Our corrupt FCC Chairman, and his two yes-men commissioner co-conspirators, got
this abomination through today. Only Jessica Rosenworcel has the good sense to
tell it like it is.
As expected, the rationale is a list of brainless libertarian formula-think
slogans. As if the problems of non-neutral telecoms haven't been obvious right
from the start.
Bert
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https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-351483A1.pdf
Media Contact:
Travis Litman, (202) 418-2400
Travis.Litman@xxxxxxx
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER JESSICA ROSENWORCEL ON FCC'S REPEAL OF NET NEUTRALITY
TAKING EFFECT
WASHINGTON, June 11th, 2018:
"Last year, I voted against the FCC's decision to roll back our net neutrality
rules. Today, the FCC's misguided repeal of net neutrality goes into effect.
This is bad news for all of us who rely on an open internet for so many facets
of civic and commercial life. Internet service providers now have the power to
block websites, throttle services, and censor online content.
They will have the right to discriminate and favor the internet traffic of
those companies with whom they have pay-for-play arrangements and the right to
consign all others to a slow and bumpy road. Plain and simple, thanks to the
FCC's roll back of net neutrality, internet providers have the legal green
light, the technical ability, and business incentive to discriminate and
manipulate what we see, read, and learn online.
If the arc of history is long, we are going to bend this toward a more just
outcome. The momentum around the country-from small towns to big cities, from
state houses to court houses, from governors' executive actions to action in
Congress-is proof the American people are not done fighting for an open
internet. I'm proud to stand with them in that fight. We won't stop today. It's
too important and our future depends on it."
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Office of Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel: (202) 418-2400
Twitter: @JRosenworcel
www.fcc.gov/leadership/jessica-rosenworcel
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full
text of a Commission order constitutes
official action. See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974
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