The FCC's attack on net neutrality — "Agitating Ajit" romps with Goebbels

© 2017 Peter Free

 

24 November 2017

 

 

With gropers, child molesters — and Thanksgiving consumerism — massively in the news

 

What better time to deliver us into corporate-sponsored censorship?

 

 

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission next month is planning a vote to kill Obama-era rules demanding fair treatment of web traffic and may decide to vacate the regulations altogether, according to people familiar with the plans.

 

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, chosen by President Donald Trump, in April proposed gutting the rules and asked for public reaction [as administrative law requires].

 

© 2017 Todd Shields, FCC Plans December Vote to Kill Net Neutrality Rules, Bloomberg (15 November 2017) (excerpts)

 

 

In response to Agitating Ajit's antics

 

The Guardian printed this:

 

 

On the chopping block are rules established in 2015 that prevent broadband companies from charging more for internet “fast lanes” for certain content and from blocking or slowing certain content.

 

Critics charge that removing the rules will hand ISPs control of the internet – allowing them to pick winners and losers by slowing some services while giving preferential treatment to those they favor.

 

Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, have argued the rules are an unnecessary and costly burden on internet providers that hampers investment and innovation.

 

Amazon, Etsy, Google, Reddit, Wikipedia and other tech companies have all called for the protection of net neutrality, arguing that it essential in creating the level playing field that has allowed so much innovation online.

 

Free speech groups too are worried about the FCC’s latest moves. Concerned that it could lead to censorship online.

 

© 2017 Dominic Rushe, US telecoms regulator unveils sweeping plans to dismantle net neutrality, The Guardian (21 November 2017)

 

 

The moral? — Everywhere you look, corporate media look for ways to control minds for profit

 

And American government increasingly does its eager part to help these devils manipulate our brains and empty our wallets.

 

Rise up.