AFP - Dominoes - Stop the Internet Takeover

Americans for Prosperity urges citizens to call their representatives and ask them to stop the FCC's takeover of the Internet.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Americans for Prosperity
• Net Neutrality
• No Internet Takeover
• Genachowski
• Reclassification
• Title II

[animateTheLight]

VIDEO FAIL. What a blatant, misleading, boldfaced LIE. Net neutrality means companies like comcast can't decide which sites have to start paying them to not throttle the speed at which they deliver content.

[phantomspellchecker]

Wow this ad is so misleading. The government "takeover" is a law that would force ISPs to recognize net neutrality. Shows you who the teabaggers and the AFP really work for.

[Debatist]

Hahahaha. Right-wing populism in a nutshell.

[Mrjarrett1]

@RubberRoss The fuck? XD

[shmeebegek1]

Those greedy remote surgeons and military drone pilots will never get to our free internet now. Let's keep them on their niche telecom networks, and keep the internet for lulcats! A bit is a bit, whether it's for medical consultation or porno!

[OnyxMass]

@animateTheLight What makes you think they have the right to tell comcast what to do in the first place? If comcast sucks people can use a different company. If government sucks, it's a much bigger ordeal. It cost maybe, a few extra bucks to switch isps and hundreds or thousands even to leave the country. Besides, throttling is used to manage bandwidth congestion.

[SXtheKitsune]

@Rotroable Over 85% of Comcast subscribers say they have no other cable ISP that gives service in their area. This is no win of the free market - it's just a monopoly. Net neutrality brings competition to the internet.

[Rotroable]

If you don't like your ISP or what they are doing, complain to them or change ISPs. The only reasons used for regulation, tiered access or blocked content, could be solved by the public themselves - but it's easier to go cry to big brother and let them decide how ISPs operate entirely. A nightmare waiting to unfold.

[patcconnolly]

What a piece of shit deception this is. This makes me furious. I've become ridiculously cynical of government and big business in the past year, and I can't even direct this anger anywhere productive. What the fuck is wrong with everyone that they don't care?

[ebrake]

@animateTheLight You are correct. HOWEVER, the F.C.C. has no legislative power to create regulations. They have effectively bypassed congress and made their own laws. This is blatantly unconstitutional. Furthermore, this legislation opens the door for additional government intervention into the internet and internet censorship.

[mrjonnewman]

You lie!!!!

[andreo]

Oh, and I forgot: In before they disable comments on the video!