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antfair 12/14/18 7:17:19 PM #1: |
https://slate.com/technology/2018/12/net-neutrality-congress-house-of-representatives-one-last-chance.html
Congress has one last chance to undo the Federal Communication Commissions 2017 repeal of net neutrality protectionsbut it only has until Dec. 21 to do it. The open-internet rules officially went off the books in June, but Democrats in Congress have been organizing since the end of last year to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution to undo the FCCs repeal. In May, three Republican votes pushed the Senate over the edge to narrowly pass a bill to restore net neutrality and rescind rules passed under current FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. After that, the onus went to the House, where 218 signatures are needed for a vote to proceed. Right now, however, there are 180 representatives signed on, mostly Democrats. Its a very, very long shot, but if advocates fighting to restore net neutrality are able to gin up the votes in the next week, theres a chance to block Pais vision of an internet in which companies like Comcast and AT&T are legally allowed to shut down or slow down access to whole parts of the web. --- What is this, a fair for ants? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 12/14/18 7:19:32 PM #2: |
This is an aside, but I recall a few folks on here who were adamant at the time that net neutrality would be a big issue in the midterms.
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Darkman124 12/14/18 7:20:03 PM #3: |
they would only be 'blowing' it if they wanted it
zero republicans want it we will ofc focus 100% of attn on the 17 democrats who did a bad thing and not the hundreds of republicans who did a bad thing --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 12/14/18 7:20:50 PM #5: |
Hairistotle posted...
Antifar posted...This is an aside, but I recall a few folks on here who were adamant at the time that net neutrality would be a big issue in the midterms. Same person, I just couldn't fit that into the OP --- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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