The FCC chair’s plan to roll back net neutrality will wreak havoc on anyone living in the wrong zip code. The whole idea behind the democratic enterprise is to keep the triangle balanced: not too strong a government, not too powerful a group of oligarchs, and plenty of opportunity for individuals. Pai … Continue reading Ajit Pai Is Siding With the Oligarchy — and Misleading Trump’s Base
Another day, another anti-consumer corporate giveaway. Source: Trump’s FCC Votes to Allow Broadband Rate Hikes for Schools and Libraries – Motherboard Continue reading Trump’s FCC Votes to Allow Broadband Rate Hikes for Schools and Libraries
The administration said its next move on regulating broadband service would be to jettison the Obama administration’s net neutrality rules, which were intended to safeguard free expression online. Oh bummer.. and we … Continue reading Net Neutrality Is Trump’s Next Target, Administration Says
According to a report in Recode, lawmakers in the Senate could act tonight to tear down privacy rules instituted by the Federal Communications Commission under President Obama. Say goodbye to privacy. Source: Lawmakers … Continue reading Lawmakers could start killing the FCC rules that protect your privacy tonight
“The EU’s move is the latest in a series of anti-trust challenges Google has faced in both the EU and countries including India, Brazil and Russia. U.S. regulators closed their most recent investigation of the company in 2013 without taking action.” A Google monopoly. I bet the U.S. never went went anywhere … Continue reading EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
India has banned Facebook’s Free Basics and other services that enable carriers to charge differential pricing for different kinds of data. More significantly, this means Facebook’s “free Internet” initiative is also banned. … Continue reading India says yes to net neutrality, no to Facebook’s Free Basics
So where does the U.S. sit on this list? All the way down at No. 55, just behind India, Mexico and Kazakhstan. Realize folks that this all occurred WITHOUT the new net-neutrality … Continue reading LTE Speed Test: U.S. vs. the rest of the world | BGR
Jeb Bush pledged Tuesday to get rid of the FCC’s net neutrality rules if he were elected president. Whoops! Source: Jeb Bush promises to eliminate net neutrality as president Continue reading Jeb Bush promises to eliminate net neutrality as president
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WTF FCC? You’re supposed to protect us from overly aggressive corporations NOT protect the corporations from us! I guess it’s too much to ask from a body that is being run by ex-lobbyists … Continue reading Net Neutrality?
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