It is so crazy that corporations can use fear and propaganda to brainwash the people that they are trying to take advantage of into standing up and fighting to help them do it. They keep telling us we need to take the regulations off of everything so that there is no limit to their power and then again and again we see them abuse this power at the expense of the little guy. Our food, our healthcare, our investments, etc. We don't just allow it. We fight for it. We are so blind and foolish.
government monitoring corporate control is how it has always been and alwasy shall be. It is better than a drugged-out psycho mob of people posting whatever they want. My concern is the chance for unfiltered content, sponsored by foreign invaders or by a chaotic mass of unintelligent idiots. A few corporations monitored
Without these changes What's to stop Walmart from buying a 3 or 4 percent share of Comcast/NBC Universal and working out a deal where their website loads super fast and Target's website takes forever? Unfair competition. If something like this were to happen outside the internet it would be illegal. More importantly, this is a unique opportunity to stop the same thing from happening in our news media, preventing it from becoming even more biased.
We're talking about a simple FCC rule change to classify broadband as a communications service, subject to Title II of the Telecommunications Act. THAT'S ALL THIS IS! How the hell could anyone really think a measure to guarantee that some information isn't favored over others is actually equal to communist government control and censorship? Please see my previous post. And put the kool-aid down.
The free market is not free unless all of its participants have full knowledge of what is going on, and are able to start out from an equal footing. This means responsible, effective regulation, and it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with government ownership. Its amazing how the corporate lobby that really runs this plutocracy we live in has convinced so many people that it's the government threatening their freedoms. They've obscured the fact that it's mostly corporate interests that are to blame
Either Al Franken is an idiot who has no idea what he's talking about, or he's a fascist who wants the government to control and regulate the internet. You decide.
Are you fucking kidding me? FCC control the internet? Fuck that. I'm not even one of those exaggerater people who threatens violence. But I will fucking fight to the death if this shit happens. The second amendment exists for a reason. If this happens, then I will advocate violent action for the first time ever. This is the final straw. The patriot act was on thing, but this...what the fuck. First amendment will live on shitheads!
@LeopardFrogPilboxhat It will be like the internet like they have in China because the government controls what you can look up or say on the internet. You will have an internet that is censored and government owned (so no freedom for you or anyone)
You misunderstand the premise of net neutrality. Net neutrality is NOT about letting the government control the content of the internet. All it does is keep the private sector from giving preferential bandwidth to some but not others. Given that bandwidth is constantly expanding (I.E an internet capable laptop from 1995 with dial-up would be intolerably slow) this would lead to a privileged subset of what information is available. Net neutrality is anti-censorship
What a piece of shit. Doper and phony.
Glinkaism1 1 year ago
It is so crazy that corporations can use fear and propaganda to brainwash the people that they are trying to take advantage of into standing up and fighting to help them do it. They keep telling us we need to take the regulations off of everything so that there is no limit to their power and then again and again we see them abuse this power at the expense of the little guy. Our food, our healthcare, our investments, etc. We don't just allow it. We fight for it. We are so blind and foolish.
jatrichojas 1 year ago 3
government monitoring corporate control is how it has always been and alwasy shall be. It is better than a drugged-out psycho mob of people posting whatever they want. My concern is the chance for unfiltered content, sponsored by foreign invaders or by a chaotic mass of unintelligent idiots. A few corporations monitored
DavidEdwardSchnell 1 year ago
I love how people trust internet companies more than their democratically elected government
gatztopher 1 year ago
GOOGLE search term "BILDERBERG FILMS" ty
BLKHAT2010 1 year ago
Without these changes What's to stop Walmart from buying a 3 or 4 percent share of Comcast/NBC Universal and working out a deal where their website loads super fast and Target's website takes forever? Unfair competition. If something like this were to happen outside the internet it would be illegal. More importantly, this is a unique opportunity to stop the same thing from happening in our news media, preventing it from becoming even more biased.
TheAjc612 1 year ago
We're talking about a simple FCC rule change to classify broadband as a communications service, subject to Title II of the Telecommunications Act. THAT'S ALL THIS IS! How the hell could anyone really think a measure to guarantee that some information isn't favored over others is actually equal to communist government control and censorship? Please see my previous post. And put the kool-aid down.
TheAjc612 1 year ago
The free market is not free unless all of its participants have full knowledge of what is going on, and are able to start out from an equal footing. This means responsible, effective regulation, and it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with government ownership. Its amazing how the corporate lobby that really runs this plutocracy we live in has convinced so many people that it's the government threatening their freedoms. They've obscured the fact that it's mostly corporate interests that are to blame
TheAjc612 1 year ago
Either Al Franken is an idiot who has no idea what he's talking about, or he's a fascist who wants the government to control and regulate the internet. You decide.
dentester 1 year ago
Are you fucking kidding me? FCC control the internet? Fuck that. I'm not even one of those exaggerater people who threatens violence. But I will fucking fight to the death if this shit happens. The second amendment exists for a reason. If this happens, then I will advocate violent action for the first time ever. This is the final straw. The patriot act was on thing, but this...what the fuck. First amendment will live on shitheads!
goonodeath 1 year ago
Correct again Al. Best regards Lee
Leebm29 1 year ago
freedom is a moral imperative - killer ending
theelbowfromthesky 1 year ago
Net Neutrality means no more freedom of speech for anyone. Net Neutrality will end free speech and freedom of information.
narukofan2 1 year ago
@narukofan2
How so? give some reasons for your claim
LeopardFrogPilboxhat 1 year ago
@LeopardFrogPilboxhat It will be like the internet like they have in China because the government controls what you can look up or say on the internet. You will have an internet that is censored and government owned (so no freedom for you or anyone)
narukofan2 1 year ago
@narukofan2
You misunderstand the premise of net neutrality. Net neutrality is NOT about letting the government control the content of the internet. All it does is keep the private sector from giving preferential bandwidth to some but not others. Given that bandwidth is constantly expanding (I.E an internet capable laptop from 1995 with dial-up would be intolerably slow) this would lead to a privileged subset of what information is available. Net neutrality is anti-censorship
LeopardFrogPilboxhat 1 year ago 3
I agree with Franken on this one!
crypter27 1 year ago