18 Million Fake Comments Regarding Net Neutrality

    05/07/2021 12:39:39 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 22 replies
    Breitbart ^ | May 06 2021 | JACOB BLISS
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received a total of 22 million comments regarding the 2017 effort to repeal net neutrality during former President Donald Trump’s administration, of which the majority were fake. A multi-year investigation found that fake comments accounted for nearly 18 million of the 22 million comments the FCC received during its 2017 rulemaking, the New York State Office of the Attorney General Letitia James found in a newly released report. This type of fraud has had a major impact on our democracy since “Federal and state agencies rely on public comments to set standards that govern many...
  • REVEALED: Twitter, Facebook and Netflix moguls have donated $7.5M to 'Marxist' BLM co-founder who is pushing their 'net neutrality' policy as their tech firms block users sharing critical stories about her

    04/24/2021 11:48:22 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 14 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | April 25 2021 | KEITH GRIFFITH and HARRIET ALEXANDER
    Tech moguls who made their fortunes from Facebook, Twitter and Netflix have donated at least $7.5 million to groups tied to BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who has in turn publicly backed their policy goals, according to a new report. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, and Patricia Ann Quillin, the wife of Netflix's billionaire CEO, all gave generously to Cullors' PAC and associated charities, according to the New York Post. Cullors for her part has strongly advocated for 'net neutrality', a policy that financially benefits online content providers such as Netflix and social media sites.
  • Progressive Net Neutrality Law Bites Veterans Hard

    04/10/2021 6:48:18 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 6 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | April 10, 2021 | Steve Bucci
    The federal Veterans Administration (VA) leadership had negotiated free data (not counted against anyone’s wireless data cap) with all major providers for an app called VA Video Connection. This allows veterans nationwide to access telemedicine for appointments, counseling, and other critical services digitally, even when they have lower cost plans with limited data levels. This app is very data intensive, as most high-end streaming video conferencing programs are. The service would be way outside the cost capability of many lower income vets without the deal made by the VA. Sadly, under a new law, passed in 2018, but put into...
  • Biden Administration Ramping Up For New Battle Over Net Neutrality

    03/25/2021 5:11:12 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 6 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 25 Mar, 2021 | Patrick M. Wood
    Get ready for Biden's assault on the First Amendment. The Verge reports that Markey is now on a track to introduce new legislation that would re-implement net neutrality that “would engrave the no throttling, block, or paid fast lanes rules into law.” Should Markey’s new bill fail, his plan B is to stack the FCC with enough Democrats to take matters into their own hands. He explained to The Verge that “Once we have three Democrats in place at the Federal Communications Commission, I will strongly urge it to reverse the Trump FCC wrongheaded decision and restore net neutrality and...
  • FCC chairman Ajit Pai out, net neutrality back

    12/01/2020 7:45:23 AM PST · by farming pharmer · 47 replies
    ZDNet ^ | 30.November.2020 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai said he plans to leave the commission on Jan. 20, 2021. This opens the door to President-elect Joe Biden to select a new head of the telecommunications regulator. While best known for wrecking network neutrality, in his resignation letter Pai largely ignored that issue. His only comment relating to it was "this FCC has not shied away from making tough choices. As a result, our nation's communications networks are now faster, stronger, and more widely deployed than ever before." Few would agree with his rosy view. While according to the FCC's 2020 Broadband...
  • The End of the Internet? Net Neutrality Three Years On

    10/13/2020 9:55:32 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 30 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | October 13, 2020 | Edward Longe
    Back in 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO) which provided “a framework for protecting an open internet while paving the way for better, faster, and cheaper internet access for all consumers.” Shortly after the proposals were approved, CNN famously proclaimed the decision was the “end of the internet as we know it.” John Oliver’s segment on Last Week Tonight covering RIFO led 150,000 Americans to file comments opposing the new rules. The previous rules, which were imposed just two years before, required internet services to be treated in the same regulatory manner as a 1930s-style...
  • European Union’s top court supports net neutrality rules

    09/15/2020 9:58:03 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 6 replies
    Associated Press ^ | September 15, 2020
    The European Union’s highest court has given its support to the bloc’s rules that stop internet providers from charging customers for preferential access to their networks. […] The rules require telecommunications providers to treat all data traffic the same, and prevent them from reserving better access for their own services, or selling bandwidth to big companies like Google and Netflix while leaving a slower Internet for everyone else. The Luxembourg-based court backed the principle of an open internet after Hungarian wireless carrier Telenor Magyarorszag had sought an interpretation of the rules. Hungarian regulators had stopped the company from offering two...
  • HBO Max won’t hit AT&T data caps, but Netflix and Disney Plus will

    06/02/2020 10:54:26 AM PDT · by FewsOrange · 16 replies
    The Verge ^ | Jun 2, 2020 | Nilay Patel
    Welcome to a world without net neutrality HBO Max, AT&T’s big bet on the future of streaming, will be excused from AT&T’s mobile data caps, while competing services like Netflix and Disney Plus will use up your data. That’s the follow-up from a Vergecast conversation with Tony Goncalves, the AT&T executive in charge of HBO Max. Asked whether HBO Max would hit the cap, Goncalves said his team “had the conversation” but didn’t have the answer. AT&T later confirmed to The Verge that HBO Max will be excused from the company’s traditional data caps and the soft data caps on...
  • Europe Gives Internet Providers Right to Throttle Online Traffic Amid Virus Crisis

    03/20/2020 8:04:15 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | 4:18 AM PDT 3/20/2020 | Scott Roxborough
    European government and regulatory bodies have authorized the European Union’s telecom operators and internet service providers to apply exceptional measures, including the throttling of online speeds, to prevent network congestion amid increased demand as millions of Europeans are forced to stay home and use online collaboration and teleworking tools amid the coronavirus. The EU’s governing body, the European Commission, and the Body of the European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) gave the greenlight to telcos to take the necessary measures to ensure there is no disruption in online traffic. The move comes after Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for internal...