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For those that still think Obama's net neutrality is good

Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:24 am
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
17942 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:24 am
I'd highly suggest researching it more. It is anything but good. It is crony capitalism at its finest and more swamp corruption.

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......Infowars.com has previously warned that Google and the largest communications giants on the Internet lobbied the federal government to define broadband under these 1930s-style regulations – a designation that would allow the government to regulate more rigorously the broadband providers that built the core network connecting users to the Internet as “common carriers.”

Of course, this exempts content monopolies like Google and Facebook from the strict regulations the FCC would apply to common carriers – a scheme that would allow Google, Facebook and the other Internet portal giants to censor conservatives as “fake news,” while demanding that “common carriers” like AT&T and Verizon have no choice but to carry their censored content.

The implementation of these 2015 Obama-era “net neutrality” regulations, which were heavily pushed by Google in hundreds of closed-door meetings at the Obama White House, carved out Google and the other Silicon Valley behemoths, and secured their position as absolute information gatekeepers.

Since these 2015 regulations passed, Google and Facebook have moved to become the judge, jury and executioner of the content we read on the Internet, under the guise of eliminating “fake news.”
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:26 am to
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......Infowars.com


Posted by RCDfan1950
United States
Member since Feb 2007
34850 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:29 am to
Saw a Spot slamming Twitter re how they censor Pro-Life posts. Freedom is highly problematic.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84823 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:31 am to
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infowars


really??
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83514 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:35 am to
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Of course, this exempts content monopolies like Google and Facebook from the strict regulations the FCC would apply to common carriers – a scheme that would allow Google, Facebook and the other Internet portal giants to censor conservatives as “fake news,” while demanding that “common carriers” like AT&T and Verizon have no choice but to carry their censored content.



so you would rather AT&T and Verizon be able to censor your content?

Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
17942 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:41 am to
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so you would rather AT&T and Verizon be able to censor your content?


I'd rather see all internet companies unregulated.
Posted by DuncanIdaho
Ouray, CO
Member since Feb 2013
14970 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:42 am to
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Infowars

Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
17942 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:43 am to
Here is a great site to follow that exposes the cronyism of net neutrality:

FreeOurInternet.org
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
45944 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:47 am to
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quote: so you would rather AT&T and Verizon be able to censor your content? I'd rather see all internet companies unregulated.



You're wasting your time discussing this topic with people who want the internet turned over to a government controlled bureaucracy. They believe unfettered internet access is part of the Bill of Rights. Lol!
Posted by RuLSU
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2007
8054 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:48 am to
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For those that still think Obama's net neutrality is good

Is Net Neutrality making the frogs gay?
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
50255 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:49 am to
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You're wasting your time discussing this topic with people who want the internet turned over to a government controlled bureaucracy. They believe unfettered internet access is part of the Bill of Rights. Lol!


They also seem to believe giving the government full control would somehow result in more freedom.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83514 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:51 am to
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I'd rather see all internet companies unregulated.


if ISPs existed in a free market, sure

but we don't have a free market with ISPs (due to crony capitalism) yet

in your world, you want government created monopolies to be unregulated



Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84823 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:57 am to
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but we don't have a free market with ISPs (due to crony capitalism) yet

in your world, you want government created monopolies to be unregulated



bingo
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118566 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 8:00 am to
I don't believe that getting rid of Obama's net neutrality will lead to more internet throttling and forced bundling. We currently have pathetic internet speeds in the U.S. arguably due to net neutrality. Net neutrality seems like a good method to protect current ISPs from new competition.

There is nothing like good competition to keep other ISPs honest. For example, a new ISP could partner with Netflix or Hulu and lay their own fiber and offer quadrupedal the speeds of current ISPs at a slightly lower prices. Start in highly dense areas and move out. That's how you keep other ISPs honest.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
23620 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 8:02 am to
So Infowars doesn't understand net neutrality. Color me shocked.

More likely, they are doing what they frequently do, spread false propaganda because someone has paid them some chump change.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118566 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 8:03 am to
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you want government created monopolies to be unregulated




How are ISP's government created monopolies?

Posted by Seldom Seen
Member since Feb 2016
39990 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 8:03 am to
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Net neutrality seems like a good method to protect current ISPs from new competition.



That's exactly what it is. Obama protecting his big tech buddies.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118566 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 8:04 am to
Why are the left fighting for slower internet speed?
This post was edited on 6/27/17 at 8:05 am
Posted by BamaAtl
South of North
Member since Dec 2009
21858 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 8:04 am to
You're in favor of this:



Why?
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83514 posts
Posted on 6/27/17 at 8:04 am to
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How are ISP's government created monopolies?



how do you think your local ISP got their network built?
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