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Fuck that sell-out Ajit Pai.
And Trump who appointed him, and the Republicans who blocked voting in his replacement.
He was actually appointed by Obama.
Source https://www.fcc.gov/biography-former-chairman-ajit-pai
Trump made him chairman
Yeah but Trump made him chairman
Ashit Pai*
I've been calling him that for as long as he's been around as well! Another person of culture
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A shit pie ?
more like Ajit POO
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I'm sick of this back and forth can kicking. We need a fucking law.
What about a new article in the constitution?
I guess most will find this completely overkill but access to free information should be a right everybody has and no party should be able to remove that.
I understand amending the constitution of any country should be done very carefully but keeping century old constitutions is completely dumb imo. Some articles are still relevant today others are not or would seriously benefit in being updated.
Yes! I've been arguing that we need a sort of "digital bill of rights" for years now
A few more election cycles and boomers will finally be outnumbered.
The January 6 crowd was a lot younger than boomer age...
Yeah but not by much, the only young people there, were that weirdo Q Shaman guy
And we need to demolish lobbying. The things we could accomplish if those useless and sleazy detriments to society were all put out of their jobs permanently.
If we can fix some gerrymanders it'll go a long way also
Like the shitshow that is the maps in WI, which will head to the (now) liberal controlled state Supreme Court.
Takes 60 votes in the US Senate to beat the filibuster. Republicans will not provide the 9 votes needed.
We can still throw rocks at ajit pai if we see him thought, right?
I think that is written into the Geneva conventions.
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You sons of bitches
We'll have to get rid of some conservatives in congress first. Conservatives (and some neo-liberals) rake in legal bribes from ISP's and are also champing at the bit to control all forms of communication.
Conservatism is a plague of oppression and corruption.
First positive political thing I've heard in a while. Fuck that guy. Fucking hate him
O.o The debt relief of students wasn’t positive?
I thought that got blocked - or at least, tied up in court. I know there are ongoing initiatives, but isn't the only "big" one, the one that was repaying funds -stolen- from borrowers? Like, refunding overpayments?
The one-time loan forgiveness grant got shut down, yes. But Biden did manage to pass another way to handle student debt relief through the form of a revamped income repayment plan, with wayyyyy more forgiving terms than previous plans, to the point that you could essentially be forgiven of your student loans.
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I’m really glad this is being done, I just hope that it has teeth. It’s going to be very annoying when the next regime from across the aisle tries to repeal the rules again. I assume there’s not an easy way to make these rules permanent. I’m happy to be wrong about that though.
There would be if we had a government focused on consumer protections. Instead we have a House too busy kicking itself in the dick to make laws, and even if they did, the laws would probably PREVENT the FCC from making Net Neutrality rules.
A shit pie.
Remember that absolutely fucking stupid ad Ajit made about using the net? Awful.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel today announced plans to restore net neutrality rules similar to those that were adopted during the Obama era and then repealed by the FCC when Donald Trump was president.
Rosenworcel announced her plans in a speech today, one day after the FCC gained a 3-2 Democratic majority with the swearing-in of Commissioner Anna Gomez.
Similar to the previous rules, FCC officials said they don't plan to impose rate regulation or "unbundling" requirements that would force broadband providers to share networks with other companies.
In a fact sheet, the FCC said the proposal would "establish basic rules for Internet Service Providers that prevent them from blocking legal content, throttling your speeds, and creating fast lanes that favor those who can pay for access."
California enforces net neutrality rules that mirror what the FCC adopted in 2015 and beat industry attempts to get the state law overturned.
Rosenworcel said that because FCC authority is generally centered on phone systems instead of broadband, the commission often needs "duct tape and baling wire" to provide legal justification for its rules.
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In all seriousness, what has having these laws repealed done? I'm asking because I don't know.
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Literally can't live without the internet these days. It needs to be a protected utility like any other.
Why did this not happen earlier? It seems there is some intentional delay for political purposes.
The 5th member was only just appointed earlier this month. So, they only just now have a majority. At least, that's my understanding.
Confirmed by the Senate. Republicans have been holding up the confirmation for quite some time. Biden nominated Anna Gomez in March of this year (link) and she was only confirmed by the Senate in early September.
Republicans actively working against the interests of the American people. Typical.
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Thanks. The latest delays seem to be intentional from the republicans. But march 2023 seems like far too long since January 2021. Does anyone know what happened in 2021 and 2022? I would not be surprised if it’s because of republicans again but I don’t know.
Anna Gomez is the second nominee. The first nominee got tired of waiting for confirmation.
Yea i looked it up and it does seem like they have been trying to make this happen all this time.
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Republicans stalled until now.
The article mentions CA still enforcing net neutrality rules. How does that work? Eventually you have to hop outside the state for many services.. are those backbones required to abide by those rules or can they still throttle as a result being out of state?
I firmly believe in all data being treated equally for the record and I hope this gets fixed. ISPs were kind of slow on throttling but it's becoming more and more obvious in the last couple years in my experience.
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